ASUS MARS/2DI/4GB3/A 4GB Dual GTX285

[gawl126]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-mars-review-test/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_285_MARS
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19875

I know nothing about the card, but reviews for it were pretty easy to find.

[BoostAbuse]

$1200 for the Mars is a waste of money unless you're a benchmark queen and want to hold records. Real life performance will be next to nothing in 3D work given no apps really support SLI so you'll just be tapping a single 2gb GTX285 core which you could go buy for 1/4 the price of this :)

[imashination]

$1600 ! lol wtf are you smoking?

[meleseDESIGN]

Hi guys, thanks for your inputs.

You´re absulutely right, the price this ebayer want from you is very high.
But it´s a limited edition and only 1000 piece was made. Now i'm one of those 1000, i bought one from other seller for 514€ ($689/£462): http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200454434629

I wanted to upgrade from my current GTX 260 896MB to the GTX 285 2048MB anyways to play a bit with bigger scenes in Octane, but in Germany you can´t buy this one for under 350€ ($469/£314).

This Dual GTX 285 has even a special water cooler, what is quiet nice, cos I use a water cooling system for my CPU's allready. I thought, if I buy one for 350€ why not two for this nice price. My motherboard has only one PCI-E x16 2.0 socket, so if SLI becomes usefull i'm prepared without the need to upgrade the board.

What you think about the new price I paid?


:deal:

[imashination]

You realise no apps use dual gfx cards for their display right?

[frog]

He could use them both in Octane though.

[meleseDESIGN]

Yes, I noticed most apps aren´t designed to use Dual GPU's.
But i'm really looking forward and since Octane (you name it frog) is using the GPU I thought it would be usefull for this app.

What about 3D Coat and Mudbox. I heard they use the GPU as well.
Do they support Dual GPU's as well?

And what about new CS5 apps like After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop.
I read they make use of the GPU too and have some hugh performance enhancement through GPU's.


:shrug:

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