Thursday, August 13th 2009

ASUS Dual-GTX 285 MARS Detailed Further, Priced
ASUS' pixel-crunching monstrosity, the dual-GTX 285 MARS 4GB was unveiled earlier this year at Computex. It claims to be the most powerful graphics card ever made, as it packs two fully-loaded GeForce GTX 285 GPUs which are factory overclocked, and equipped with 2 GB each of GDDR3 memory (4 GB total memory). The card further edges GeForce GTX 295, by using 512-bit memory interfaces for each GPU. The card further carries the clock speeds of GeForce GTX 285, at 648/1476/2400 MHz (core/shader/memory).
Fresh information suggests that that this limited-edition graphics card is another week away from shipping. 1000 units are produced in all, and the company doesn't plan on making any more. What's interesting however is that most, if not all, of these 1000 units have been pre-ordered and paid for. Enthusiasts don't seem to have a problem paying US $1250 (1250 EUR) for a piece, its price. Below are some tasty press-shots of this really tall accelerator, fully assembled. Pictures of its PCB and components can be viewed in our older article here.Renowned overclocker Kinc put the card to a public overclocking demonstration. Two of these accelerators in quad-SLI were cooled with custom-designed liquid-nitrogen evaporators. We are gathering details of this feat. Techpowerup will be one of the first to take this accelerator for a spin, so watch this space for more.
Fresh information suggests that that this limited-edition graphics card is another week away from shipping. 1000 units are produced in all, and the company doesn't plan on making any more. What's interesting however is that most, if not all, of these 1000 units have been pre-ordered and paid for. Enthusiasts don't seem to have a problem paying US $1250 (1250 EUR) for a piece, its price. Below are some tasty press-shots of this really tall accelerator, fully assembled. Pictures of its PCB and components can be viewed in our older article here.Renowned overclocker Kinc put the card to a public overclocking demonstration. Two of these accelerators in quad-SLI were cooled with custom-designed liquid-nitrogen evaporators. We are gathering details of this feat. Techpowerup will be one of the first to take this accelerator for a spin, so watch this space for more.
46 Comments on ASUS Dual-GTX 285 MARS Detailed Further, Priced
A significant part of the reason for buying something like this, is to show it off to your friends, in real life or online. If everyone thinks you're a dick for getting it, then you lose all credibility and it defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
Even though I wouldn't get this even if I was rich enough, I wouldn't personally put someone down for it. I'd be glad for them and be happy to let them talk about it - and find the justification especially interesting. I'd also be curious to see some benchmarks.
Hence, buying this card is unlikely to impress anyone, not even peers.
Bodar has ordered them and I wish him all the best with them, with just a little envy. :D
I do like the oddness of 8GB of video RAM and 2GB of system RAM, hehe.
My wallet screams dont buy them you twat but my heart says do it you prick.