Asus ARES: Is This The One Graphics Card To Rule Them All?
Asus' new ARES immediately earns bragging rights as one of the fastest single graphics cards ever created. We put the beast through a gauntlet of tests to measure this product's true power. At the end of the day, we answer whether it's worth four digits.
Benchmark Results: DiRT 2
While the Radeon HD 5870 cards in CrossFire best the ARES at 1920x1080, they aren't able to handle 8xAA at 2560x1600. This makes us wonder if 5870s paired up have a problem with 8x anti-aliasing at 2560x1600 in general, as we saw the same issue in Far Cry 2.
In DiRT 2, the ARES performs better than the Radeon HD 5970, but the GeForce GTX 480 SLI solution takes a strong lead.
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rohitbaran On the second page, that should be Radeon 5970, not Radeon 5890. There isn't any card on the market as 5890.Reply -
rohitbaran BTW, it would be really cool to see a 5890, for that would give the GTX 480 a run for its money, something it is already not earning! :DReply -
Maziar Great review,Reply
However i agree with Tom's about that there are better options in terms of price/performance ratio.This card looks good and packs lots of power but i wish that it had a lower price. -
anamaniac I was excited, but after reading the article, I'm dissapointed.Reply
Maybe they set the bar too high when they made the MARS, a $1200 GTX285x2.
I wish the MARS/ARES came with waterblocks though.
Sounds like the card needs some better drivers. -
rohitbaran Well, the card is heavy, power consuming and expensive, but its performance is truly great. BTW, they could have kept the Sapphire Toxic 5970 in the benchmark tests for the sake of immediate comparison. Anyway, this is a great review.Reply
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