Asus Rog Mars 760 coming

[systemerror]

Definitely would not give asus my money for this.

 

[smogsy]

only use people who cant fit 2 cards in there case..

tthats it?

 

[Five.Stars]

These are now on sale and seem to be around £485, despite all the negativity in this thread I still think it's a cool piece of engineering, its the fastest single card (not single GPU obviously) currently on the market and costs £75 less than a 780ti.

So it does have a point, for someone who happens to want the best single card this is the best new option now the 7990 and 690 are gone (the fact it costs < 2/3 what the 690 did is also cool, especially considering it beats it when OC'd) and for an Nvidia fanboy this is a great alternative to a 780Ti considering it performs better and costs less, plus the final thing that its a cool unique card like the Gigabyte 3D1 was which makes it sort of special to own.

If I was looking for a card today I would probably go for this as I only have room for one card and need PhysX support.

Surely the 7990 demolishes it, no?

 

[Martini1991]

These are now on sale and seem to be around £485, despite all the negativity in this thread I still think it's a cool piece of engineering, its the fastest single card (not single GPU obviously) currently on the market and costs £75 less than a 780ti.

So it does have a point, for someone who happens to want the best single card this is the best new option now the 7990 and 690 are gone (the fact it costs < 2/3 what the 690 did is also cool, especially considering it beats it when OC'd) and for an Nvidia fanboy this is a great alternative to a 780Ti considering it performs better and costs less, plus the final thing that its a cool unique card like the Gigabyte 3D1 was which makes it sort of special to own.

If I was looking for a card today I would probably go for this as I only have room for one card and need PhysX support.

The 7990's were cheaper and better.
It's a pointless card, these cards are always pointless because they're overpriced.

It's a 300 quid card for almost 500 quid.

 

[LtMatt]

Surely the 7990 demolishes it, no?

The 7990 does indeed demolish it according to my benchmarks vs 760 reviews. Even the 690 is faster than the 760.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

If they want to produce a mid range dual card then base it on a 7950. If nothing else the miners will wet themselves if the price is right

 

[Martini1991]

The 7990 does indeed demolish it according to my benchmarks vs 760 reviews. Even the 690 is faster than the 760.

Why "Even"?, the 690 went up against the 7990.
The 690 would have to be faster than the 760 ROG.

The problem being is both the 7990 and 690 seem EOL.

It's like the 6870x2, I ran two 6870's from launch, and I paid a fair amount for them, but then like a year down the line a 6870X2 came out which cost almost the same amount I'd spent the year prior.

Stupid and pointless cards.

 

[MrMoonX]

Dual cards are pointless

 

[Yaayuh!]

These are now on sale and seem to be around £485, despite all the negativity in this thread I still think it's a cool piece of engineering, its the fastest single card (not single GPU obviously) currently on the market and costs £75 less than a 780ti.

So it does have a point, for someone who happens to want the best single card this is the best new option now the 7990 and 690 are gone (the fact it costs < 2/3 what the 690 did is also cool, especially considering it beats it when OC'd) and for an Nvidia fanboy this is a great alternative to a 780Ti considering it performs better and costs less, plus the final thing that its a cool unique card like the Gigabyte 3D1 was which makes it sort of special to own.

If I was looking for a card today I would probably go for this as I only have room for one card and need PhysX support.

1. Nope
2. Means next to nothing, you can easily overclock a GTX690 as well.
3. Nope
4. Stupid card

 

[systemerror]

Disagree saying dual cards are pointless but the mars 760 is pointless

 

[humbug]

If this was a cheap alternative to a 780TI, a cheaper alternative to buying a pair of 760's. where its appeal is to save money in gaining that performance, i could understand it.

But thats not what this is, so what is the point of a dual GPU, with similar performance to a single GPU, costing about the same and with the same amount of usable memory?

Its just a GPU aimed at ripping the unsuspecting off.

 

[Gibbo]

If this was a cheap alternative to a 780TI, a cheaper alternative to buying a pair of 760's. where its appeal is to save money in gaining that performance, i could understand it.

But thats not what this is, so what is the point of a dual GPU, with similar performance to a single GPU, costing about the same and with the same amount of usable memory?

Its just a GPU aimed at ripping the unsuspecting off.

Its why I am refusing to stock, absolutely pointless card, not enough VRAM and too expensive!

 

[Martini1991]

In stark contrast, the 4870x2.
I picked one of them up for 350, and it was cheaper than two 4870 1GB's at the time.

That's how these dual cards should be.

 

[Mei]

Its why I am refusing to stock, absolutely pointless card, not enough VRAM and too expensive!

sounds like a nvidia card to me
i think most reviews are saying the same, with the positive spin if you like its looks buy it^^
again sounds like a nvidia card jkjk

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Its why I am refusing to stock, absolutely pointless card, not enough VRAM and too expensive!

And that pretty much sums it up.

Its no contest between this and a single gpu option like the 780ti, and its a joke compare to those £384 7990's from the not too distant past.

Asus should get a kick in the nuts for this.

 

[LtMatt]

Its why I am refusing to stock, absolutely pointless card, not enough VRAM and too expensive!

sounds like a nvidia card to me
i think most reviews are saying the same, with the positive spin if you like its looks buy it^^
again sounds like a nvidia card jkjk

Congratulations. Mei wins a meal out with me and Gibbo wins a signed autograph.

 

[ubersonic]

Its no contest between this and a single gpu option like the 780ti, and its a joke compare to those £384 7990's from the not too distant past.

It costs £75 less and performs better, how is that no contest?

And of course it's a joke compared to the HD7990 at £384, that was an EOL fire sale price, the Mars price compared to the "normal" price of the GTX690/HD7990 perfectly reflects the stock performance difference.


The bottom line is this is the best performing single card option currently on sale, it's much cheaper than Nvidia's current flagship, it's RRP is only like £40 more than AMD's flagship, and it's a "cool"/"unique" card similar to how the 3D1 was which adds to the flavour. If anything I would say it has even more point than any Mars or Ares card ASUS has made previously as they were just faster variants of things you could buy anyway.

 

[LtMatt]

It costs £75 less and performs better, how is that no contest?

And of course it's a joke compared to the HD7990 at £384, that was an EOL fire sale price, the Mars price compared to the "normal" price of the GTX690/HD7990 perfectly reflects the stock performance difference.


The bottom line is this is the best performing single card option currently on sale, it's much cheaper than Nvidia's current flagship, it's RRP is only like £40 more than AMD's flagship, and it's a "cool"/"unique" card similar to how the 3D1 was which adds to the flavour. If anything I would say it has even more point than any Mars or Ares card ASUS has made previously as they were just faster variants of things you could buy anyway.

When are you getting one? It would be interesting to see how it fares in the benchmark threads.

 

[arc@css]

I think it's a good / decent enough card, though I wouldn't want to to pay the inflated price for it. It also seems an odd choice of gpu selection for Asus to use; I would have expected something more like a 780.

 

[systemerror]

I think anyone buying this card as has had a tempory loss of the ability to think or even perminant