Asus Mars 760 Review: Two GPUs In SLI; One $650 Graphics Card

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We like the idea of two GK104 GPUs in SLI on one graphics card. Sounds like a GeForce GTX 690, right? Except that board costs $1000 and Asus' Mars 760 sells for $650. In a world with sub-$700 GeForce GTX 780 Tis, can this dual-GPU stunner still impress?

Results: Grid 2, 5760x1080

Grid 2 rounds out our condensed benchmark suite. We're able to keep this game's detail settings maxed out with 8x MSAA and soft ambient occlusion enabled, despite the increase to 5760x1080.

AMD's dual-GPU configurations continue demonstrating problematic performance, while the other cards we're testing maintain more than our requisite 30 FPS.

As with any other test run across three monitors, two AMD Radeon GPUs struggle to render frames in a smooth, consistent manner. Asus' Mars 760 does post some unsavory spikes, but clearly has pacing better-handled.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.