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TTL just released a video on their OC3D TV youtube channel: 

 

Giving us a first close-up of the new ASUS ARES III.   http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/asus_rog_ares_iii_dual_290x_watercooled_gpu/1

 

Not much new information is given to us but given the length of time in between now and its last news I'd thought I'd share this.

Earlier news: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/162090-ares-iii/ June 5th

                     http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/131054-asus-ares-iii-computex-2014/ march 24th

                     http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/161393-asus-ares-iii-announced/ June 3rd

 

 

Here is some information given of the OC3D website itself. But I'd recommend watching the video for some gorgeous hardware pr0n.

 

 

From the start, the Ares is certainly different. The AMD 290X cards were some of the hottest we’d ever seen, and despite this in part being down to the shoddy cooler from AMD, the chips themselves certainly produced a lot of heat. Asus have opted for a fully watercooled solution on the Ares III with a custom made EK waterblock. Since again this is going to be a very high end product, and we’re sure will also carry a high price, we’re sure buyers will be able to afford a full custom watercooling loop if they are intending on buying one of these. However, this is of course going to mean that systems using an Ares III will be costing you a substantial amount of money in order to get the most out of it.

 

The block itself we do think looks great and as you’d expect it perfectly fits the PCB it’s made for. It has a large Ares logo on the card itself which is unlikely to be seen in a system, but the product as a whole looks incredible. The barb fitting points for the watercooling are on the top of the card at the front which is ideal for an aesthetic point of view, and we are told that a pair of suitable red and black fittings will be included with the card. Asus do promise that the Ares III runs 25% cooler than the AMD 295X, although this is really going to depend on the watercooling solution you’re running. Asus have also said that only 500 Ares IIIs will be sold which should make them fairly collectable in the future.

 

As far as performance goes, Asus promise between 15%-33% better performance depending which game/benchmark you’re running. Although a lot of this will be down to driver support at this early stage, performance we’re sure will be staggering. As you’d expect from any high end Asus card, we see the standard DIGI+ VRMs and a 16-Phase Super Alloy Power design, making the Ares III geared towards overclocking, so again we’re expecting to see some very impressive performance figures when it comes to review. The Ares does require three 8pin PCIE power conectors, and it does come with three red and black braided PCIE extension cables. Like the previous Ares cards, it comes in a metal carry case in order to add to the prestige of owning one of these.

 

The two cores come factory clocked at 1030MHz with a memory clock of 5000MHz. In total, the card has 8GB of memory, although as this is split between the two GPUs, the real-world useable memory is only 4GB, although this is still more than enough for the majority of users.

 

Some shots of this card

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Personally I love the look of this card as it looks good from every angle.

A shame these are always released as a collectors item cause these cards always look gorgeous.

I'd love to see a decked out system with two of the beauties.

Yarrrr, ye be warned lily-livered scallywags

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This is ASUS special edition R9 295X2. Looks sexy though

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TTL backwards is LTT..

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OT: These cards are so craaaazy. They look fabulous though.

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damn, that has to be the sexiest waterblock ever put into a production graphics card and from ek, :o

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The heck is this Philips I thought you were a pirate?

 

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Yikes that is a good looking card... I'll take two.

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Holy balls that is amazing looking! I WANT ONE.

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My only reaction to this card.

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The heck is this Philips I thought you were a pirate?

 

Yarrrr,

 

I be getting what ye be sayin' me matey.

But not all be glad to see a free buccaneer the likes of me.

Like on me favoured waters where I be acting like a merchant vessel the moment I see a naval ship.

I be using clever speech tricks to disguise me character.

It be one of the reasons I be free to roam this forum.

This way I can avoid mods and justice alike.

Yarrrr, ye be warned lily-livered scallywags

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Yarrrr,

 

I be getting what ye be sayin' me matey.

But not all be glad to see a free buccaneer the likes of me.

Like on me favoured waters where I be acting like a merchant vessel the moment I see a naval ship.

I be using clever speech tricks to disguise me character.

I'd be one of the reasons I be free to roam this forum.

This way I can avoid mods and justice alike.

Me landlubber eyes see this.

 

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Yarrrr,

I be getting what ye be sayin' me matey.

But not all be glad to see a free buccaneer the likes of me.

Like on me favoured waters where I be acting like a merchant vessel the moment I see a naval ship.

I be using clever speech tricks to disguise me character.

It be one of the reasons I be free to roam this forum.

This way I can avoid mods and justice alike.

Heave ho!

You are from the future, the pirate day is on the 19th!

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That is the most beautiful graphics card I have ever seen.  I was planning on waiting until Maxwell but I might go and try to get one of those. 

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That is the most beautiful graphics card I have ever seen.  I was planning on waiting until Maxwell but I might go and try to get one of those. 

there are only 500 of those,most of them are for the press,

and they are very expensive,so i doubt you'll get one.

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And of course there's the greek letter -_- Every manufacturer ever.

 

It looks absolutely stunning though.And that case :wub:  $2k easily.

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Nooooo Asus what are you thinking? Why would you have a dvi port on such a card? Surely you can afford a DP monitor (or at the very least a converter), if you can afford this card. If you are spending that amount of money, you would want adaptive sync on all your multimonitors. But this card only supports 1 AS monitor. The standard 295x2 has 4x mini display ports. Seriously Asus, this should come with 3-4x minidp and 1 hdmi port, nothing else.

 

Other than that, Asus really is the master of backplates. They are all so gorgeous. My 290 looks amazing, this one even more so. Very beautiful card. Such a shame about the lack of multiple DP's though.

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I DONT CARE ABOUT THE STATS! I JUST WANT IT!!!

I have saved up for this goddamn Babe so i bloody better be able to fetch one before them 500 runs out.

They were planning to cut the 295x2 to 1000$ http://www.techpowerup.com/204802/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-to-get-promotional-price-open-to-all.html

Better wait before purchasing this one; bet it costs 2000$ just for a waterblock and single pcb.

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They were planning to cut the 295x2 to 1000$ http://www.techpowerup.com/204802/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-to-get-promotional-price-open-to-all.html

Better wait before purchasing this one; bet it costs 2000$ just for a waterblock and single pcb.

I'm rich, I don't care.... Ok I'm not rich but I still Don't care, price will be around 1500 as the Ares 2 was... 1300 i think?

Honestly I doubt I'll be able to get one either way... "sigh"

Proud Owner of The Asus Ares III, Card No:19!

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I'm rich, I don't care.... Ok I'm not rich but I still Don't care, price will be around 1500 as the Ares 2 was... 1300 i think?

Honestly I doubt I'll be able to get one either way... "sigh"

The 7990 was 800-900$, the Ares 2 was 1500$. Atm the 295x2 is 1500$, this thing will be definitely above 1500$ by a lot. Why would you buy this thing when the best part of its looks is hidden in your case? Case with a 90° rotated MB would make a lot of sense for this card.

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The 7990 was 800-900$, the Ares 2 was 1500$. Atm the 295x2 is 1500$, this thing will be definitely above 1500$ by a lot. Why would you buy this thing when the best part of its looks is hidden in your case? Case with a 90° rotated MB would make a lot of sense for this card.

There is more in this world then just pre build Cases. I have something in mind, and this kitten is perfect replacement for my gtx 690.

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*LOL* like he's having a sex with that card... so darn hot

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