Tuesday, June 5th 2012
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ASUS ROG MARS III Dual GTX 680 Graphics Card Detailed
The ROG MATRIX 7970 wasn't the only new Republic of Gamers graphics card on display at Computex, it was sitting next to the MARS III. This monstrosity is a dual-GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, it packs two 28 nm GK104 GPUs with clock speeds that match or exceed those of the GeForce GTX 680. ASUS stopped short of revealing the clock speeds. The card draws power from three 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors, next to it is an instant fan-override button that revs up the card's fans to 100%. The card gives out three dual-link DVI display outputs, and is capable of driving 3D Vision Surround using three >1920x1200 pixels displays. Unlike the MATRIX 7970 and countless recent examples of ASUS' ugly fixation with triple-slot cooling solutions, it's a pleasant surprise seeing that the triple-fan cooling solution of the MARS III needs just two expansion card slots. The MARS III will be manufactured in limited quantities, and will probably cost more than a GeForce GTX 690.
54 Comments on ASUS ROG MARS III Dual GTX 680 Graphics Card Detailed
That is.....on the power draw site......
The original Mars was a dual GTX285
The GTX 295 (I had one) was two GTX 275's. The GTX 295 came out first and they released the 275 afterwards as single cards - they went head to head with the 4890's I think.
And yes, the GTX 690 IS two GTX 680's but downclocked a little.
I hope this is much faster than the 690.
I also wanna see this compared to the 7970 X2's that are coming out in terms of power consumption.
Also, this card comes with 8GB VRAM.
www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Computex-ASUS-Mars-III-Dual-GTX-680-Card-Comes-8GB-RAM
But for the price of this I'd rather get a 2nd 690 and stick with the green lit GEFORCE logo ;)
hexus.net/tv/show/2012/06/ASUS_previews_monstrous_ROG_MARS_III_graphics_card