Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

ASUS Designs Monster Dual-GTX285 4GB Graphics Card

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the nvidia-get-back-in-the-kitchen-and-bake-me-a-gpu dept.

suraj.sun writes to mention that ASUS has just designed their own monster graphics card based on the GeForce GTX 295. While the card retains the GeForce GTX 295 name, same device ID, and remains compatible with existing NVIDIA drivers, ASUS has made a couple of modifications to call its own. "the company used two G200-350-B3 graphics processors, the same ones that make the GeForce GTX 285. The GPUs have all the 240 shader processors enabled, and also have the complete 512-bit GDDR3 memory interface enabled. This dual-PCB monstrosity holds 32 memory chips, and 4 GB of total memory (each GPU accesses 2 GB of it). Apart from these, each GPU system uses the same exact clock speeds as the GeForce GTX 285: 648/1476/2400 MHz (core/shader/memory)."

25 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. I surrender. by Oricalchos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run Linux?

    1. Re:I surrender. by geminidomino · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe, but it will work better on Windows. Just ask Asus... :P

    2. Re:I surrender. by Volanin · · Score: 5, Funny

      I really miss a "Well Played Sarcarm" mod option.

      --
      If I clone myself, can I call it a thread?
      If a girl winks to us, can I call it a race condition?
    3. Re:I surrender. by Abreu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Aren't we supposed to hate Asus this week?

      --
      No sig for the moment.
    4. Re:I surrender. by pyrrhonist · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, but look on the bright side: It almost runs Crysis!

      --
      Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
  2. So, when will be be getting dual-PSU cases... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...so we can dedicate a full 2nd 1KW Power Supply Unit for the graphics card alone?

    1. Re:So, when will be be getting dual-PSU cases... by ifrag · · Score: 5, Informative

      Take a look at Mountain-Mods. They already have several dual-PSU cases.

      --
      Fear is the mind killer.
  3. I feel nerd-emasculated by Toe,+The · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh dear. My primary computer has half as much RAM as a graphics card.

    (Hangs head in shame.)

    1. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated by nsayer · · Score: 5, Funny

      How can you compare something that costs $80,000 (plus running costs) to something that costs $800?

      You're on /. and you're questioning a car analogy?!

    2. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated by Spatial · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How can you compare something that costs $80,000 (plus running costs) to something that costs $800?

      He didn't compare them, he used their few similar traits to illustrate a point. A common use of analogies.

    3. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated by director_mr · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Not trying to be offensive, but you are wrong. A GTX285 card is the most powerful single-GPU processor for gaming out there right now. 2 GTX 285 processors in SLI are the only thing that can play some games in 2560x1600 resolution at the highest quality settings. So to make your analogy more appropriate, its like the way an off-roader looks at a car designed to win the Baja 1000. Here is a benchmark that makes my point: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3501&p=6

      The article doesn't mention the price, but I suppose it would cost more than the GTX 295, so this card would be expensive. The advantage of it though, is you can stick enough graphics power in a single slot to power a 30 inch monitor at the highest settings with playable framerates in almost any game. So while I can not speak for every nerd, this is surely not tech purely for the sake of tech. No one could get something with half the RAM, less processor power to do everything this card can do that I know of. Perhaps you could prove me wrong on that point?

      So while some think your post is insightful, I think you have no idea what you are talking about. This card was made to fill a niche in the high end gamers market, pure and simple.

    4. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated by hairyfeet · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It's not nerdy, it's poser. it is no different than those supercharger ricers you see doctor's kids driving, that they have tricked all to hell on daddy's credit card, and then wrap around a telephone pole. Anybody with the bucks to buy this thing has more bucks than brains and probably won't know what to do with it, other than brag about his FPS in Crysis.

      Nerdy is like my former boss, when he found it would take 2 PSUs to power all the SCSI drives he had. He stripped two towers down to the frames, put the mobo and SCSI cards in one along with half the drives, mounted the other half along with a second PSU in the second skeleton, picked them both up and went to the auto body shop down the street and had them spot weld those bitches together. It was fugly as hell but gave him an insane(at the time) 500Gb of nice fast SCSI storage on the LAN. He had the drivers for pretty much every piece of hardware built for over a decade at his fingertips. Now THAT was nerdy!

      --
      ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
  4. GDDR3 by LanMan04 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Bleh on the GDDR3. Radeon HD 4870 I just picked up for $200 has GDDR5, just smoking fast memory.

    --
    With the first link, the chain is forged.
    1. Re:GDDR3 by ifrag · · Score: 4, Informative

      You do realize the bus width on the Nvidia cards is wider?

      --
      Fear is the mind killer.
  5. Batteries not included by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Customers who bought this also bought:
    Delonghi PAC C100 Portable Air Conditioner 10,000 BTU

  6. Does this mean I can run Solitaire in FULL RES? by smackenzie · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I love that game. All the cards and the colors and stuff.

    Someone had to say it. I bet a Minefield comment will beat me to the punch...

  7. Re:Dual GPU card by Kugala · · Score: 5, Funny

    The circuit breaker trips.

  8. BitchinFast3D by amoeba1911 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This reminds me of the BitchinFast3D card I've seen in the late 90's.

    http://www.russdraper.com/images/fullsize/bitchin_fast_3d.jpg

  9. Oblig Lowtax Quote by pak9rabid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only will [this card] smooth out the jaggies on your screen, but it will anti-alias everybody elses's computer games within the surrounding five miles.

  10. All we need now... by plut4rch · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... is an ASCII version! That old ATi Radeon 9500 ASC has been king of the market for too long. It's beginning to look dated. Imagine playing NetHack on this ASUS! Never will an @ look more realistic...

    --
    An intriguing solution to a problem that should never have existed in the first place...
  11. Re:I wonder... by mkaushik · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No graphics card maps the entire framebuffer into the physical address space, even on 64-bit OSs. I'll just use up a few 10s of MBs for BAR0, a few more for BAR1, and so on. The driver will manage all the framebuffer memory for you, all the client has to do is call the equivalent of malloc().

  12. Hmmmmm.... by Overfiend1976 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sorry, but I see the point of purchasing something like this as sensible as spending $12,000 out of pocket for the Adobe True Type font package. It's great and all that you can make things run at a barely perceptible higher speed, but at the cost of not only the card itself, but cooling, PSU, etc., I'd rather just stay with a more affordable card.

    --
    This sig will self destruct in 5 seconds.
  13. YES!! Just In Time For Duke Nukem Forever!!!! by CyberSlammer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait...Ah CRAP.

  14. Re:Overcompensate much? by pwfffff · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never thought I'd feel old at 20, but there it is...

  15. What about Crysis by hofmny · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I buy this card with the hope my dream will finally come true...

    Two G200-350-B3 graphics processors... (AWESOME)

    240 shader processors enabled... (HELLS YEAH!)

    512-bit GDDR3 and 4 GB of total memory... (I JUST WET MYSELF)

    I put in Crysis , max out the settings, and play the game...

    *Ahh just a bit Choppy*...
    *Oh no, not the "Lag o' Death"*...
    *Shit, now it's Freezing*...
    ***C R A S H!!*** (SON OF A F*CKING B*TCH)

    Yes, even the best graphics card mankind has ever made can't compete to the horrible coding of Crysis!