Konklusion
ASUS ROG ARES II er højdepunktet af denne generation af grafikkort. Den er baseret på to AMD 7970 GHz Edition's GPU'er, der hver er overclocket med 100MHz mere ud af kassen. Takket været en on-board Gen3 PCI-Express bro maksimerer den også den tilgængelige bus båndbredde. I spil hvor CrossFire fungerer korrekt, ser vi forbløffende skalering, der ofte når den dobbelte ydelse af et enkelt HD 7970 GHz Edition. Vi ser ARES II slå NVIDIA's GTX 690 i de testede spil.
Innovation/Teknologi - 5
ASUS har sammensat deres eget dual-gpu grafikkort med to af AMD's 7970 GHz Editions. Med dette kommer der selvfølgelig et stort strømforbrug og massere af performance, som nok skal holde dig kørene mange år fremud. Samt med 2x 3GB VRAM løber du ikke tør, selv i eyefinity.
Bundle/Tilbehør - 5
Bundle til kortet var en custom made kuffert og et badge med dit serienummer på samt en CrossFire bro, udover dette var der blot grafikkortet og det's standard tilbehør. Udover dette kunne jeg godt have forventet mig lidt mere, så som et spil eller benchmark program. Dog giver jeg 5 alligevel, da de folk som køber dette kort ikke bekymrer sig om penge.
Design/Layout - 5
Kortet kommer med en lukket vandkølings løsning og dette giver rigtig, rigtig lave temperaturer. Især taget i betragtning af, at der kommer to (!) grafikkort chips på kortet. Vandkølningsløsningen er dog ikke ekstremt støjsvagt, men det kan klart høres både idle og load. Kortet kræver desuden også 3x 8-pin.
Software - 3
Kortet benytter AMD's standard drivere, dog skulle jeg hente 13.2 BETA driveren fra AMD, før kortet virkede. ASUS GPUTweak, MSI Afterburner og alle de andre programmer virker til dette kort, hvis du vil lave din egen fan profil eller overclocke det.
Ydelse - 5
Med nyeste BETA driver fra AMD, får du masere af performance og slår endda NVIDIA's GTX690. Forbløffende skalering af AMD HD 7970 GHz Edition når ofte den dobbelte ydelse af et AMD HD 7970 GHz Edition..
Pris - 2
Kortet kan skaffes til DKR 11.999,- hvilket er ganske voldsomt. Dog lander vi ikke helt nede på ét point, da der taget i betragtning kun laves 999 stk. af kortet.
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UK Summary
ASUS ROG ARES II is the pinnacle of this generation of graphics cards. The card is based on two AMD 7970 GHz Edition GPU's which both are overclocked with 100MHz more out of the box. Thanks to the on-board Gen3 PCI-Express bridge, it also maximizes the available bus bandwidth. In games where CrossFire works like it should, we see amazing scaling which often reaches the double performance of a single HD 7970 GHz Edition. We also see ARES II beating NVIDIA's GTX 690 in the tested games.
Innovation/Teknologi - 5
ASUS have constructed their own dual-gpu graphics card with two of AMD's 7970 GHz Editions. With this follows a high power usage and lots of raw performance which should keep you going for many years ahead. You also get 2x 3GB VRAM which should keep you going even in eyefinity.
Bundle/Tilbehør - 5
with this bundle you get a custom made suitcase and a badge with your serial number on it and a CrossFire bridge. Except for that there's just your standard graphics card bundle. I would have liked some game or benchmark program with this card, however I will not let this affect the score since most people who buy this won't worry about that - they will just buy it on their own.
Design/Layout - 5
The card comes with a closed water cooling solution and this gives extremely good temperatures. especially considering there's two GPU's on this card. The water cooling solution however is not silent, it can definately be heard noise wise under both load and idle. The card also needs 3x 8-pin.
Software - 3
The card utililizes AMD's standard drivers, however I had to download and use the latest 13.2 BETA driver from AMD before I could use the card. ASUS GPUTweak, MSI Afterburner and all the other programs works with this card if you want to make your own fan profile or overclock it.
Ydelse - 5
With the latest BETA driver from AMD you get lots of performance and even beat NVIDIA's GTX690. Amazing scaling of AMD HD 7970 GHz Edition often reaches the double performance of a single AMD HD 7970 GHz Edition.
Pris - 2
The card can be bought for the sole amount of DKR, 11,999,- which is quite extreme. However we do not land on a single point, considering there will only be produced 999 amounts of this card.
Test: Asus ROG ARES II - verdens hurtigste grafikkort!
Innovation / Teknologi | 5 |
Bundle - Tilbehør | 5 |
Design - Layout | 5 |
Software - BIOS | 3 |
Ydelse | 5 |
Pris | 2 |
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Samlet | 83% |
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