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ASUS MARS review - Photos - ASUS MARS 4096MB (2)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/05/2009 02:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

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ASUS MARS

Only a thousand cards are made in the first batch, yes .. we have number 54. I so wished I would have gotten #69.

ASUS MARS

Once we flip around the card the dual-PCB design becomes a little more apparent. Please realize that you'll need a lengthy PC chassis to be able to fit the graphics card. Also here we can see a SLI finger, but two and go quad-SLI ;)

But that would be somewhat a waste of money -- after 3-way SLI scaling slowly becomes an issue. Also, I was hoping to see the backside have a back plate as well, but that's not the case. You are looking at the PCB directly.

ASUS MARS

Okay one last look before we pop the card into our test system,

ASUS MARS

So overall it's a pretty clean looking setup really, nothing too flashy. It is time to wrap up the photo shoot and commence a series of military drills on this graphics card, yes... it's time for our benchmark session, daddy needs COD 6 Modern Warfare 2 *sighs*




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