Topic: ASUS ARES2-6GD5 (Read 2977 times)
RoboCoder, can you please post your GPU Tweak settings?
FYI.. i have one of these - I can stable overclock to 1225, after that it will start locking up or reseting. My average has been 740 MH/s per GPU - so total of 1.48 GH/s - been running for 3 weeks at that with no problem. Temps stay low 50's in a 70 degree F ambient, but even when temps got up higher I have not left the mod 60's.
On the radiator, one fan is attached, the other is included. In a higher ambient environment you really need to attach the second fan on the other side. They are decent fans - moving more air that basic case fans but not super high CFM.
Has 3 225W power connectors - I run with a silverstone 1500W - Dont use shared or split connectors for these - if you can pull from different power rails for each connector - you need to. I managed to trip the P/S a couple times until i distributed it correctly. have room on the board for 2 more 7970's but with the radiator fans that puts me right up at the p/s limits with this and then the 2 7970's.
Pretty cool card all-in-all. Heard there were only 1000 sold in US. Got it mostly out of curiosity - been mining it for a while and it is definitely a work horse and contributes a lot less to my server room ambient that other 7970's. And it is nice for high density situations.. I kept the case and parts pristine - i am quite certain if i sell it in a year or so i can recoup half of what I paid or more so it was a fun experiment and i probably won't loose anything on it.
On the radiator, one fan is attached, the other is included. In a higher ambient environment you really need to attach the second fan on the other side. They are decent fans - moving more air that basic case fans but not super high CFM.
Has 3 225W power connectors - I run with a silverstone 1500W - Dont use shared or split connectors for these - if you can pull from different power rails for each connector - you need to. I managed to trip the P/S a couple times until i distributed it correctly. have room on the board for 2 more 7970's but with the radiator fans that puts me right up at the p/s limits with this and then the 2 7970's.
Pretty cool card all-in-all. Heard there were only 1000 sold in US. Got it mostly out of curiosity - been mining it for a while and it is definitely a work horse and contributes a lot less to my server room ambient that other 7970's. And it is nice for high density situations.. I kept the case and parts pristine - i am quite certain if i sell it in a year or so i can recoup half of what I paid or more so it was a fun experiment and i probably won't loose anything on it.
thanks for review. I have ordered it a week ago, hope to mine with it soon.
these cards are limited to 1000 globaly, not only US.
FYI.. i have one of these - I can stable overclock to 1225, after that it will start locking up or reseting. My average has been 740 MH/s per GPU - so total of 1.48 GH/s - been running for 3 weeks at that with no problem. Temps stay low 50's in a 70 degree F ambient, but even when temps got up higher I have not left the mod 60's.
On the radiator, one fan is attached, the other is included. In a higher ambient environment you really need to attach the second fan on the other side. They are decent fans - moving more air that basic case fans but not super high CFM.
Has 3 225W power connectors - I run with a silverstone 1500W - Dont use shared or split connectors for these - if you can pull from different power rails for each connector - you need to. I managed to trip the P/S a couple times until i distributed it correctly. have room on the board for 2 more 7970's but with the radiator fans that puts me right up at the p/s limits with this and then the 2 7970's.
Pretty cool card all-in-all. Heard there were only 1000 sold in US. Got it mostly out of curiosity - been mining it for a while and it is definitely a work horse and contributes a lot less to my server room ambient that other 7970's. And it is nice for high density situations.. I kept the case and parts pristine - i am quite certain if i sell it in a year or so i can recoup half of what I paid or more so it was a fun experiment and i probably won't loose anything on it.
On the radiator, one fan is attached, the other is included. In a higher ambient environment you really need to attach the second fan on the other side. They are decent fans - moving more air that basic case fans but not super high CFM.
Has 3 225W power connectors - I run with a silverstone 1500W - Dont use shared or split connectors for these - if you can pull from different power rails for each connector - you need to. I managed to trip the P/S a couple times until i distributed it correctly. have room on the board for 2 more 7970's but with the radiator fans that puts me right up at the p/s limits with this and then the 2 7970's.
Pretty cool card all-in-all. Heard there were only 1000 sold in US. Got it mostly out of curiosity - been mining it for a while and it is definitely a work horse and contributes a lot less to my server room ambient that other 7970's. And it is nice for high density situations.. I kept the case and parts pristine - i am quite certain if i sell it in a year or so i can recoup half of what I paid or more so it was a fun experiment and i probably won't loose anything on it.
Buy an asic instead and let it buy you 10 of those cards.
I'm looking into getting one of these soon as my dual 7970s get me enough bitcoins for it or atleast a different 7990 since if you get it uk to us the exchange rate makes them a hell of a ton cheaper 
I know everyone goes crazy about ASICs these days, but did you guys see the newest 7970 dual beast? I am wondering how many Mhash it can provide.
It says 130% faster than a regular 7970, so maybe around 1600 MHash/s is possible.
http://id.asus.com/websites/global/products/1bZEYSk9yt4lJ2Yr/ROG_ARES_II%20.jpg
Here is the official page: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ARES26GD5/
It says 130% faster than a regular 7970, so maybe around 1600 MHash/s is possible.
http://id.asus.com/websites/global/products/1bZEYSk9yt4lJ2Yr/ROG_ARES_II%20.jpg
Here is the official page: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ARES26GD5/
You should buy one and tell us the results. LOL, it's only $1500 USD that about 33.3 BTC today.
I know everyone goes crazy about ASICs these days, but did you guys see the newest 7970 dual beast? I am wondering how many Mhash it can provide.
It says 130% faster than a regular 7970, so maybe around 1600 MHash/s is possible.
http://id.asus.com/websites/global/products/1bZEYSk9yt4lJ2Yr/ROG_ARES_II%20.jpg
Here is the official page: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ARES26GD5/
It says 130% faster than a regular 7970, so maybe around 1600 MHash/s is possible.
http://id.asus.com/websites/global/products/1bZEYSk9yt4lJ2Yr/ROG_ARES_II%20.jpg
Here is the official page: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ARES26GD5/
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