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Only two in the UK aye... *hunts him down*
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Asus Ares Worlds First!
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Soldato
£1000...rather go 3x 5870.
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Damn thats one wiiiiiiiide card.
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Yep 3 5870 when it comes to that much cash!
Cards like this though are not for the canny purchaser they are for the "i must have the best no matter the cost" brigade and there are plenty more then a thousand of them out there. It's i think a niceish looking card but performance is what will make it or break it and if early reports ar to be believed then it isn't that good.
Interesting or completely useless?
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Between those 2 cards, it's still only 2GB lol.
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latter..
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This modder seemed to get his hands on one well before any of the review sites & the say in the video "the only 2 in the UK", but then I guess with a name like Erlandsson he's probably not UK even though bit-tech is a uk site:
http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/case-mod/2010/07/02/ares-by-sleepstreamer/1
Very very awesome scratch build.
http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/case-mod/2010/07/02/ares-by-sleepstreamer/1
Very very awesome scratch build.
Notice the people who say this card is useless are the people that don't own a 2gig card.
It's already been shown in the latest games that the extra memory can help with high levels of AA whiivh can cause you to run out of framebuffer memory with only 1gig.
An example is here:
http://img.hex*s.net/v2/graphics_cards/amd/Sapphire/58702GB/03.png
The 5870 2gig card outperforms the 5970 reference at 2560x1600 with 4XAA in Crysis due to the extra memory.
The fact that it's 2 5870's stuck together helps those that don''t have room for 2 separate cards, or wish to go trifire or quadfire.
So useless it's not. Expensive yes. This is an enthusiasts forum but seems to have turned into a value for money/tell people how to spend their cash forum.
It's already been shown in the latest games that the extra memory can help with high levels of AA whiivh can cause you to run out of framebuffer memory with only 1gig.
An example is here:
http://img.hex*s.net/v2/graphics_cards/amd/Sapphire/58702GB/03.png
The 5870 2gig card outperforms the 5970 reference at 2560x1600 with 4XAA in Crysis due to the extra memory.
The fact that it's 2 5870's stuck together helps those that don''t have room for 2 separate cards, or wish to go trifire or quadfire.
So useless it's not. Expensive yes. This is an enthusiasts forum but seems to have turned into a value for money/tell people how to spend their cash forum.
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The colour scheme matches the normal ASUS ROG colours, however garish, I think that's what most people would expect, and what ASUS want.
The point of the extravagant cards is a lot like when a car manufacturer makes a crazy concept car or extremely limited production model. Look at how much hype the card has already created - this is all great marketing for ASUS and in the eyes of enthusiasts continues to establish them as the leading brand for not just bleeding-edge hardware, but mainstream enthusiast kit too. Hence the colour scheme being carried over, it's for association with their other more popular high end products.
I recognise the OP from OC3D, so hai there! OC3D have done a stirling job getting hold of two of those cards, and I think it cements them as one of, if not the best and most ambitious hardware review sites out there. Well done to them.
just barely beats a standard 5970 yet it costs twice the amount.