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ASUS ROG MARS III Dual GTX 680 Graphics Card Detailed

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The ROG MATRIX 7970 wasn't the only new Republic of Gamers graphics card on display at Computex, it was sitting next to the MARS III. This monstrosity is a dual-GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, it packs two 28 nm GK104 GPUs with clock speeds that match or exceed those of the GeForce GTX 680. ASUS stopped short of revealing the clock speeds. The card draws power from three 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors, next to it is an instant fan-override button that revs up the card's fans to 100%. The card gives out three dual-link DVI display outputs, and is capable of driving 3D Vision Surround using three >1920x1200 pixels displays. Unlike the MATRIX 7970 and countless recent examples of ASUS' ugly fixation with triple-slot cooling solutions, it's a pleasant surprise seeing that the triple-fan cooling solution of the MARS III needs just two expansion card slots. The MARS III will be manufactured in limited quantities, and will probably cost more than a GeForce GTX 690.

http://www.techpowerup.com/167217/ASUS-ROG-MARS-III-Dual-GTX-680-Graphics-Card-Detailed.html

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Late to the show, already posted yesterday:

tommybhoy said:
Asus has been busy!:

First up is the 680 Mars III for team green:

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'The MARS III into the third generation, will use the introduction of dual Kepler GK104!

Of ROG for ASUS graphics cards, this addition to the display Radeon HD7970 Matrix, synchronization exhibited Kepler, GK104 of MARS III graphics card.
The official launch is always some surprises, ASUS booth finally the MARS III of made public.
New of MARS III graphics card in the housing part of the metal material, with red and black in color part, but the site PM mentioned that this card is not the final version, perhaps the future will be slightly different from that in appearance.
8 + 8 + 8 power supply design, provides 8GB of GDDR5 high-capacity memory, the output terminal 3 DVI and mini DisplayPort, but a pity that when the core clock part is not currently published.
Further information if so, we will be the first time.'

(^Google translation)

http://chinese.vr-zone.com/20073/asus-mars-iii-dual-kepler-gk104-hand-on-06052012/


For the red team-7970 Matrix:

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'ASUS showed off its newest high-end single-GPU graphics card, the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Matrix 7970. The card will be ASUS' addition to a new wave of highly-overclocked Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards (we're talking ≥25% factory-OC), by AMD AIB partners, to compete with GeForce GTX 680. ASUS did not disclose the clock speeds the Matrix 7970 ships with, but listed out its exclusive features, such as VGA Hotwire (read and control voltages at a hardware level), TweakIT (hardware voltage-speed control using buttons, one-push fan override), ProbeIT (voltage fan-speed monitoring points), a 20-phase Digi+ VRM with software control using GPUTweak software, and the software itself, which comes with a plethora of tweaking options.'

http://www.techpowerup.com/167184/ASUS-Shows-off-ROG-Matrix-7970-Graphics-Card.html



Last but not least is the Republic of Gamers ZEUS with hybrid onboard dual 7970's:

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'ASUS displayed a nerdtastic motherboard design concept, at Computex. Called the Republic of Gamers ZEUS, ASUS' creation is a socket LGA2011 motherboard with a dual-GPU graphics hardware soldered onto the board, in the place otherwise assigned for expansion slots. The top half of the ZEUS resembles that of a conventional LGA2011 motherboard, with the processor being powered by a 10-phase Digi+ VRM, and eight DDR3 DIMM slots. ASUS somehow made the platform support up to 128 GB of unregistered DIMM DDR3 memory (double the 64 GB limit of the Sandy Bridge-E HEDT platform).

The second half of the motherboard has the X79 PCH, and two PCI-Express 3.0 GPUs in dual-GPU configuration. ASUS hasn't revealed which GPUs these are, but sources predict it's a pair of AMD Radeon HD 7970 (Tahiti XT) or HD 7870 (Pitcairn XT). Each GPU system has its own set of memory, and a set of 8-pin + 6-pin PCIe power connectors. The display outputs of this dual-GPU setup are given out on the rear panel, as two mini-DP + Thunderbolt ports, and one each of HDMI and standard DP. The ZEUS even has as many as 8 SATA 6 Gb/s ports, four SATA 3 Gb/s ports, and 12 USB 3.0 ports, besides two Thunderbolt 10 Gb/s ports. For now, ASUS' monstrosity is a design concept, and the company is undecided about launching it to the market. If nothing, the ZEUS serves as a testament of ASUS' mammoth engineering potential.'

http://www.techpowerup.com/167172/A...A2011-Motherboard-with-Dual-GPU-Graphics.html

They techs certainly have been busy over@Asus!
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How do they get 4gb per gpu? 512 mbit memory bus?

Edit: never mind, thought you were talking about the 7990
 
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2 of them, would look good in my silverstone tj08b with my asus maximus gene 3 ;) although cooling may be an issue.
 
3x8 pin like the 7970x2, were going to see some obscene power usage out of these beasts and enough heat to warm a mansion :)
 
They make this mistake every time nvidia release their new range. They create this monster of a card, but put a piddly amount of vRAM on it.

Seems so silly.
 
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