ASUS serving up dual 7870 card. ARES II cracks the sky

ASUS is doing somehting a little different this time. rather than making the ARES II directly compete with the 7970x2. they are instead cutting it down and going with a dual 7870 model.

http://www.techpowerup.com/168180/ASUS-Readies-ROG-ARES-2-Graphics-Card-with-Dual-HD-7870-GPUs.html

with an expected price tag of 550-650 it would sit in a market under the radar of the 7970x2 and 690 and would be able to appeal to the folks wanting maximum preformance over that of the 680 and 7970ghz ed. it will have 4gb GDDR5 and clocks on both cores higher than the hd 7870ghz editions. it will boast a need for dual 8pins. specualtion on the sources part is that it will be a tripple height card but that is again jsut speculation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkXrEUeULmc&feature=related

i find the music highly related*sarcasm

i find the music highly related*sarcasm

Masenkoe

ASUS ARES 2 will back two 28 nm "Pitcairn" GPUs with all components unlocked; likely factory-overclocked speeds beyond those of the HD 7870 GHz Edition; and a total of 4 GB of GDDR5 memory (2 GB per GPU system). The card will draw power from two 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and will have a TDP of around 300W. It will take advantage of AMD ZeroCore CrossFire, with which it powers down the second GPU when not gaming, or with light 3D loads that the first GPU can munch on. With the monitor idling for a set amount of time, both GPUs power down. It's likely that ASUS will use a triple-slot cooling solution, despite the fact that the HD 7870 is a generally cool GPU. Pictured below is the first-generation ROG ARES (dual-HD 5870).

Wow triple-slot cooling for 7870 chip:shock:

Most likely superclocked dual 7870, Im not sure it will running games normaly considering how well Catalyst Driver is =P

ASUS ARES 2 will back two 28 nm "Pitcairn" GPUs with all components unlocked; likely factory-overclocked speeds beyond those of the HD 7870 GHz Edition; and a total of 4 GB of GDDR5 memory (2 GB per GPU system). The card will draw power from two 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and will have a TDP of around 300W. It will take advantage of AMD ZeroCore CrossFire, with which it powers down the second GPU when not gaming, or with light 3D loads that the first GPU can munch on. With the monitor idling for a set amount of time, both GPUs power down. It's likely that ASUS will use a triple-slot cooling solution, despite the fact that the HD 7870 is a generally cool GPU. Pictured below is the first-generation ROG ARES (dual-HD 5870).

Wow triple-slot cooling for 7870 chip:shock:

Most likely superclocked dual 7870, Im not sure it will running games normaly considering how well Catalyst Driver is =P

Aldouz

Nice, though I'm sure it will be about £1000 here as usual.