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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245988&highlight=asus%20ati

AMD will be offering new board spec to AIBs including Dual Cypress XT ultra low leakage GPU’s. One of the first models will be Asus ROG ARES which will feature 850MHz core clock, 1200MHz memory clock and 4GB of GDDR5. Asus ROG ARES thermal specification includes 100mm wide fan, 32mm thick, 600% higher air-flow, 100% pure copper and 8 ultra-wide heat-pipes. Also the noise level should be significantly lower @ 4200rpm; ARES 37dB; ref hemlock; 44,5dB.

Asus says performance in 3DMark Vantage Extreme-preset is ~28% better than ATI Radeon HD 5970 reference design.

Asus ROG ARES will be Limited Edition and on display at Cebit.

More information on the link.

simply, holy crap.

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I'll believe it when I see the benchmarks at EF resolutions.

Yeah that card looks so over the top lol

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/14350/asus_rog_ares_specs_and_image_show_up_hd_5970_on_steroids/index.html

"I'll take 2 with water blocks plz"...is what I'd say if I won the Lotto Max today! Of course there doesn't appear to be an xfire bridge on it, so I'd use one as a paperweight.

"I'll take 2 with water blocks plz"...is what I'd say if I won the Lotto Max today! Of course there doesn't appear to be an xfire bridge on it, so I'd use one as a paperweight.

how can you tell from looking at the bottom of the card?

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System Core: | Intel Core i5-2500K + ASUS P8Z68-V + 16GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 MHz | Win7 x64 | MSI R7970 Lightning 3GB [1105/1400] |
Display: | 3 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP-HC @ 7680x1600 | Dell u3011 |

Sapphire also announced at CeBit

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,705608/Cebit-Sapphire-announces-4-GB-HD-5970-and-Eyefinity-6-Edition/News/

I've only seen renders of that Ares card, so they probably just haven't rendered the CrossFire finger on it... ;)

I have put the word in to my fave supplier, as soon as a 5970 4GB is in their channels, I want one. I will be able to sell my current 5970 for almost as much as a got it for and I can finally crank up that AA!

EDIT: just checked my price list, the 5970 has actually gone up by a couple of hundred. WIN!

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Can someone clue me in? What practical benefits will there be from having twice as much video RAM besides feeling good about having more video RAM?