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Hardware Asus Ares II review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by brumgrunt, 12 Feb 2013.

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  1. brumgrunt

    brumgrunt What's a Dremel?

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    brumgrunt, 12 Feb 2013
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  2. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    So will we be seeing the Ares II on the Antiques Roadshow in the future ;)
     
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  3. GeorgeK

    GeorgeK Swinging the banhammer Super Moderator

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    I would love to see pics of that 7,680 x 1,440 setup :D
     
    GeorgeK, 12 Feb 2013
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  4. law99

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    Yeah. Pictures or it didn't happen! As they say... :D
     
    law99, 12 Feb 2013
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  5. Sc0rian

    Sc0rian Here comes the farmer

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    yeah its a shame bit-tech never post pictures of there test setup up.
     
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  6. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    Insane price tag for an insane product.

    Simon! Your cards are ready!
     
    David, 12 Feb 2013
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  7. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    ''Not only that, but while it's dependent on driver support, our testing demonstrates quite clearly that it is currently the fastest consumer graphics card on the planet, and that's something we're sure will entice 1,000 rich (and crazy) people to splash some serious cash.''

    Not with the new Titan coming out.
     
    SchizoFrog, 12 Feb 2013
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  8. Deders

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    Would be interesting to see how these uber cards deal with ubersampling in the Witcher 2 as they are the cards the developers had in mind when they introduced this feature.
     
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  9. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I wonder how fast Bitcoin mining would go on that setup...
     
    Bloody_Pete, 12 Feb 2013
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  10. TheDodoKiller

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    I hate to be a pain, but it really annoys me that there's no full stop at the end of the first paragraph of the conclusion.
     
    TheDodoKiller, 12 Feb 2013
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  11. Guest-44432

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    Haha! I've given up on Dual GPU cards after the problems with the HD5970.

    I prefer multiple cards, due to less limitation when OCing, and of cause reaching the maximum PCIe bandwidth, which I'm sure the Ares II has reached! :)

    BTW - Loving the testing @ 7680x1440 Bit-Tech! :D

    We all know Skyrim was never properly developed for SLI/CFX support, so I wasn't expecting it to scale well in those test setups! :)
     
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  12. johnnyboy700

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    This has to be the ultimate willy waving product (love that phrase, I'll use it more often), if there is a more blatant case of WW I don't think I won't to hear about it.
     
    johnnyboy700, 12 Feb 2013
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  13. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Still not fast enough to make it anything other than a scam ;)
     
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  14. Marquee

    Marquee Mac Pro Modder

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    That is just insane. If its true that there wont be any new GPU's coming from AMD in the high end level I am glad to see Asus is making some progress for AMD products.
     
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  15. Chicken76

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    W000t?!, no triple-Crossfire tests? :naughty:
     
    Chicken76, 12 Feb 2013
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    Fail!

    It's Quad CrossFire if you :read:
     
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  17. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    FTFY :thumb::jawdrop::hip:
     
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  18. Archandel

    Archandel What's a Dremel?

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    As practical as driving a Lamborghini, everyday to work at the local shoe factory...

    But nevertheless, I'd like to spend 5 minutes just touching the card in all the improper places!
     
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  19. bulldogjeff

    bulldogjeff The modding head is firmly back on.

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    As I was reading down, this is exactly what I was thinking..lol.. You ninja'd me

    At one point a few years back I almost went for 2 GTX9800 GX2's for a bit of quad SLI action
     
    bulldogjeff, 12 Feb 2013
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  20. Guest-44432

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    I had a 9800GX2 too. :)
     
    Guest-44432, 12 Feb 2013
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