OC3D Sneaky Peak! Asus Mars II - Dual GTX480

[thestepster]

they will more than likely make these ones triple slots with massive super awsome asus heatsinks

 

[alienware]

And of course there is the problem of heat. If you haven't already take a look at the original MARS. Total epic failorz.

Looked nice, sounded great on paper.. Choked better than a perverted porn star.

The ARES was always going to be teh win because it was running far cooler components. The MARS 2 will suffer all of the same problems of the MARS IMO because the cooler just can not be big enough. It's hard enough keeping a single 480 on a leash, WTF is going to happen with two within 6 inches of eachother?

I really look forward to relishing the review though. We should give it to some one who needs to lose some weight, because running that thing would drop off water weight like sitting in a sauna

 

[silenthill]

Choked better than a perverted porn star- dude where on earth do you get these fraises from

 

[thestepster]

google ha ha ha ha

 

[silenthill]

they will more than likely make these ones triple slots with massive super awsome asus heatsinks

Zotac GeForce GTX 480 AMP! Edition has a triple slot solution with a huge heatsinck and two fans and it still can’t cope with temps and that’s a single 480 chip.

 

[thestepster]

but thats a budget company mate they aint nothing like asus not to mention this cards going to be a 'special'

i dont think they are gonna be tamed completely not even close but i think asus can kinda reign them into some kinda 'acceptable' level

 

[silenthill]

but thats a budget company mate they aint nothing like asus not to mention this cards going to be a 'special'

i dont think they are gonna be tamed completely not even close but i think asus can kinda reign them into some kinda 'acceptable' level

The only thing I can think of is that ASUS are going to have to reduce the clock speeds, you know like the gtx 295 something like 600 instead 700 MHz actuary I think they did that with the MARS 1 the GPU’S were not fully clocked 285’s, man It’s just crazy stuff I really don’t know how they are going to do it.

 

[thestepster]

was that not gtx280's? i think im gonna give them the benefit after they seen the flaws with the first mars and the bad ass job they done with the ares (i know its a cooler card and all but the performance levels of it were crazy)

 

[alienware]

A builder is only as good as the tools he holds in his hands.

 

[silenthill]

A builder is only as good as the tools he holds in his hands. Is that from Google too?

 

[alienware]

Yes it's all from google. You see, cyborgs intercepted my brain.

if u lyk i kan tipe lk ths?

 

[silenthill]

Thank god there was no porn in it this time

 

[thestepster]

A builder is only as good as the tools he holds in his hands. Is that from Google too?

more like common knowledge ha ha ha

 

[alexhull24]

The thought I had earlier was why bother with an air cooler? Anyone who can afford one can afford water, many will already have it, and for what looks like to be a very special card, some will even design a rig around it. May as well ship them with a waterblock.

I also thought, why not team up with CoolIT and have an integrated solution? Not as neat if you have WC already, but pretty cool (hopefully!).

 

[thestepster]

many cards out there actually ever ship like that? im only aware of the hydro copper gtx280's

 

[alienware]

Quite a few if memory serves but they usually have a £60 premium above buying a card and fitting your own block.

 

[thestepster]

i seen 2 of them going for £140 each locally

 

[alienware]

What 280s? They're old hat now.

You can get 5870s, 5970s and so on. All pre modded with a block on. But as I say, if you take the cost of the card, add a waterblock and compare the prices you are literally paying £60 over the price of both the card and waterblock for the company to fit it for you.

 

[thestepster]

but mate if it doesnt fold its of no interest to me :ar::amd:

but they might be old but they still fold pretty good 7500ppd, see youe 3870x2? that will do only 2k my 8800gt's do two and a half times that

 

[silenthill]

what's all this talk about folding can someone please explain to me, I feel like someone from another planet and why can't ATI card fold, oh I got a bad headache this morning, it's that mars 2, I couldn't stop thinking about it all night