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

[Sampsa]

AMD's REAL answer to GeForce GTX 480: Enhanced ATI Radeon HD 5970 with custom designs from AIBs:





AMD will be offering new board spec to AIBs including Dual Cypress XT ultra low leakage GPU’s. One of the first models will be Asus ROG ARES which will feature 850MHz core clock, 1200MHz memory clock and 4GB of GDDR5. Asus ROG ARES thermal specification includes 100mm wide fan, 32mm thick, 600% higher air-flow, 100% pure copper and 8 ultra-wide heat-pipes. Also the noise level should be significantly lower @ 4200rpm; ARES 37dB; ref hemlock; 44,5dB.

Asus says performance in 3DMark Vantage Extreme-preset is ~28% better than ATI Radeon HD 5970 reference design.

Asus ROG ARES will be Limited Edition and on display at Cebit.

Source: Finnish hardware site Muropaketti.com

PS. Real pics of PCB & cooling solution coming tomorrow, stay tuned.

[96redformula]

That looks like a SERIOUS heatsink . I can't wait for FERMI to come out for both sides to show their cards.

Put your cards on the table (Pun intended)

[Dark-Energy]

Holy crap, 4 gigs of memory?

[Monstru]

Hmm.....this does not look like "AMD's answer" but as another MARS. Nevertheless, it looks good

[DragoonXX]

who here is guessing that the 8 ultra wide heatpipes are going to be 8mm pipes?
possibly looking like a 3-4 slot cooler, waiting on real pics though

[Sampsa]

Hmm.....this does not look like "AMD's answer" but as another MARS. Nevertheless, it looks good

Like I said, one of the first will be from Asus, other manufactures should follow soon with their own designs or based on AMD's recommendation spec (of enhanced 5970)..

[crazydiamond]

looks heavy... and fastttt

[Zigosity]

SO.
DOWN.

I need money ;_;

[kiwi]

looks heavy... and fastttt

And extremely expensive

[eric66]

point me to the nearest place where i can sell my kidneys

[InCredible]

yea i can only imagine how much this will retail for.

[Etihtsarom]

I thought ARES was 2 5870's on the board, which is not the same as this?

[zalbard]

Holy @#$%! Look at the size of this thing! Is this 2 kilos of copper alone?!
DO WANT!

[Marco André]

If this is the REAL answer to GTX480 series, why it's limited edition?

Looking forward to real pictures from the Beast!

[RaZz!]

28% faster than stock 5790. that's sick

power consumption and price will be sick as well i guess

[Sadasius]

I am hoping this is going to have a fold down leg or something so it can lean its weight on it or something. Damn thing is already too damn long not to mention having a 2 kilo weight on top of that.

[SocketMan]

I thought even the "regular" 5970 would be enough as far as the games go.
This (monster card) just says:check and mate,before the game even started.
I personally prefer single cards Crossfired/SLIed, but a lot of people
are limited on the number of PCIe slots and/or just want the "best single card" regardless.
I think it's pretty safe to say that we won't be getting any
dual fermies this year, so the 5970 will stay on top.Until ATI's refresh later
on in the year.
Hopefully that would mean lower prices from both respected companies.

[zalbard]

If this is the REAL answer to GTX480 series, why it's limited edition?

Because GTX480 is rumoured to be a LE for a while, too?

[eric66]

If this is the REAL answer to GTX480 series, why it's limited edition?

Looking forward to real pictures from the Beast!

gtx 480 is more like nowherefound edition so its fair i think

[dinos22]

how much does it weigh
i would only put that on with a board sitting horizontally

[Nedjo]

Eyefinitydozer

[eric66]

actually you don't need that much of copper to unleash power of 5970 this card is way more cooler and faster : http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...or_hd5970_lcs/

[Russian]

Its not really an answer if ASUS is only going to make 1000 of them like they did the Mars...

[Dainas]

You cannot fight dominance with micro stutter, specially if you are not even sure you will lose dominance.

[ajaidev]

I was expecting a 5950 rather than this. 5970 @ stock would be enough to fight gtx 480 i would think.

The 4gb will help it quite a bit but i also expect great things from custom 5870 like asus matrix...