ASUS Mars Dual 760 GPU

[James123]

  I will probably buy this card in arround 1 month. And i wanted to know if someone here has already tested this card himself, if so then please tell me whats good and whats bad about.

[SAV1OUR]

its a waste of money that's whats bad about it. just get cross fire 290's or sli 780's for the same price 

[James123]

its a waste of money that's whats bad about it. just get cross fire 290's or sli 780's for the same price 

Yes ive heard that its expansive in most countries but where in my country its same price as 780.....(non ti) 

[SAV1OUR]

Yes ive heard that its expansive in most countries but where in my country its same price as 780.....(non ti) 

well i guess if your getting it for a low price go for it but in most other situations its a waste of money 

[brownninja97]

  I will probably buy this card in arround 1 month. And i wanted to know if someone here has already tested this card himself, if so then please tell me whats good and whats bad about.

General feedback you will get from everyone is that its a complete rip off, its dual 760s for a higher price then if you got a superior single card(780 ti) or if you brought two gtx 760s you would still have money and get way superior performance. Also you need to factor in that there are a number of games that don't superior multiple video cards, mainly console ports where devs got lazy but lets be honest a lot of games are console ports. Bottom line is that a 780ti is better then dual the mars and dual 760s is better then the mars and cheaper, its your choice in the end but I think everyone would recommend you to not buy it.

[Shroomster]

Yes ive heard that its expansive in most countries but where in my country its same price as 780.....(non ti)

Get a 780. If some game does not scccale correctly or run sli it will be 760 performance.

[James123]

General feedback you will get from everyone is that its a complete rip off, its dual 760s for a higher price then if you got a superior single card(780 ti) or if you brought two gtx 760s you would still have money and get way superior performance. Also you need to factor in that there are a number of games that don't superior multiple video cards, mainly console ports where devs got lazy but lets be honest a lot of games are console ports. Bottom line is that a 780ti is better then dual the mars and dual 760s is better then the mars and cheaper, its your choice in the end but I think everyone would recommend you to not buy it.

For me the mars is exactly same price as 2 760 and 1 780 is also same price

[James123]

780ti isnt superior. Mars is most of the time arround 7% faster. And were not in 2006 were games werent really optimised for multi gpus.

[brownninja97]

For me the mars is exactly same price as 2 760 and 1 780 is also same price

ahh ok, I would then recommend you get dual 760s as they will run at better speeds and can be overclocked further, it just seems more logical unless you don't have the space or power.

[Mateyyy]

I would recommend you getting the 780 instead of the Mars 760, because SLI scaling sometimes is still not that great, and some games just won't run in SLI mode, so you will have to manually disable SLI. Also, the Mars 760 has only 2GB of usable memory, where as the 780 has 3GBs.

[James123]

I would recommend you getting the 780 instead of the Mars 760, because SLI scaling sometimes is still not that great, and some games just won't run in SLI mode, so you will have to manually disable SLI. Also, the Mars 760 has only 2GB of usable memory, where as the 780 has 3GBs.

 

 Im only planning to play on 1080 and i dont use stuff like 16xAA. And all the games i really like seem to have good sli. I have one more question for games like Borderlands 2 can i dedicated 1 of the 2 gpus to only do PhyX? 

[Shroomster]

Im only planning to play on 1080 and i dont use stuff like 16xAA. And all the games i really like seem to have good sli. I have one more question for games like Borderlands 2 can i dedicated 1 of the 2 gpus to only do PhyX?

Yes, you can.

[Mateyyy]

 Im only planning to play on 1080 and i dont use stuff like 16xAA. And all the games i really like seem to have good sli. I have one more question for games like Borderlands 2 can i dedicated 1 of the 2 gpus to only do PhyX? 

Well, from what I've seen 2GB is starting to not be enough even for 1080p. I was playing BF4 on Ultra settings 1080p with 104% Res. Scale and my VRAM Usage was about 2.5-3GB..

[James123]

Well, from what I've seen 2GB is starting to not be enough even for 1080p. I was playing BF4 on Ultra settings 1080p with 104% Res. Scale and my VRAM Usage was about 2.5-3GB..

Games only use more than 2GB when you have more than 2GB because for example in WoW ( Best example ever) other level parts already get loaded in if theres vram left if not than not. 

[Leonard]

  I will probably buy this card in arround 1 month. And i wanted to know if someone here has already tested this card himself, if so then please tell me whats good and whats bad about.

The 760MARS performs better then a 780 and is on par with a 780ti but if you buy two 7604gb and SLI them they will cost less, perform as good as the 760 MARS and consume less power but won't look as good, the 760MARS has all the bling, custom board, backplate, lighting, LEDs on the power connectors to name a few.

[James123]

The 760MARS performs better then a 780 and is on par with a 780ti but if you buy two 7604gb and SLI them they will cost less, perform as good as the 760 MARS and consume less power but won't look as good, the 760MARS has all the bling, custom board, backplate, lighting, LEDs on the power connectors to name a few.

 In my country MARS is same price as 2 760 2gb. 2 x 760 4 Gb are more expanive than mars for me.

[Leonard]

 In my country MARS is same price as 2 760 2gb. 2 x 760 4 Gb are more expanive than mars for me.

Then grab it if you really want it.

[mapegl]

 

290 is more powerful here. 780 as well.

 

I am mean they might trade blows, but still.

 

EDIT: Also theses tests are vs. reference cards, the after-market ones will be faster.

[James123]

 

290 is more powerful here. 780 as well.

 

I am mean they might trade blows, but still.

 

EDIT: Also theses tests are vs. reference cards, the after-market ones will be faster.

Ive seen other benchmarks were the Mars performs much better even better than 780ti and i dont play this game  

[James123]

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/BF4-4K2.png

 

Look at that benchmark the MARS is even faster with 2GB on 4k resoultion 

[mapegl]

Ive seen other benchmarks were the Mars performs much better even better than 780ti and i dont play this game

Well you are probably right. It will be an up and down though.

 

I just don't like choosing two mid-range cards over one higher-end. In my opinion it just doesn't pay off at the end. Still I get why you want it, and I am going to leave it be. Don't want to go nazi on you.

You will have good performance, sometimes great. Enjoy the card. Maybe give a little report on how it performs for you in our forum here? Would be great. Benchmarks are always something I don't trust entirely.

 

Just for reference, I will post the link where I got the benches from. It is German, but when you scroll down you can just click on the game you want to look at and the graphs are pretty self-explanatory.

 

LINK

[James123]

Well you are probably right. It will be an up and down though.

 

I just don't like choosing two mid-range cards over one higher-end. In my opinion it just doesn't pay off at the end. Still I get why you want it, and I am going to leave it be. Don't want to go nazi on you.

You will have good performance, sometimes great. Enjoy the card. Maybe give a little report on how it performs for you in our forum here? Would be great. Benchmarks are always something I don't trust entirely.

 

Just for reference, I will post the link where I got the benches from. It is German, but when you scroll down you can just click on the game you want to look at and the graphs are pretty self-explanatory.

 

LINK

Im also german will read the review now and yes when i buy all parts for my new pc then ill post how it performs, but it will take arround 1 more month until i buy it