Asus ROG Ares III Dual 290X Watercooled GPU

[Kaapstad]

At last a 295X2 done right !!!

Some of the recent Asus dual cards have been crap but this one looks like the real deal with three 8 pin power connectors as well.

My one problem with this card is it should have come with 8gb of VRAM per GPU. Having used 290Xs @4K the number of times they run out of VRAM is very annoying indeed.

Just out of curiosity, would 3 display ports have been a better option? With HDMI 2.0 not coming out any time soon, surely 3 display ports would be better for anyone who is crazy enough to try and run three 4k monitors.

With only 4gb of VRAM per GPU it is a real pain tying to use a single 4K monitor let alone three.

 

[TalllPaul]

Very nice.

 

[voodoografix]

That's one sexy looking card ................

 

[RizeAllard]

Really nice stuff... I would play with it in my rig... Its a fap card...

 

[RickPlaysWarr]

Simply lovely - really interested to see it in a rig to see what "bits and bobs" light up. One can only dream though. Fantasy for me because of what I expect the price will be.

Dreaming of Rampage V, 2 Ares III . . .

-Rick-

 

[GenesisGrim]

I must say..buying something like that is just..like wining the lotto..just the feeling when you would open that case.. i do not belive that i will ever be able to buy it but somebody who does..i belive he will be more excited then for xmas ^^ it sure is a beauty and a beast!

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Then you warn me for posting porn....

 

[NeverBackDown]

I want it. You guys can't have it. Its mine now!

 

[MadShadow]

These are going to be in limited supply and silly expensive, right?

 

[NeverBackDown]

These are going to be in limited supply and silly expensive, right?

Nope abundant and cheap!

 

[Wraith]

At last a 295X2 done right !!!

Some of the recent Asus dual cards have been crap but this one looks like the real deal with three 8 pin power connectors as well.

My one problem with this card is it should have come with 8gb of VRAM per GPU. Having used 290Xs @4K the number of times they run out of VRAM is very annoying indeed.




With only 4gb of VRAM per GPU it is a real pain tying to use a single 4K monitor let alone three.

2 of these in your Rig would sure put you in the top 10 on 3DMark Hall of Fame.

 

[MadShadow]

Nope abundant and cheap!

Okay great. Ill get two of them

 

[BigDaddyKong]

All joking aside, why only put one DP port on a card like this. I would much rather have had two of those, and done away with an HDMI port, unless its the newest version.

 

[JR23]

2 of these in your Rig would sure put you in the top 10 on 3DMark Hall of Fame.

Wouldn't it still be worse than 4x 290X's :mellow:

JR

 

[NeverBackDown]

Wouldn't it still be worse than 4x 290X's :mellow:

JR

It is 4 290x's? lol

 

[JR23]

It is 4 290x's? lol

I'm trying to say with their own individual power circuitry and cooling. I guess if the Ares III is cherry picked to death they have no chance on water though. I mean for a 3dmark run not real life i'd sooner be armed with 4 swag overclocking cards and some LN2 than two Ares. Unless there was a 'stock cooling only' option I don't see how these would top 10 anything.

JR

 

[Kaapstad]

4 single cards will always top a pair of dual cards.

Also if the single cards are anything to go by this new Ares III will get very hot indeed on water if you start putting big volts through it.

 

[Icepig]

This looks like a beast!

 

[voodoografix]

nope abundant and cheap!

lol :d
Saying that I'd love to see if TTL does in fact manage to get one for a full review I.E in a system build and see how it preforms

 

[Tolemac]

Price

These are on overclockers.co.uk for preorder price £1399 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-351-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515 I dont think i'll be affording one