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    News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Triple-slot monstrosity to be faster, cooler and quieter than NVIDIA's reference design.
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Kudos!

    Is it just me or has that monstrosity got 2 SLI connectors on it....
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Quote Originally Posted by ajones View Post
    Kudos!

    Is it just me or has that monstrosity got 2 SLI connectors on it....
    yeah it has probably for tri/quad sli.

    Does look sweet

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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Wow, looks pretty sweet. I reckon they could have overclocked it much more though. Would love to see how overclocking it goes as well as the pricing for sure.
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Quote Originally Posted by danroyle View Post
    yeah it has probably for tri/quad sli.

    Does look sweet
    Quad SLI... 3 slot card... that's 10 card slots on the mobo! Are any that big?
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Quote Originally Posted by ajones View Post
    Quad SLI... 3 slot card... that's 10 card slots on the mobo! Are any that big?
    I believe the EVGA SR-2 would be that big. And quad sli on a 3 slot card would be 12 slots btw
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Quote Originally Posted by cobhc View Post
    I believe the EVGA SR-2 would be that big. And quad sli on a 3 slot card would be 12 slots btw
    Your case would need 12 slots, but your mobo only 10. Think about it!

    Silly graphics power in any case!
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Quote Originally Posted by ajones View Post
    Your case would need 12 slots, but your mobo only 10. Think about it!

    Silly graphics power in any case!
    You're correct, I wasn't thinking right lol.
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Blimey! 3 slots graphics cards , ATX-XL motherboards .. what next ?
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    Re: News - ASUS preps fat-ass GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    Blimey! 3 slots graphics cards , ATX-XL motherboards .. what next ?
    ATX-Super Size?
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