ASUS Working on MARS II Dual GTX 480 Graphics Accelerator

HillBeast · Jul 18, 2010

Oh dear.

fritoking · Jul 18, 2010

the54thvoid said:
By jove I've got it!!!

I'm going to get two and seal them in a vacuum chamber - run off the heat pipes into a water tank and boil the water. The water will boil off into steam which i'll push through pipes to create pressure to turn a generator and create power from it - which i can then use to power my cards.....

that is great..... :toast:

Steevo · Jul 18, 2010

I know what happens to cards like this. 5 people buy them and are all like

But in 6 months when the next gen comes out and they are still eating cheesy mac out of a can, and when they realize they have no money for a upgrade and the next gen provides the same performance they become like

And then in like two years when they finally have enough to buy a new card they always brag about how awesome and great their card was, even though they hated it. even though inside they feel like

So who wants to step up with their fail and take part in the last step here?

the54thvoid said:
By jove I've got it!!!

I'm going to get two and seal them in a vacuum chamber - run off the heat pipes into a water tank and boil the water. The water will boil off into steam which i'll push through pipes to create pressure to turn a generator and create power from it - which i can then use to power my cards.....

You sir deserve a cookie!!!

Per Hansson · Jul 18, 2010

Steevo; your cookie looks delicious!

dir_d · Jul 18, 2010

Yea i gotta admit that is a pretty good looking cookie...

[I.R.A]_FBi · Jul 18, 2010

ican has cookie?

mdsx1950 · Jul 18, 2010

Animalpak said:
I'm tired of reading comments "pointless" is useless "... This is a product for enthusiast ...

Asus at least not like other companies that only think about profit and sales, there's passion and dedication in what they do and these graphics cards is shown.

These cards are just experiments made by true enthusiast people.

+1

Steevo said:
I know what happens to cards like this. 5 people buy them and are all like
http://www.coronene.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/super_awsome_rad_kidjpg.jpeg

But in 6 months when the next gen comes out and they are still eating cheesy mac out of a can, and when they realize they have no money for a upgrade and the next gen provides the same performance they become like

http://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/wootdesigncontestentries/damiendone/BUMMER-4lcyyu-s.jpg

And then in like two years when they finally have enough to buy a new card they always brag about how awesome and great their card was, even though they hated it. even though inside they feel like

http://techbuddha.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/vader-fail.jpg

So who wants to step up with their fail and take part in the last step here?

A person who can afford 1 or 2 can definitely switch to the next gen as it comes out. They wont be stuck with that one card for 2 years LMAO! Its kinda obvious don't you think. :laugh:

Its a $1000+ card. Big deal, there a couple of people on TPU running GTX 480 SLi, and i don't think they will be stuck with those cards for 2 years. Hell, i saw some guy running Tri or Quad SLi GTX 480s. lol :laugh:

btarunr · Jul 19, 2010

Steevo said:
I know what happens to cards like this. 5 people buy them and are all like
http://www.coronene.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/super_awsome_rad_kidjpg.jpeg

But in 6 months when the next gen comes out and they are still eating cheesy mac out of a can, and when they realize they have no money for a upgrade and the next gen provides the same performance they become like

http://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/wootdesigncontestentries/damiendone/BUMMER-4lcyyu-s.jpg

And then in like two years when they finally have enough to buy a new card they always brag about how awesome and great their card was, even though they hated it. even though inside they feel like

http://techbuddha.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/vader-fail.jpg

So who wants to step up with their fail and take part in the last step here?

You sir deserve a cookie!!!

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/06/chocolate_chip_cookie.jpg

Nah, this is for people who spend any money on the fastest, even if it's outperformed in 6 months by a product half its price. There are people who spend $1000s each month on speed-boats, on automobiles, on robots, on RC aircraft, on rockets, and then there are people who spend $1000s on performance computer hardware. ASUS does have a market to cash in on. Intel has been selling $1000 processors which are outperformed in a short while, for ages.

mixa · Jul 19, 2010

The only way this can see real world "life" is if they supply it together with 1000+ W PSU and a water cooling system.From all the GTX 480 I`ve seen and tested, I`m certain that there is no way to consume anything under 600W under load (if not more).Yes it will be heck of a monster performer, but wtf, I`m having trouble chilling just one GPU with water, not to mention 2 on the same PCB....
In agree that 460x2 would have been much better choice than 480x2 ....

Oh and forget about 1000 USD price , this is going for about 1200+ (maybe even 1200 euro) at release.

erixx · Jul 19, 2010

mdsx1950 · Jul 19, 2010

mixa said:
The only way this can see real world "life" is if they supply it together with 1000+ W PSU and a water cooling system.From all the GTX 480 I`ve seen and tested, I`m certain that there is no way to consume anything under 600W under load (if not more).Yes it will be heck of a monster performer, but wtf, I`m having trouble chilling just one GPU with water, not to mention 2 on the same PCB....
In agree that 460x2 would have been much better choice than 480x2 ....

Oh and forget about 1000 USD price , this is going for about 1200+ (maybe even 1200 euro) at release.

460X2? That won't even beat the MARS 1. :nutkick:

inferKNOX · Jul 19, 2010

_JP_ said:
Uhm, I think water cooling would be the only viable solution, but considering how few manufacturers release cards with an water cooling kit in them, this might be the first 4 slot air cooler we're going to see.
And even with a design like that, ASUS would probably be forced to put the most powerful Delta fans in that cooler.
Guess that thing will be able to get as loud as a Jumbo-jet taking off.

