Podcast #168 - ASUS MARS II, Coolermaster CM Storm Headphones, News of the Week, and more!
Subject: General Tech | September 1, 2011 - 05:13 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, nvidia, mars ii, mars, GTX580, coolermaster, CM Storm, asus, 580
PC Perspective Podcast #168 - 9/01/2011
This week we talk about the ASUS MARS II, Coolermaster CM Storm Headphones, News of the Week, and more!
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- 0:00:38 Introduction
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- 0:02:34 CM Storm Sirus Headphones Review
- 0:10:32 ASUS MARS II Dual GTX 580 3GB Graphics Card Review
- 0:19:35 UPDATE: Where Have All the 6970s Gone?
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MSI Computer , and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards! - 0:24:20 Windows 8 Will Support Mounting ISO and VHD Files Natively
- 0:27:10 GLOBALFOUNDRIES 20nm tape out
- 0:32:22 New Firmware Offers Performance Boost To Crucial M4 SSDs
- 0:46:35 Cedar Trail preview, can it keep Intel's netbook lineup alive?
- 0:52:35 Mod a dial that goes to 11 onto your AMD graphics card
- 0:55:15 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: Don't buy the Samsung Verizon 4G LTE portable router!
- Jeremy: Gigabyte's new pranking tool
- Josh: Far Cry and Far Cry 2 on Steam... CHEAP
- Allyn: OpenDNS
- Scott: 2nd production run of HP Touchpads
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- 1:06:50 Closing
Is a GTX 590 just not enough for you?
A Legacy of Unique Engineering
ASUS has often been one of only a handful of companies that really pushes the limits of technology on their custom designed products including graphics cards, sound cards, notebooks, motherboards and more. Just a little over a year ago I wrote a review of the ASUS ARES Dual Radeon HD 5870 graphics card - the first of its kind and it was labeled the "Ultimate Graphics Card" at the time. Life on the top of mountain doesn't last that long in the world of the GPU though and time (and the GTX 590 and HD 6990) left the Greek god of war in the rearview mirror.
This time around we have a successor to the MARS - the NVIDIA version that combines two top-level GPUs on a single PCB. The new ASUS MARS II we are reviewing today is a pair of binned GTX 580 GPUs paired together for full-time SLI and built with a limited edition run of 999 units. In many ways the MARS II and the ARES share a lot of traits: custom designed cooling and PCB, a unique aesthetic design, limited edition status and significant physical weight as well. Of course, the price tag is also pretty high and if you aren't comfortable reading about a $1300 graphics card you might as well turn around now... For those that dare though, you can be sure that the MARS II will have you dreaming about PC gaming power for years to come!
Continue reading our review of the ASUS MARS II Dual GTX 50 3GB!!!
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