ASUS ARES III will be 8 GB Dual-GPU Hawaii Graphics Card

#4778963

JulesCools

2014-03-08 06:51

I want one! With quad 8-pin power would be amazing

#4778981

Andrew LB

2014-03-08 08:46

Hmm... considering a single 290x has a tdp of about 300w and runs really hot to begin with... anyone who buys this new dual 290x card should probably also buy a fire extinguisher and perhaps some marshmellows.

#4779002

Deckard

2014-03-08 10:35

Hmmm, Perhaps its time for an upgrade at last, my original Ares 1 is still going strong... thats why I havent needed to upgrade yet:)

#4779008

zer0_c0ol

2014-03-08 11:00

they really are the best company in the world when it come to components..period

#4779009

TheSarge

2014-03-08 11:02

Hmm... considering a single 290x has a tdp of about 300w and runs really hot to begin with... anyone who buys this new dual 290x card should probably also buy a fire extinguisher and perhaps some marshmellows.

Nah, that's what liquid cooling is for. I'd be more concerned about the hit to your power bill.

#4779012

miffywiffy

2014-03-08 11:07

I doubt it would reach that even under load, my 780 works on a 400watt psu under load just fine with loads of other **** drawing power. My PSU died and I did plan to just use this old thing as a temporary solution, however it is coping just fine. I just ignore wattage now.

#4779019

Deckard

2014-03-08 11:46

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_ares_review,2.html My Ares has a tdp of 349W so its a power drop for me if i get it lol

#4779021

BLEH!

2014-03-08 11:50

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_ares_review,2.html My Ares has a tdp of 349W so its a power drop for me if i get it lol

Ah, that takes me back, miss my 5970, good card, for the time. But this monster though, you're gunna need serious cherry picked dies.

#4779022

Deckard

2014-03-08 11:53

Ah, that takes me back, miss my 5970, good card, for the time. But this monster though, you're gunna need serious cherry picked dies.

Solid cards, a testament to Asus engineers, its still going strong after all this time, never lets me down, BF4 All ultra 2xmsaa and still get 60-90fps depending on map occasionally drops to below 60 on intense firefights but still a beast

#4779054

NAMEk

2014-03-08 14:30

You can't love the components...But i would need my own power plant, maybe a small nuclear power plant ;D

#4779061

airbud7

2014-03-08 14:52

Sorry, but I had to...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5YJsMaT_AE

#4779092

xIcarus

2014-03-08 15:53

Hmm... considering a single 290x has a tdp of about 300w and runs really hot to begin with... anyone who buys this new dual 290x card should probably also buy a fire extinguisher and perhaps some marshmellows.

well, considering all that dp is coming from 2 dies, it shouldn't be that bad.

#4779112

schmidtbag

2014-03-08 16:42

So, this isn't REALLY 8GB, it's 4GB per core. While that is still good, that's a little misleading. One of the reasons I don't like doing crossfire/SLi is because, to my understanding, the memory isn't combined, it's just simply distributed. But if you're playing a game, the problem is both cards basically contain the same information in their memory, so a large % of the total memory is going to waste. If you're running a GPGPU task that can take advantage of both cores, I'm sure the memory distribution would be a lot more efficient, since both cores don't share the same task. This is where I feel things like having a dedicated GPU for physx is nice, because you're maximizing your VRAM efficiency.

#4779116

---TK---

2014-03-08 16:47

Dual gpu cards have been advertised this way for a very long time.

#4779122

xIcarus

2014-03-08 17:13

So, this isn't REALLY 8GB, it's 4GB per core. While that is still good, that's a little misleading. One of the reasons I don't like doing crossfire/SLi is because, to my understanding, the memory isn't combined, it's just simply distributed. But if you're playing a game, the problem is both cards basically contain the same information in their memory, so a large % of the total memory is going to waste. If you're running a GPGPU task that can take advantage of both cores, I'm sure the memory distribution would be a lot more efficient, since both cores don't share the same task. This is where I feel things like having a dedicated GPU for physx is nice, because you're maximizing your VRAM efficiency.

i'm not sure why this issue hasn't been resolved so far. for sli yes, i understand that there are certain limitations. you can't just use another video card's ram without imbalancing the performance of the cards. but for dual gpu cards..? that should be more straightforward. and i refuse to think that they haven't thought about this.

#4779170

Trasher

2014-03-08 18:48

So, this isn't REALLY 8GB, it's 4GB per core. While that is still good, that's a little misleading. One of the reasons I don't like doing crossfire/SLi is because, to my understanding, the memory isn't combined, it's just simply distributed. But if you're playing a game, the problem is both cards basically contain the same information in their memory, so a large % of the total memory is going to waste. If you're running a GPGPU task that can take advantage of both cores, I'm sure the memory distribution would be a lot more efficient, since both cores don't share the same task. This is where I feel things like having a dedicated GPU for physx is nice, because you're maximizing your VRAM efficiency.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere Mantle will be able to use both cards VRAM in crossfire? Hopefully Mantle will be adopted widely 🙂

#4779179

BABA-The Hacker

2014-03-08 19:11

...............A sniper shot from AMD's ARES : --------------:book: :biggun:----------------------- http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f6/3a/f3/f63af341d00e548af84c2bacf4964c5a.jpg

#4779193

Undying

2014-03-08 20:01

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere Mantle will be able to use both cards VRAM in crossfire? Hopefully Mantle will be adopted widely 🙂

Mantle was there only to push MS to do something more with DX, sadly.

#4779440

Deckard

2014-03-09 11:10

HIlbert you have listed the TDP in your comaparison chart from a standard HD5970 the Ares 1 has a tdp of 349w source : http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_ares_review,2.html 🙂

#4779456

cowie

2014-03-09 12:26

I heard the miners are going to love this card....Hey it gets cold in those tunnels ...yuck yuck i make funny