ASUS Mars II Reviewed, Being Known as the Fastest Single Graphics Card on the Market
It was month of June when we last heard about this insane graphics card named ASUS Mars II. Now finally this graphics card has started rolling off the assembly line. So it means that now the time is for the hardware fanatics and gaming freaks to start putting them through their paces.
According to HotHardware, the dual GTX 580-packing card was “quite simply the fastest single graphics card we have ever tested, bar none.” Everyone else was agree at this point. Now the turn comes to drawbacks the 3GB card is an absolute power hog (requiring 600-watts all by itself) and is extremely costly at $1,499.
The cost of this card is so much as you can buy three separate GTX 580 cards for slightly less, use the same number of slots and get a very better performance. But the ASUS Mars II has one thing unbeatable – status. The interesting point is this that only 99 of these beasts will be made. After they’re all snatched up, you will have to head to eBay, and pay a hefty premium over it’s already absurd price.
But if you want a best performance out of a single card solution and you can spend this amount, then ASUS Mars II is a best choice for you. Given below is a table about the features and configuration of this extremely amazing ASUS Mars II graphics card:
| Model | MARS II/2DIS/3GD5 |
| Graphics Engine | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 x2 |
| Bus Standard | PCI Express 2.0 |
| Video Memory | 3GB GDDR5 |
| Engine Clock | 782MHz |
| Memory Clock | 4008MHz (1002MHz GDDR5) |
| Memory Interface | 384-bit x2 |
| D-sub Max. Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| DVI Max. Resolution | 2560 x 1600 |
| D-sub Output | Yes x 1 (via DVI-to-D-sub adaptor) |
| DVI Output | Yes x 2 (Native dual link DVI x2) |
| HDCP compliant | Yes |
| HDMI Output | Yes x 1 (Native HDMI 1.4) |
| Display Port | Yes x 1 (Regular DisplayPort) |
| Adaptor/Cable Bundled | 1x Limited Edition aluminum ID plate |
| 2x 8-pin to 6-pin Power Cable | |
| 1x DVI-to-D-sub adaptor | |
| 1x Exclusive 12cm SLI bridge | |
| Software Bundled | ASUS utilities and drivers; GPU Tweak |
| Dimension | 13 inch x 6.2 inch x2.5 inch(3slot) |
| Note | To have the best cooling performance ASUS ROG MARS II extends the Fan sink to 3 slot, please check your motherboard slot space and Chassis Dimension before Purchasing |
| ASUS ROG Rampage III Extreme or Rampage III Extreme Black Edition Mainboard is recommended for best Synergy |
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