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Asus Mars 295 Limited Edition Rocks Two GTX 285 GPUs
Posted 06/01/09 at 09:51:10 AM by Paul Lilly
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You'll have to look to Mars to spy the fastest desktop consumer graphics card in the galaxy, which is the name of the new GPU Asus is showing off at Computex. Instead of two semi-custom GPUs that sit "between" a GTX 260 and 280, the Asus Mars 295 Limited Edition stuffs two higher end GTX 285 chips -- the fastest single GPU in Nvidia's lineup -- into a single package.
All told, the new card boasts all 240 shader processors on each GPU, a full 512-bit GDDR3 memory interface, 32 memory chips for 4GB total (2GB accessible per GPU), and the same core/shader/memory clockspeeds as the GTX 285 (648/1476/2400 MHz). By comparison, a traditional GTX 295 sports 896MB of GDDR3 per GPU on a 448-bit memory bus with core/shader/memory clockspeeds checking in at 576/1242/2000 MHz.
According to TechPowerUp, the funky looking cooler uses the same basic internal construction as the reference design for GTX 295 cards, albeit extending "slightly higher."
No word on price or availability, but Asus did say it would limit the run to 1,000 individually numbered cards.
Image Credit: Vizworld.com
impressive
Submitted by Neckername on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 12:57pm
These cards do look impressive, kinda remind me of the GeForce 8800 Ultra cards. If they perfrom as good as they look, that would be awesome (is it just me ore does the cooling sleeve look like the top of a V6). But knowing the GPU market, ATI will most likely respond with a faster card (or at least the distributors will). Also, a Radeon 5870 series X2 card on the way, the GPU market will yet again most likely turn into a battlefield (of GPU releases).
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DM '09
Submitted by metaLtil60 on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 5:08pm
If these are as fast as they are saying they are....Dream Machine '09 anyone?...unless AMD pulls a trump card yet again this year...ohhh nivida(burn)
I want to go to there.
Submitted by Humpfester on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 2:43pm
I want to go to there.
Submitted by Nipyf2 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 1:07pm
Why would you want one of these other than to set a new benchmark record. With $300 you can get 2 4870s put them in crossfire and play every game available at maxed out settings. Asus doesn't need to produce a ton of these because there is really no real neason to buy them because you won't see a performance difference.
you won't see a performance difference.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 1:43pm
OK why don't you go and lay down and recover from your high and sober up some and then come back and post something that is actually sane and logical.
Two GTX285s in SLI are faster than Two 4870's in crossfire. That's 2processors that are faster than 4processors.
And just because you don't need or want the fastest available hardware out there does not mean everyone else is crazy for wanting the highest end available. Price be damned.
I'm sorry your just not going to win this one and I'm not alone and I have alot of people here that will back up my statement.
Submitted by schinkinatror on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:54pm
I think my air conditioner might use less power than those. If I did get them I think I'd have to buy another air conditioner just to keep'em cool
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:38pm
Damn it. Only 1000? All the magazines and hardware websites are going to buy them up befor any reach store shelves. This sucks. We need to protest at the ASUS headquartars until they relent and produce at least 100,000 units. 100,000 units would still be hard to get but much easier than just 1000. That's retarded. I want one and I know that there is going to be no chance at all of getting one if there are only going to be 1000.
They should....
Submitted by Devo85x on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 6:38pm
Screw 100,000 units... I say we protest to make it a constant product :)
Submitted by comptech08 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:34am
are those things actually running as that picture was taken? Just curious, because there is no SLI bridge across them. I know you can run them without it, but why would you want to?
Submitted by Shckr57 on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 6:28am
sli is pointless if you want to run multiple monitors. i know some people that will argue an sli bridge with multiple monitors slows down performance a little. idk, don't agree but still.
alien technology
Submitted by johnny3144 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:07pm
it's the invisable SLi bridge from mars
Submitted by Defiant on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:03pm
:O someone stole it!
Submitted by 5eagles on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 10:24am
Wow, those look as sweet as the specs read. Maybe this will be the reason I finally fork over the money and build me an i7 machine. God I love gadget pr0n.
I'd recently bought an XFX
Submitted by DBsantos77 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 9:16am
I'd recently bought an XFX 9600GT from Newegg for 60 bucks, but I'd trade it for one of these :x anyone else have good experiences with the 9600's?
Submitted by Defiant on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 9:25am
Well if Denis63 ever views these comments I'm sure he will have a word or 2 to say about it, he owns one and loves it.
You're damn right Defiant! i
Submitted by Denis63 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 1:00pm
You're damn right Defiant!
i have an eVGA 9600GT OC 512. Its rather good and does everything i ask of it. recently though i've been playing Fallout3 and its been lacking there, but it has a Zalman VF1000 heatsync on it and when it starts to cough, i overclock it :P. 775mhz (over a 675 stock) core clock and the temp dosn't even go up a degree (according to aVGA precision). I payed 180 for it almost a year ago now...
Submitted by Defiant on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:31am
Ill take 2 of them, preferably number 1 and 2 ;P
I can only imagine how hot this gets and how much power it will use, not to mention the price!!
Submitted by Devo85x on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:47am
lol :) just liquid cool it, as for the numbers 1 and 2, imagine the resell price of those! give me 1-4 and ill sell 1 and 2 :)
Submitted by Defiant on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:58am
Gives me an excuse to buy the corsair hx1000 to power them (I've been looking for a reason to get it too).
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