The Republic of Gamers MARS II is a new custom dual-GF110 based graphics card in the works at ASUS. Here are some of its first pictures, revealing a monstrosity that's about as long as a Radeon HD 5970, a couple of inches higher, and three slots thick. Its cooler sticks to the black+red color scheme in use with ASUS ROG products for a while now, and uses an intricate cutout design.
The ASUS MARS II has hit stores and so far reviews have been more than pleasing for gamers. HotHardware said the dual GTX 580-packing card was “quite simply the fastest single graphics card we have ever tested, bar none.” Similar responses have appeared from all other reviewers.
My gawd this card is a beast. I would love to have one :D there are only 999 being manufactured and I guess only filthy rich ultra nerds can afford them... :(
yikes... 600 watts all by itself? awesome card to say the very least but that kind of juice is a no-no. and I am someone to likes to spend on PC parts...
I think these because-we-can-cards suck. They're hot, loud, thirsty and pricey. I run an eyefinity setup and can max any game with to high end cards in CF (*2 6970's). Either that or 2 GTX580SLI is better than this.
Actually with this card you'd be surprised. ASUS really worked their magic on this card. As far as I've seen it's FASTER than 580SLI and 6970CFX, cooler on idle and load and marginally quieter or the same as 580SLI/6970CFX config. The only ultra crazy things about it are price and power consumption but those aren't surprising. If you have money to buy this card then you have money to buy a proper PSU anywho. I think ASUS recommends 1000W for this badboy but that is a hell of a lot, I'm willing to bet a proper 80+Gold 850 unit will power it just fine.
I'm still on a quest to max every game, full AA in an Eyefinity/multi-display scenario (res 5940*1080) . I have a 5870 gpu atm; it performs admirably even at high settings. But to have all the eyecandy, I need a crossfire/SLI setup (I'm an ATI/AMD guy). I think I'll just get two 6970's, and upgrade when the high-end 7xxx cards arrive next year...
There are special-edition graphics cards and then there are *SPECIAL EDITION* graphics cards. ASUS has already leaked details on the graphics aberration that is MARS II - a behemoth composed of two full-speed GeForce GTX 580 GPUs - and now the firm whets enthusiasts' appetites by releasing in-house pictures.
So macho that it makes Bear Grylls cry.
Engadget - If you thought the original Mars graphics card from ASUS was a little bit ridiculous, get ready to see what a lot of ridiculous looks like. The company's Mars II that was recently teased alongside a fresh new Matrix GTX580 Platinum card, squeezes two GeForce GTX 580 chips on the same board and overclocks them for good measure.
That is one beast of a graphics card! Just how many PCI slots do manufacturers think we have free these days? One for the hardest of the hardcore I think.
I found this picture in the comments..LOL
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lol i saw that picture too i was like dam thats racist but at the same time it fit. this card is gonna e so dam good.