ASUS ARES - Dual 5870 4GB Sneak Peek

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ASUS ARES - Dual 5870 4GB Sneak Peek

MSRP looks to be $1200! :eek:

Production limited to 1000 units.

ARES cards are shipping to distributors today so we should see retail availability within the next two weeks.

All cards have undergone hand inspection in the USA to ensure all cards are fully functional.
 
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Holy crap!. Looking forward to that review. MSRP well north of $700, I bet.
 
Finally, just need to wait another paycheck or 2 to order one.
 
I wouldn't get one, but that is delicious looking!

*waits for next gen? if that is EVER going to happen?*
 
Damn it. I know it's going to be price ridiculously to the point of not being worth it in any shape or form (when you break it down GPU wise.)

But damn, that video card just looks so irresistible.
 
wow....just read the review that was linked to from the main page....and a price of $1200 will keep alot away I bet...


now lets see [H] get it above 1000MHz !
 
Why would you get something like that instead of 2 480 GTX's ? Just wondering. Guru3D has a review of it and even OC'd it didn't best two 480's in SLI.
 
Wow, that card looks sick and powerful...powerful enough to use a six-pin and two eight-pin power connectors!
 
jdk said:
Why would you get something like that instead of 2 480 GTX's ? Just wondering.
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this is pretty much the same or better than 480 SLI, especially its heavily OC and way better cooling, high OC ability.. etc

getting 480 SLI is another choice, but definitely not a better one.
 
shansoft said:
this is pretty much the same or better than 480 SLI, especially its heavily OC and way better cooling, high OC ability.. etc

getting 480 SLI is another choice, but definitely not a better one.
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http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/


How is it "the same or better" when even overclocked it didn't score higher than stock 480s in SLi?


Skip to these if you don't want to bother reading the whole thing:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/18

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/19
 
jdk said:
Why would you get something like that instead of 2 480 GTX's ? Just wondering. Guru3D has a review of it and even OC'd it didn't best two 480's in SLI.
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Kind of like buying a special edition Ferrari. Sure when you break down it may not be the fastest but it's the other things that make unique such as the workmanship that went into the limited edition runs.


Look at it. Just looking at it makes me feel special. :D

GTX 470 for sale. :cool:
 
LOL, this is now officially out of control.

Did you see the power connector... array?
 
or you could get 2 5970's.... or 3x 5870's

totaly worth it!

for benchmarkers it would be sweet though.
 
Keep in mind, it is 2x 5870 GPUs, meaning the same clock speed, memory speed and memory bandwidth as two 5870 video cards, plus 2GB per GPU, all on a single card.
 
jdk said:
Why would you get something like that instead of 2 480 GTX's ? Just wondering. Guru3D has a review of it and even OC'd it didn't best two 480's in SLI.
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Same reasons "against" 480 since day one......power, heat, and noise. 480 SLI is going to be loud for most people and requires lots of power. This is still dragging behind in those two departments. I would suggest that 480 SLI is still going to trump ARES, but all that extra RAM could come into use very quickly on multi display gaming setups.

schizrade said:
LOL, this is now officially out of control.
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Yeah, isn't that awesome?!?!?!?
 
That is AWESOME... but I'd much rather have SLI GTX 480's. As evidenced by that review, the SLI GTX 480's are significantly better. Even OC'd, that card couldn't take the 480 at stock clocks. And 480's get significantly better with a little OC. SLI scaling is just too much more efficient than Crossfire, at this time.

The only use I could imagine for this card is a stupendous microATX case with just enough room for a sound card and video card, but not enough room for two dual slot video cards.

Also, the card is a good bit louder than a GTX 480:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/6

But once the two GPUs start to really heat up, the fan RPM will rise upwards fast. The card then reaches roughly 52 DBa measured at that 75cm distance. This is a big negative alright as a product of this caliber with this price tag should not require that much brute force fan activity at all. Loud, really loud.
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IRSmurf said:
As evidenced by that review.....the SLI GTX 480's are significantly better.
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You still buy that benchmark bullshit after all these years? Those guys have had the card for less than 36 hours and you think they know how it games? :rolleyes: Come on, we have taught you better.
 
REQUEST: When you do review this, please review it against a 'nilla 5970 clocked at 5870 speeds, and at full Eyefinity resolutions ranging from 0xAA to 4xAA.
 
WOW!!!

That is one monster of a video card and having Voltage Tweak only makes it ever so sweeter.
 
dook43 said:
REQUEST: When you do review this, please review it against a 'nilla 5970 clocked at 5870 speeds, and at full Eyefinity resolutions ranging from 0xAA to 4xAA.
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We will likely review it against a stock clocked CrossfireX 5970 2GB and 5970 2GB. And 480 SLI.
 
jesus, manufactures are going to have to design a new layout where the cpu is on the back of the mother board, between the cpu hsf, and that gpu, i think the motherboard will rip off the case!!
 
Wow that's some sexy engineering there. Love those big dual copper heatsinks.

3 power plugs! Geewiz I have an enermax 1000w galaxy, I hope it has enough connectors for the power requirements of all these new cards as I will need to be upgrading the gtx280 soonish.
 
jdk said:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/


How is it "the same or better" when even overclocked it didn't score higher than stock 480s in SLi?


Skip to these if you don't want to bother reading the whole thing:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/18

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/19
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Those are canned benchmarks and you just picked two that heavily favor your opinion. :rolleyes:

Look at the Far Cry 2 Benchmark. It thrashes 480 SLi by like 20+ frames and Far Cry 2 is a nvidia dominated game and wins again in RE5. It must be FASTER! I can do the same thing!
 
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I am interested how it's eyefinity performance stacks up to 480/470 sli surround... nice looking card though. that heat sink looks bad ass.
 
martinmsj said:
Kind of like buying a special edition Ferrari. Sure when you break down it may not be the fastest but it's the other things that make unique such as the workmanship that went into the limited edition runs.


Look at it. Just looking at it makes me feel special. :D

GTX 470 for sale. :cool:
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except in a few years your Ferrari might be worth more than you bought it for rather than nothing.
 
how is this any different then the other 5970 4GB cards? the custom cooling I take it =)? does look pretty cool, but for that price they are crazy :S
 
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