Or at least as loud as a vuvuzela! :laugh:

World Cup 2010 fever will live on in the MARS II!
If you hated the vuvuzelas while trying to hear the soccer commentary in FIFA 2010, you're gonna have a ball trying to hear the in-game cutscenes with the MARS II!
:roll:

aj28 · Jul 19, 2010

mixa said:
The only way this can see real world "life" is if they supply it together with 1000+ W PSU and a water cooling system.From all the GTX 480 I`ve seen and tested, I`m certain that there is no way to consume anything under 600W under load (if not more).Yes it will be heck of a monster performer, but wtf, I`m having trouble chilling just one GPU with water, not to mention 2 on the same PCB....
In agree that 460x2 would have been much better choice than 480x2 ....

Oh and forget about 1000 USD price , this is going for about 1200+ (maybe even 1200 euro) at release.

That might not be a bad idea... ASUS could re-brand a beefy PCP&C PSU and a self-contained water cooling system, with modular options which allow you to remove the included pump/rad from the loop and use your own. Oh, and apply Arctic Ceramique from the factory so no one attempts to take the cooler off!! :roll:

System Name	Kuja
Processor	Intel Core i7 930
Motherboard	Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Cooling	Corsair H50 HB.o Special Edition with Koolance CHC-122 NB Block
Memory	OCZ Extreme Edition 4GB Dual Channel
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon 5870 Vapor-X Rev. 2
Storage	2x 1TB WD Green in RAID
Display(s)	BenQ V2400W
Case	Lian Li PC-A17 HB.o Special Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek 889A
Power Supply	Gigabyte Odin Pro 800W
Software	Windows 7 Professional
Benchmark Scores	93632 sysPoints in sysTest '09 47 FPS in Star Tales Benchmark

Processor	A10-7850k
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G43
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x4 Gskill PC3 1600
Video Card(s)	MSI R9 270
Storage	120gb ssd / 640 gb hd
Display(s)	Acer 24in

System Name	Compy 386
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus
Cooling	Air for now.....
Memory	64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s)	7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage	Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs and over 10TB spinning
Display(s)	56" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s)	ATI HDMI
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Razer
Software	A lot.
Benchmark Scores	Its fast. Enough.

System Name	4k
Processor	AMD 5800x3D
Motherboard	MSI MAG b550m Mortar Wifi
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x8Gb Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 bl8g36c16u4b.m8fe1
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Reference 3080Ti
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	LG 48" C1
Case	CORSAIR Carbide AIR 240 Micro-ATX
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar STX
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 650W
Software	Microsoft Windows10 Pro x64

Processor	C2Q6600 @ 1.6 GHz
Motherboard	Anus PQ5
Cooling	ACFPro
Memory	GEiL2 x 1 GB PC2 6400
Video Card(s)	MSi 4830 (RIP)
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB Perpendicular Recording
Display(s)	Dell 17'
Case	El Cheepo
Audio Device(s)	7.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Software	MCE2K5

ASUS Working on MARS II Dual GTX 480 Graphics Accelerator

HillBeast

New Member

fritoking

Steevo

Per Hansson

dir_d

[I.R.A]_FBi

mdsx1950

New Member

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

mixa

New Member

erixx

mdsx1950

New Member

inferKNOX

aj28

System Name	Knight-X
Processor	Intel Core i7-980X [4.2Ghz]
Motherboard	ASUS P6T7 WS
Cooling	CORSAIR Hydro H70 + 2x CM 2000RPM 120mm LED Fans
Memory	Corsair DOMINATOR-GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 2000MHz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD6970 2GB CrossFire [PhysX - EVGA GTX260(216SP) 896MB]
Storage	2x Corsair Perf. 512GB \| OCZ Colossus 1TB \| 2xOCZ Agilities 120GB SSDs
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp™ 3008WFP [2560x1600]
Case	Cooler Master HAF-X + NZXT Temp LCD
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D2X \| ONKYO HTS9100THX 7.1
Power Supply	Silverstone ST1500 1500W [80 PLUS Silver]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 (Build 7600)
Benchmark Scores	Heaven 2.0 with Extreme Tessellation at 1080p - 96FPS

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	AMD Athlon64 2800+ @ ~2.3GHz
Motherboard	Asus K8N4-E Deluxe
Cooling	Zalman CNPS7000B Al-Cu
Memory	2 x 512MB Vitesta (TCCDs) @ 255MHz , 2-3-3-9
Video Card(s)	Sapphiretech X700 Pro @ XT
Storage	2 x 80Gb Hitachi DeskStar 7k250 , RAID 0
Display(s)	LG L1710B
Case	CoolerMaster ATC-210C-AX2
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Audigy 1
Power Supply	FSP Group Fortron 400W w/silencer
Software	Windows XP SP2 / fbsd 5.xx

System Name	inferKNIGHT
Processor	Intel Core i5-4590
Motherboard	MSI Z97i Gaming AC
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	2 x 4GB DDR3-1866 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer (R/G)
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 STRIX 3.5GB (+0.5GB? o.O)
Storage	1 x 256GB Cricial M550, 1 x 2TB Samsung 7200.12
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster T260
Case	Corsair Obsidian 250D
Power Supply	Corsair RM750
Software	Windows 8.1.1 pro x64

Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 1200 @ 3.7 GHz
Motherboard	MSI B350M Gaming PRO
Cooling	2x Dynamic X2 GP-12
Memory	2x4GB GeIL EVO POTENZA AMD PC4-17000
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 2GB
Storage	Samsung SSD 840 Series (250GB)
Display(s)	Asus VP239H-P (23")
Case	Fractal Design Define Mini C TG
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar U3
Power Supply	CORSAIR CX450
Mouse	Logitech G500
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K65
Software	Windows 10 Pro (x64)