Asus' ROG Ares II: Four Dual-GPU Graphics Cards, Compared

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]why even make a dual gpu card right now?gforce has the titan... its basically dual gpu performance on a single gpuand it has non of the problems that dual gpu brings to the table.[/citation]

Titan's performance is quite far from the dual-GPU cards this generation.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]bystander[/nom]It was the 7000 series cards that they have tested with FCAT and they still have the issue unless you use a FPS limiter, v-sync or the CPU is a bottleneck.[/citation]

According to Tom's review, AMD was still competitive anyway, at least in the tests that Tom's ran.

 

[Jessepog]

You can still buy em here in WA there sellen for 1800$ at ple computers in perth!

 

[bystander]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]According to Tom's review, AMD was still competitive anyway, at least in the tests that Tom's ran.[/citation]
There were different games used, so the results will be different as a result, but I had a feeling that a different definition of what a runt frame may have also been at work. 20 rows or less is quite small and I had a feeling Pcper.com used a different definition. As it turns out, they did. I actually like their method better, but I guess that is up for interpretation.

Here is his response to my asking him what he used:

Our versions of the scripts define it based on percentages. If the frame is 20% or less of the preceding 10 frames average, then we consider it a "runt".

You can find it here in the comments section after I asked him:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-GTX-660-vs-HD-7870-plus-HD-7790-HD-7850-GTX-650-Ti-BOOST

 

[richard_35]

The reference card, stays great, with all the metal. It's one of the few cards which i wouldn't watercool for the looks of the coolplate........ On the otherhand, i would never buy one, cause i ain't a gamer and a watercooled 670 is enough(gigabyte, on the 680 pcb...so nice biggie ). But the red radeon is also veryyy pretty... and asus well... never seen an ugly cooler and backplate...... Yes, they are huge, my 570gtx i just bout for the cooler.... Great to look at, but in the end, you think.... I need the space...
And offering 3 slots for one card...is too much. But i go on reading the article...
I just needed to say that nvidia made a nice reference card
gr.rich

 

[lolwhat]

lol what I learn here in tom's hardware... Many reviews showing a faster AMD video card, but in the end of every review you guys always say to buy nvidia... then some time later you say "best high-end stuff to buy AMD" "trololololol lmao they will mad" ... I'lll buy AMD because I don't care about if a "GeForce GTX 690 remains the most elegant high-end "

 

[bystander]

lol what I learn here in tom's hardware... Many reviews showing a faster AMD video card, but in the end of every review you guys always say to buy nvidia... then some time later you say "best high-end stuff to buy AMD" "trololololol lmao they will mad" ... I'lll buy AMD because I don't care about if a "GeForce GTX 690 remains the most elegant high-end "

Because of other problems they did not show you in this review, they aren't so thrilled with the 7990. If you want to ignore the frame metering issue, then by all means, go for it, but the joke is on you if you don't use v-sync or limit your FPS a lot.
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-GTX-660-vs-HD-7870-plus-HD-7790-HD-7850-GTX-650-Ti-BOOST
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-benchmarking-frame-rate,3466.html

 

[deathtbo]

[citation][nom]acasel[/nom]nice video card. hope it doesnt cost a kidney[/citation]
Yeah it does, 1600$ is a lot for a graphics card.

 

[Prophes0r]

I use a 2gb GTX670 to drive my 6000x1080 setup with no issues. That said, I usually use Nvidia Inspector and ini tweaks to tune games to run as smoothly as possible.

As an example Farcry3 is a playable 30fps at max settings with even more improvements running in the drivers (16x AF and using the driver for Vsync and render ahead lock).

The only game I have had to throttle down is Skyrim when at 6000x1080, and only because I have SO many mods and high res textures installed that I need a custom fan profile and some mild overclocking. (FYI my Skyrim install is 42Gb)

I had the option of upgrading my video card recently, and I just didn't see the need for it yet. I'm sure I will eventually but the hardware seems to be outpacing the software at the moment.

 

[jowunger]

ERROR!!!


Transistors value is wrong in the table: Its not 3.4Million it is 3.4 BILLION and 3.5 billion respective instead 3.5Million.

 

[Leamon]

The worst of both worlds...
-Someone who wants to water cool will buy an actual waterblocked card.
-Someone who can only afford or prefers air will not pay more.

 

[shanren1233]

It'amazed

 

[Haravikk]

It's… surprisingly unimpressive; okay so it does lead in many tests, but it's not by so much that only 1000 being made and it coming with liquid cooling suggests it should. I'm also a bit surprised that liquid cooling it could be so noisy!

I dunno, I would have expected a card trying to be the world's fastest to go a bit further than it did IMO.

 

[Abyssic]

i think most of these 999 cards are held by reviewers and their kind ^^