Asus ROG MARS II (dual-GF110)

[985323]

:eek: This card is uhh...small?
http://2dayblog.com/2011/05/31/up-close-shots-of-the-asus-rog-mars-ii-dual-gf110/

[pcclan]

http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2011/may/550x-asus-mars-2-1.jpg
http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2011/may/550x-asus-mars-2-2.jpg
http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2011/may/550x-asus-mars-2-3.jpg
http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2011/may/550x-asus-mars-2-4.jpg
http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2011/may/550x-asus-mars-2-5.jpg

[Beta-brain]

Mmm, Am I the only one who thinks this space heater is pointless? Surely it's more a marketing exercise as they will be so expensive few will buy them except benchmark obsessives with cash to burn, I guess you'll need a new PSU that supports 3 x 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors or a few adaptor connectors if your PSU can handle it.

Unfortunately marketing it under the Asus ROG label doesn't fill me with confidence as there are so many people reporting problems with ROG brand and I won't be buying any Asus products again after having problems with two P5N-D mobo's I used for builds for people, the first mobo worked for a week and died completely but in the week it was working I bought another and the rear audio output didn't work from day one and it was a real pain sorting out replacements, I think Asus should sort out the quality of their mobo's first instead of wasting time and money on gimmicky things like this :mad:

[Twigsoffury]

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my psu doesn't even have "a" 8 pin pci-e connector.

[Collinstheclown]

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my psu doesn't even have "a" 8 pin pci-e connector.

Ditto... Both of my cards take a single 6-pin.

They need to focus on making cards better with less power requirements... A video card should not need as many pins as the damn motherboard.

[slaveofconvention]

The PSU I just reviewed on the front page has a nice little workaround for this - the PCIe connectors are 6 pin with a 2 pin slide off so they can each be used as 6 or 8. You can see them to the left of this picture. This PSU comes with 4 of them too so....

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/images/reviews/mushkin_800w_psu/006.jpg

[x88x]

Surely it's more a marketing exercise as they will be so expensive few will buy them except benchmark obsessives with cash to burn

You just described the entire MARS line. ;) Hell, the entire bleeding-edge computer components market.

[Twigsoffury]

You just described the entire MARS line. ;) Hell, the entire bleeding-edge computer components market.

CGi companies swoop those up by the bundle as well.

[AmEv]

I don't get it.

On the 6-pin, it's 3 +12V, 3 Gnd. The 8-pin is 3 +12V, 5 Gnd.

Why, and how, would the 2 extra grounds make that much of a difference?


*Oh, and my PSU has 0 PCIe connectors.

[Twigsoffury]

I don't get it.

On the 6-pin, it's 3 +12V, 3 Gnd. The 8-pin is 3 +12V, 5 Gnd.

Why, and how, would the 2 extra grounds make that much of a difference?


*Oh, and my PSU has 0 PCIe connectors.

I'd guess you could run more independent circuits?

[diluzio91]

I don't get it.

On the 6-pin, it's 3 +12V, 3 Gnd. The 8-pin is 3 +12V, 5 Gnd.

Why, and how, would the 2 extra grounds make that much of a difference?


*Oh, and my PSU has 0 PCIe connectors.

well... to inadvertently quote apple here...

Magic. :santa:

[AmEv]

I take it the answer is it's a marketing item; more connections means it's more powerful.


Anyone got an 8-pin connector on a video card with a 6-pin on the PSU?

[diluzio91]

I know it adds 2 grounds... and I believe it ups the available wattage?

[jelina]

Unfortunately marketing it under the Asus ROG label doesn't fill me with confidence as there are so many people reporting problems with ROG brand and I won't be buying any Asus products again after having problems with two P5N-D mobo's The PSU I just reviewed on the front page has a nice little workaround for this - the PCIe connectors are 6 pin with a 2 pin slide off so they can each be used as 6 or 8.

[dr.walrus]

Ditto... Both of my cards take a single 6-pin.

They need to focus on making cards better with less power requirements... A video card should not need as many pins as the damn motherboard.

I've got two cards with two sixes each - moving from two cards with an 8 and a 6 each.

We can't expect silly power without spending silly power

[diluzio91]

lol... if i was offered one for free i would say nothing.

[msmrx57]

lol... if i was offered one for free i would say nothing.

I'd say "THANK YOU VERY MUCH".