ROG mainboard naming scheme

[Rheinwasser]

Hi!

Could someone please explain the rog mainboard naming scheme to me? I just dont get it.

Thx

[Altecice]

Im not sure but i would say there is no real link between them but...

 

Crosshair

Striker

Rampage

Commando

 

all sound gun/violence related and i believe FPS games are the best selling. Would make sense seems its aimed at gamers?

 

although with there new lineup they have moved to generic terms like

 

Hero 

Gene 

etc...

[Hans Christian | Teri]

What is it specifically that you don't get?

 

Current series:

Crosshair: AMD Board

Maximus: Consumer Intel series (P67, Z68, Z78, Z87 etc)

Rampage: Enthusiast Intel Seres (X58, X79 etc)

 

Current models:

Extreme: Name says it all

Formula: Mid-range ROG board, cheaper than Extreme and still packed with features

Gene: Smaller form factor board (mATX), offers a ton of features in a smaller package.

Impact: No compromise mITX board, smaller than Gene boards and with limited expansion possibilities, but still retains a ton of features.

Hero: Cheaper full size board but still retaining many of the popular ROG features.

[MrGidwani]

Rampage = Socket LGA 2011 (The Enthusiast Platform)

Maximus = Socket LGA 1155/1150 (The Consumer Platform)

Crosshair = AMD

The Roman numeral corresponds to the edition of the particular series.

 

'Impact' means it's mITX, 'Gene' means it is mATX, and the Maximus Hero is a more value oriented RoG board.

 

Now I'm not 100% on this, so correct me if I'm wrong: 'Extreme' is the top in terms of feature set and gaming oriented performance. 'Formula' is overclocking oriented and has certain features and physical attributes to help in overclocking.