ASUS Reveals ROG MARS II – A Custom Video Card w/ Dual GeForce GTX 580
ASUS has officially announced a limited-edition video card called the ROG MARS II that is built with two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GPUs and a mammoth 3GB of GDDR5 video memory on a single card that takes up three slots! ASUS used a proprietary ROG design that combines extreme cooling and extensive tuning facilities that cater to the most demanding power user. ASUS says that their custom dual GeForce GTX 580 card is 22% faster performance than NVIDIA’s own GeForce GTX 590! ASUS says that the ROG MARS II has so much power it will be able to easily run all native DirectX 11 games in resolutions higher than 1080p and detail settings at their maximum levels with no issues at all.
The ASUS ROG MARS II is unlike anything on the market today and is a very impressive looking card from the outside. The card measures in at 13-inches in length, so you might have to plan your next case purchase around this card!
To truly appreciate all the work that ASUS has done to this card though you have to strip it down and look at the PCB design. You can see a million power phases and three 8-pin PCIe power connectors. Something tells me this video card is going to suck down some power and be able to heat a house in the winter! It looks like under 1000 will be made and ASUS has not mentioned pricing yet.
ASUS ROG MARS II Video Card Features:
- Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GPUs with 512 CUDA cores each and 3GB GDDR5 video memory for 22% faster than reference performance
- Twin 120mm fans for up to 600% greater air flow
- GPU Tweak interface opens up extensive overclocking and tuning possibilities
- Turbo Fan button instantly activates 100% fan speed
- Solid aluminum shroud improves heat dissipation
- Extra stable 21-phase Super Alloy Power architecture for incredible overclocking headroom 15% performance boost, 2.5 times longer lifespan and 35C cooler operation
- Custom PCI-E anti-shock sustainer keeps the card securely in place at all times
Laser-carved aluminum plate identifies each card individually as a limited-edition item
DirectCU II all-copper thermal design 20% cooler than reference
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