ASUS MARS 2 SLI Madness
Up Close & Test Setup
Published: 29th December 2011 | Source: ASUS | Price: £2000+ !!!! |
Up Close/Test Setup
Starting off with the making sure we're not CPU bound, as much as possible, we have an ASUS Rampage IV Extreme. Beneath the Corsair H100 cooler lies our Core i7-3960X overclocked to 4.6GHz. Data is pumped via Quad-Channel Corsair GTX8 2400Mhz RAM.
What is better than a ASUS Mars 2 at the heart of your system? Oh yes, two of them in SLI. As much as we are used to handling some hefty hardware setups we never quite get used to seeing £2200 worth of GPUs sitting patiently waiting to be abused.
Besides the obvious stuff we've also got on hand a 3D Monitor, three Iiyama Prolite monitors for widescreen gaming. Underpinning everything is a pair of Corsair AX1200 PSU's and Windows 7 x64.
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OH MY GOD! Damn i can't wait to read it. 
Madness 
Some massive results from SLI, nothing is coming close to them for a while anyway.
Some massive results from SLI, nothing is coming close to them for a while anyway.
I really enjoyed watching the video review, Nice work on putting together such a great review, it's the sort of thing you don't see terribly often someone doing a review just cause they can. Keep up the great work! 
I've been looking forward to reading this review since you gave us a peek at the setup.
I'm kinda disappointed and impressed at the same time. You would expect mind blowing out the box... I guess no one expects someone to spend £2k + ON GRAPHICS ALONE!!!!
Thanks for the review Tom, I can't see anyone doing the same review for quite some time lol.
I'm kinda disappointed and impressed at the same time. You would expect mind blowing out the box... I guess no one expects someone to spend £2k + ON GRAPHICS ALONE!!!!
Thanks for the review Tom, I can't see anyone doing the same review for quite some time lol.
Get them submitted at the BOT! 
Hey Tom when ur done with my cards can ya please send them back 
Great Review Mate and thanks for doing stuff like this for us we really do enjoy seeing what e-peen can do
Great Review Mate and thanks for doing stuff like this for us we really do enjoy seeing what e-peen can do
Madness indeed. Always a shame about the drivers, but the results were out of this world nonetheless.
Damn, get a f'kin power consumption meter.
If you tell them you will use it in many reviews and show the brand and stuff you will get it probably free or something damn it, but thats one aspect that would easily enrich the reviews of all components.
And maybe year later you can also add measurement of noise/loudness if you feel like it. But damn power consumption is really missing and is easily fixed.
If you tell them you will use it in many reviews and show the brand and stuff you will get it probably free or something damn it, but thats one aspect that would easily enrich the reviews of all components.
And maybe year later you can also add measurement of noise/loudness if you feel like it. But damn power consumption is really missing and is easily fixed.
I doubt anyone with the wedge to buy two MARS IIs is particularly fussed about the power draw
there are a couple of MARS II SLI builds on the internet that i found last week
i love opulence!!!
i hope asus makes an ARES II with the new 7970's
i hope asus makes an ARES II with the new 7970's
Excuse me while I get that mop to wipe my drool off the floor...
Curious if that 1350W Enermax PSU you looked at earlier would have been able to handle the rig, given that it can do 1600W peak and has the power connectors to run both cards.
Regarding the driver issues with SLI, I'm no expert, but would four regular GTX580 boards offer better frame rate and stability?
Great job Tom! Really appreciate the work you put into these builds, along with the video. Will you be sending the cards back to Asus or are they letting you keep them?
Curious if that 1350W Enermax PSU you looked at earlier would have been able to handle the rig, given that it can do 1600W peak and has the power connectors to run both cards.
Regarding the driver issues with SLI, I'm no expert, but would four regular GTX580 boards offer better frame rate and stability?
Great job Tom! Really appreciate the work you put into these builds, along with the video. Will you be sending the cards back to Asus or are they letting you keep them?
Do you never do a Folding test anymore ? aka in regards how much a "new" GPU puts out !
i really think its time then, that I can go and work on it , just fot the F@H section...........
i really think its time then, that I can go and work on it , just fot the F@H section...........
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Originally Posted by SnW
Do you never do a Folding test anymore ? aka in regards how much a "new" GPU puts out ! i really think its time then, that I can go and work on it , just fot the F@H section........... |
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO thats why it wasnt done.
You need to stick around a bit more fella youve obviously missed LOADS of 98860 shout outs and folding tests in reviews.
This is an insane piece of hardware
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The MARS 2 is the most powerful graphics card on the planet. So of course we've had to see what would happen if you ran two in SLI.
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