From Bit-tech.net:

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Asus Republic of Gamers Mars. It’s the fastest and most expensive consumer graphics card in the world. While you’d be forgiven for thinking that this card is a GeForce GTX 295 that’s been encased in a Challenger tank with a PCI-E connector slapped on it, your presumption would be incorrect. The Mars is actually two GeForce GTX 285s encased in a challenger tank with a PCI-E connector slapped on it.

The GTX 295 is a duo of underclocked GeForce GTX 275’s, an approach that prevents the card from melting through your chassis - and eventually the foundation of your house - when you fire up a game. However, the epic cooler sandwiched between the pair of GTX 285s dissipates enough heat to make the close proximity of the two GPUs possible. Before looking at the cooler in detail, let’s take a look at the specs.

[More...]          [Comments...]