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Guru3D.com » News » Asus ROG ARES II Video Card: Dual Radeon HD 7970GE on one PCB

Asus ROG ARES II Video Card: Dual Radeon HD 7970GE on one PCB

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/07/2013 10:42 PM | source: | 11 comment(s)
Asus ROG ARES II Video Card: Dual Radeon HD 7970GE on one PCB

ASUS announced a dual-Radeon HD 7970 graphics card. It’s based on two Tahiti XT2 GPUs, meaning that it’s clocked higher than one GHz. The card is so power-hungry that the company decided to use a liquid cooling solution. The ARES II (ARES2-6GD5) is not yet listed on the ASUS website. Word is that only a thousand units will be made, more info and photo's after the break.

We have not seen / found or heard from this card outselves but the info originates from both Anandtech and Videocardz.com, here's the skinny from the latter one:

The ARES II (ARES2-6GD5) is not yet listed on the ASUS website. You can only find a previous version of ARES I, which was based on two Radeon HD 5870's. The new one is much more powerful, since it features two Tahiti XT2 GPUs, which were taken straight from the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. What’s more is it has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory (which is clocked at 6.6 GHz). Moreover it has two states of GPU clock: 1050 MHz as a base and 1100 MHz as a boost. The minimum recommended power supply here is 850 Watts, which is consumed through three 8-pin power connectors. ASUS is really concerned about global warming so they equipped this beast with an external liquid cooler, actually it’s a hybrid, like Arctic Cooling’s solution (ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid VGA Cooler), or the quite popular user mounted Corsair H60/H80/H100 on GeForce cards, also called “The Mod”.

The card is kept in black and red colors with a nice looking cover over the heat sink. There are three fans total, two 120mm fans are mounted on the radiator, which is cooling the whole loop. The 3rd fan is cooling the VRAM and all other PCB components, such as the VRM power circuitry.

According to the source, there will be only 1000 units sold, all as a collectors editions. Rumored price starts at $1000 and ends at $1500.

Update:

Memory clock: 6600MHz (1650MHz GDDR5) 
Memory interface: 768-bit (2 x 384-bit) 
Maximum DVI resolution: 2560 x 1600 
Maximum VGA resolution: 2048 x 1536 
Microsoft Direct3D version: DirectX® 11 
I/O: 1 x single link DVI / 1 x dual link DVI / 1 x HDMI via adapter/ 4 x native DisplayPort 
Bundled accessories: 3 x 8-pin power cable / 1 x DVI to HDMI adapter / 1 x extended CrossFireX™ bridge 
Minimum recommended power supply: 850W (42A on the 12V rail) 
Power connectors: 3 x 8-pin 
Dimensions: Card: 11.8” x 5.5” x 1.8” 
Fan block: 4.6” x 5.8” x 1.9” 
Fan: 4.7” x 4.7” x 1” 
Liquid cooling tube length: 13.4”

 



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#4495428 Posted on: 01/07/2013 10:08 PM
That's seriously fugly.

warlord
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#4495431 Posted on: 01/07/2013 10:11 PM
so serious...that's power overwhelming... :3eyes:

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#4495464 Posted on: 01/07/2013 11:03 PM
That's seriously fugly.


Does any one care about looks? For me it's about functionality.

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#4495471 Posted on: 01/07/2013 11:10 PM
Skeptical about that cooling solution, this seems too pricey considering how late to the market it is.

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#4495475 Posted on: 01/07/2013 11:19 PM
Why would you name your product "ARSE"? lol

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