AMD's REAL answer to GeForce GTX 480: AIB Custom 5970s

Yaaa real pic i think its real idk

http://www.centrale3d.com/IMG/jpg/Asus_ARES-1.jpg

Score 3DMark Vantage Extreme : X14104, au lieu des X11506, pour une HD 5970 normale. Extreme: X14104, X11506, instead of for a standard HD 5970.

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X14104 not bad at all my friends 5870 CF scores around that i think if this is a reference by AMD maybe we will see cheaper hunks soon. GTX 480 may not be able to keep pace with this one tough very hard i would imagine.

I hope Sampsa doesn't consider this threadjacking, since he started it, I know he's got the same pics as well... But here's Ares in the nude.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9145/arespcb.jpg
Source: NordicHardware

Thanks mean machine but 8 + 8 + 6 pin woooow also pretty neat pcb imo.

for air and watercooling maybe it will rock but for subzero, I think not, why? Look for areas marked by red color :(

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/9145/arespcb.jpg

but there always is way to bench it :D

dual ss or resolder 2x8 pin and 6pin to the second side of pcb, but these caps don't look like they can be resolder :(

and if you need more powah, use another 8pin instead of 6 pin :D

or two cpu pots :D

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9145/arespcb.jpg

why asus didn't think about extreme overclockers when pcb was designing :(

Yep, I've noticed that as well. Not optimal in any way for LN2 cooling unless you have some really fat coldplates. :P

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Originally Posted by railer

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We don't have new architecture so we glue together our current gen and slap 2 pnd heatsink on it to increase clock. Innovation at it's best :rolleyes:

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lol what why do they need launching new arch ? and as previously pointed its asus design

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Originally Posted by railer

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We don't have new architecture so we glue together our current gen and slap 2 pnd heatsink on it to increase clock. Innovation at it's best :rolleyes:

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lol what why do they need launching new arch ? and as previously pointed its asus design

how did you manage to double post with an 13 minute interval :D

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Originally Posted by railer

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We don't have new architecture so we glue together our current gen and slap 2 pnd heatsink on it to increase clock. Innovation at it's best :rolleyes:

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are you talking about EVGA weirdo GTX275+GTS250?

'cos in my book only new architecture on the market is AMD's DirectX 11 series of Evergreen accelerators, and this "God Of War" from ASUS uses that architecture!?!
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Originally Posted by xoqolatl

Good thing that dual GPU card's days on HWBot are over. We sure don't need another Mars Vantage bullsh*t.

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Amen to that :yepp:

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Originally Posted by ajaidev

I want to see the real pics already waaaa waaaa

Also this uses 8+6 or 8+8??

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8+8+6

375W + PCI-e standard :P

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Originally Posted by annihilat0r

how did you manage to double post with an 13 minute interval :D

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Time Warp

Wel, regular HD5970 is not a walk in the park on sub-zero also, so sub-zero is not quite what this GFX is made for. The PLX chipr really hates cold with every little fiber of his beeing :)

2 of these are faster than 4 x 5870 ? ... mmm ..... no :down:
60% amazing VGA 40% marketing :D :D

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Originally Posted by Sampsa

Also the noise level should be significantly lower @ 4200rpm; ARES 37dB; ref hemlock; 44,5dB.

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Do I not understand it or it's a typo? Cause such a fan (10×3,2 cm) at 4200 RPM will fly out with your case like a heli :rofl:

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Originally Posted by qballe

2 of these are faster than 4 x 5870 ? ... mmm ..... no :down:
60% amazing VGA 40% marketing :D :D

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actually I think that at really high resolutions 2 of these should be faster than 4 x HD5870, mainly because it have 2GB per GPU..

This sounds good :)

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Originally Posted by jtdigital

damn that card looks nice :eek: $800 guess?

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You wish. $999+

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Originally Posted by tajoh111

If you can afford a 5970, you can afford a displayport to hdmi wire.

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Why pay £240 for 3 active adaptors on a 6 mini DP port card when all your going to run is 3 displays.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...56&subcat=1577

Sampsa: nice looking card, have u it?:)

love the specs...but it looks like it is not going to be available until it's too late and will be really expensive for anyone to prefer them over a fermi.

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Originally Posted by jtdigital

damn that card looks nice :eek: $800 guess?

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The actual AIB costs will be left up to the partners and the retailers. Odds are none will be cheaper than ref cards but I think USD$700-800 may be accurate.

What I like about this card is that with 2 Deltas on those copper sinks, and with the sweet power regulation from the modified VRM, it will probably get killer clocks on air.

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Originally Posted by Mechanical Man

That will suck some serious current:
PCI Express connectors (8 + 8 + 6-pin).

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no.. just 8+8 ;)

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Originally Posted by qballe

2 of these are faster than 4 x 5870 ? ... mmm ..... no :down:
60% amazing VGA 40% marketing :D :D

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why not?

this thing has an obviously kick-ass cooler along with better R870 chips with stock 5870 clocks and double the memory.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw >1GHz on air with this, and for it to be the first single card to require an 850w PSU.

wonder if Dual ROG Fermi will need a 1000w PSU...