ASUS MARS BAR

[TheCenturion]

In 6 months a £250 graphics card will beat your £2,000 setup.


Nice purchasing power, go for it. (as long as you give me some cash xD)

true, top end cards degrade in value so much qiucker than high/mid end cards.

save your money OP

 

[OldComputerGuy7]

I would just get a GTX295 wait for the new cards in a couple of months and get two of those when they first come out. You will end up with a better system that should cost you less.

 

[Kelt]

Wonder who this could be?... could it be one of the greats?.

You should really get a third for a backup.

It's DVDBunny!

He needs 'em to run Crysis!

 

[Caracus2k]

someones asking about two MARS edt 295's but wants a discount! You dont buy these if you are worried about saving money do you eh!

 

[AMG]

why two, one properly would cost more than the PC itself

 

[khemist]

why two, one properly would cost more than the PC itself

Because it will make people bite!.

 

[doiks14]

someones asking about two MARS edt 295's but wants a discount! You dont buy these if you are worried about saving money do you eh!

good point right there
+1

 

[Rroff]

If your really serious about building a high end rig... get 3x 285GTX with water blocks pre-applied...

Otherwise stick to 1x 295GTX or a couple of 260/275 in SLI...

 

[TheCenturion]

not to mention that 2x mars = 8gpus no?

would any game actually be coded to use this?

 

[MoRT489]

2x2 = 4

 

[TheCenturion]

2x2 = 4

but one gtx 295 = 2 gpus

Am I wrong in thinking that the mars card is two 295s, and therefore 4 gpus?

 

[Rroff]

Nah the mars is still 2 gpus, closest to 2x 285GTX.

 

[TheCenturion]

Nah the mars is still 2 gpus, closest to 2x 285GTX.

the mind boggles.

so one is just paying for extra ram and a juicy overclock?

 

[Rroff]

and the fact that each card is numbered individually 1 to 1000 :S

so basically you have to be off your head to buy one.

 

[AMG]

I think people would want to bite

and not so much of a brag factor onces they find out the price

 

[sturmtruppe]

i would get the regular 295 on the single pcb,

or get 2 geforce 275 cards (or two 285's it would still be cheaper!) and performance would be better as well.

 

[jigger]

gonna be building a top spec rig in the next few weeks and wondered if i brought 2 mars's would i get sume sort of discount? from "OC"

Whats the full spec ?

 

[mjones1]

Nom nom nom bate, you would have to be silly to buy one of these cards when these cards are not really designed for gaming that much for like for a physic machine of some sort.

 

[smart201]

Whats the full spec ?

ive got a budget of 4k to spend on the computer itself ,and this isnt a thread to make people bite or **** people off ok.

i brought a watercooled 8800gtx when they first came out and there still a great and powerfull card years later ,so there is no reason why the "mars" wont be the same if not better in years to come.

spec so far

Intel Core i7 975 3.33Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C8 (2000MHz) Tri-Channel With Airflow Fan (TR3X6G2000C8GTF)
Intel X25-E Extreme 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2SH064G1)
evga classified motherboard
X2 asus mars or 3 X watercooled 285 gtx's
enermax galaxy evo "powersupply"

 

[Rroff]

If they supported DX11 then I'd say go for it...

But if the GT300 is even close to the kinda spec they are banding around then its going to give similiar performance to the setup your buying for closer to 1/3rd the price... you'll basically end up with an expensive turkey down the line imo.

As I said if you seriously wanna put some money down for bleeding edge performance get some (2 or 3) water cooled 285GTX and clock the socks off em... otherwise save your money...