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Warsaw
May 29th, 2009, 02:56 PM
...in Crysis?

A GTX285 GX2 that reads to the system as a GTX295 and works with all the drivers.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/05/asus-nvidia-geforce-mars-gpu.jpg


You into frame rates? No, we mean are you frickin' bonkers over watching your rig hit triple digits in a Crysis timedemo? If you're still nodding "yes," have a gander at what'll absolutely have to be your next buy. The ASUS Mars 295 Limited Edition is quite the unique beast, rocking a pair of GTX 285 chips that are viewed by Windows as a GeForce GTX 295. All told, you're looking at 240 shader processors, a 512-bit GDDR3 memory interface, 32 total memory chips and 4GB of RAM. Amazingly, the card is totally compatible with existing drivers and is Quad-SLI capable, and if all goes to plan, it'll actually peek its head out at Computex next week. Rest assured, we'll do everything we can to touch it.

Read Link (http://www.techpowerup.com/95445/ASUS_Designes_Own_Monster_Dual-GTX_285_4_GB_Graphics_Card.html)
SnaFuBAR
May 29th, 2009, 03:27 PM
omfg i must have it
paladin
May 29th, 2009, 03:47 PM
How much.

e: ill take 2
Phopojijo
May 29th, 2009, 04:00 PM
My 260 and 8800GT on PhysX maxes out my processor as it is... to get this (@1680x1050) I'd need to cascade upgrade.
sdavis117
May 29th, 2009, 04:23 PM
I'd need a new case just to house one of those beasts. I want Sextuple SLI too.
Cortexian
May 29th, 2009, 05:15 PM
Might buy it, though it's probably going to be insanely pricey. If it's on par with two GTX 285's for cost (approx $800) I'll get one.
InnerGoat
May 29th, 2009, 05:28 PM
It should be about 800 USD

owned
Ifafudafi
May 29th, 2009, 05:30 PM
RIGHT WHEN I THINK I HAVE TOP OF THE LINE SHIT IT TURNS OUT TO BE OBSOLETE ¯\:mad:/¯

Eh, I'll look into it if I can manage to garner enough funds; my single GTX 280 has served me well enough so far, though, so I probably won't end up getting this until it's also obsolete.
Syuusuke
May 29th, 2009, 05:39 PM
if i can fit this into my laptop....
sdavis117
May 29th, 2009, 05:45 PM
if i can fit this into my laptop....

Saw and hammer.
Xetsuei
May 29th, 2009, 05:50 PM
Saw and hammer.

When you said that, one thing came to mind. Agamemnon.
Pyong Kawaguchi
May 29th, 2009, 05:55 PM
Hmm

Four of these gets how much fps on crysis at 1920x1200 with the ultra high gfx mods with everything maxed out to the max?
Mr Buckshot
May 29th, 2009, 05:58 PM
When you said that, one thing came to mind. Agamemnon.

wasn't he the one who wrongly said something about the 8800 GTX being two cards on one board (a la the classic Geforce 7950GX2)

Triple digit frames in Crysis? Me want...but the price makes it off limits.
NullZero
May 29th, 2009, 05:58 PM
Rofl, Quad SLI...hell, I can't even afford one of them :S

I'm not going to believe that these powerful beasts are going to be under $150 in the next 5 years (but they are, as trends probably show).

It's about time they used the GDDR5 memory D:
Amit
May 29th, 2009, 06:56 PM
wasn't he the one who wrongly said something about the 8800 GTX being two cards on one board (a la the classic Geforce 7950GX2)

No, that was me being mislead by some idiotic forum poster on the nVidia forums. Goat fucking milked me for it but whatever
ExAm
May 29th, 2009, 06:58 PM
wasn't he the one who wrongly said something about the 8800 GTX being two cards on one board (a la the classic Geforce 7950GX2)
No, he was the one who said that PCI-E and AGP are interchangable. (IIRC)
StankBacon
May 29th, 2009, 07:26 PM
http://www.hivclan.net/stuff/lollin/Agamemnon.htm
sdavis117
May 29th, 2009, 08:01 PM
http://www.hivclan.net/stuff/lollin/Agamemnon.htm

Oh gawd, I think I almost died reading that thread.
Needles
May 30th, 2009, 08:23 PM
ATI is more practically priced =|
Warsaw
May 30th, 2009, 11:30 PM
Which is why they sell so well...

Every enthusiast is going to buy this thing when it comes out, and that's really who it is aimed at. This will also further nVidia's lead in the performance department, though I suspect the HD5870 X2 will debunk it later within the next 2 months or so.
Needles
May 31st, 2009, 07:12 PM
Which is why they sell so well...

Every enthusiast is going to buy this thing when it comes out, and that's really who it is aimed at. This will also further nVidia's lead in the performance department, though I suspect the HD5870 X2 will debunk it later within the next 2 months or so.

They're already in the 5000 series?
Amit
May 31st, 2009, 07:27 PM
They haven't even announced the HD 5000 series so I doubt the 5870X2 is coming anytime soon. The X2 versions don't usually come around until a month to 2 months after initial release of the HD X870 cards.
Warsaw
May 31st, 2009, 08:01 PM
They're already in the 5000 series?

End of June. Close enough.

Also, yeah, the X2 does come out later, but you know that this doppleganger GTX285 GX2 is still going to be nVidia's unofficial flagship when it does, unless they get the GTX380 out the door at the same time.
MetKiller Joe
May 31st, 2009, 08:06 PM
I like my 8800 GTX... *big eyes*.

I hope that cover is a heatsink.
Warsaw
June 1st, 2009, 07:57 PM
So apparently only 1000 of these will be made:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/asus-mars-gpu-hands-on-at-computex/