“If you want the fastest single graphics card on the market today, then the ASUS ARES is your one and only option. By combining a pair of TRUE Radeon HD 5870 GPUs with a total of 4GB of GDDR5 memory, ASUS has engineered a graphics card unrivaled anywhere else. The question is whether or not anyone can afford it! If you have $1200 burning a hole in your pocket and you don’t know my address, then line up when they go on sale so you can own a piece of gaming nirvana.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- ASUS ARES Single Card Dual 5870 Sneak Peek @ [H]ard|OCP
- ASUS ARES 4GB Limited Edition Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- ASUS ARES CrossFire @ techPowerUp
- ASUS ARES 4 GB @ techPowerUp
- ASUS Ares @ OC3D
- Sapphire HD 5550 Ultimate Edition Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
- HIS Radeon HD 5550 1GB GDDR3 @ OC3D
- Zotac GeForce GTX 465 Video Card Review @ t-break
- Asus ENGTX465 (GTX-465) Voltage Tweak Edition @ Bjorn3D
- PNY GeForce GTX 465 XLR8 Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- MSI GeForce GTX 465 Twin Frozr II Overclocked w/ Voltage Adjustment @ Tweaktown
ASUS ARES – a true double helping of HD5870
At 11″ long, 5″ wide and $1200 in the hole, there are not going to be many that can bring this card home, but those who do are picking up something special. Fitting a pair of HD5870 GPUs running full speed on a single PCB, plus 4GB of GDDR5 and managing to have the card running relatively quiet is quite a feat of engineering. It does slurp the power though a pair of 8-pin PCIe and an additional 6-pin allow this card to use 100 watts more than the HD 5970 or jsut over 50 watts more than the NVIDIA GTX 480; not too bad considering. The performance is also incredible, barring a few games that AMD’s drivers do not seem to like yet so you aren’t just buying a piece of impressive tech, you also get killer performance, especially if you have another Evergreen card to help with the work. Ryan’s newly minted review is right here, so take a close look at this incredible single card graphics solution.