{"id":30996,"date":"2012-01-19T10:47:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T08:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30996"},"modified":"2012-01-19T10:50:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T08:50:43","slug":"asus-launches-rampage-iv-gene-x79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/30996-asus-launches-rampage-iv-gene-x79","title":{"rendered":"Asus launches Rampage IV Gene X79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the release of the new Sandy Bridge-E platform, Asus have released the Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Gene X79 &#8211; a feature-rich X79-based board that ships in a micro ATX form factor.<\/p>\n<p>The Rampage IV Gene ships with a range of high-end features, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SupremeFX III, complete with EMI shielding thanks to a new \u201cred line\u201d PCB layout that isolates the audio hardware from the rest of the motherboard to reduce interference;<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20070-Intel\">Intel<\/a> Ethernet LAN controllers, which are some of the best integrated Ethernet ports available on the market;<\/li>\n<li>This is coupled with ROG GameFirst technology that prioritises game traffic over the network to reduce lag;<\/li>\n<li>Extreme Engine Digi+ II voltage regulation, which provides increased stability during overclocking;<\/li>\n<li>NexFET power block MOSFETs are also present to increased heat resistance and durability;<\/li>\n<li>USB-IF certification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Rampage IV Gene is the first X79 motherboard to be certified as USB3.0-ready by the USB Implementers Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The boards also support <a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20068-Nvidia\">Nvidia<\/a> SLI and <a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20072-AMD-Advanced-Micro-Devices\">AMD<\/a> CrossfireX technology.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30999\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ASUS-ROG-Rampage-IV-GENE-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30999\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30999\" title=\"ASUS ROG Rampage IV GENE board\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ASUS-ROG-Rampage-IV-GENE-board.jpg\" alt=\"ASUS ROG Rampage IV GENE board\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ASUS-ROG-Rampage-IV-GENE-board.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ASUS-ROG-Rampage-IV-GENE-board-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ASUS-ROG-Rampage-IV-GENE-board-250x157.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASUS ROG Rampage IV GENE board<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top of the range features crammed into a tiny board of awesome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":31000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31,1051,1517,1727,45,2034],"class_list":["post-30996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-amd","tag-asus","tag-intel","tag-nvidia","tag-supremefx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31004,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30996\/revisions\/31004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}