News - ASUS teases enthusiasts with close-up pictures of crazy MARS II card

[HEXUS]

So macho that it makes Bear Grylls cry.

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[danroyle]

that is an awesome looking card. so blinking expensive though.

[watercooled]

Mmm nude PCB.

It is expensive but people buy the likes of 990x CPUs for about the same price, and TBH a card like this would make more sense than the former for gaming. Still way beyond the peak of the price/performance curve though!

[Tunnah]

thats actually not too bad a price considering 2 gtx580s will run you around £700-800, nearly 900 for 3gb models

[this_is_gav]

Mmm nude PCB.

Not an awful lot of nudity going on. The average burqa-wearing human shows off more skin than that PCB.

[watercooled]

I wonder if they'll come up with a standard way of supporting huge, heavy cards like these? Quite a bit of stress is put on the PCB and you can see even relatively light cards flex slightly because of it.

Not an awful lot of nudity going on. The average burqa-wearing human shows off more skin than that PCB.

Was only a nerd-joke?

[this_is_gav]

I wonder if they'll come up with a standard way of supporting huge, heavy cards like these? Quite a bit of stress is put on the PCB and you can see even relatively light cards flex slightly because of it.

I guess that's what the plate on the back is for - adds a bit of rigidity.

Still, you'd want to remove this card if you're taking it anywhere!

Was only a nerd-joke?

Yeah, I know. Countered a rather poor, dry one of my own. Sorry the humour didn't translate. I should have added a smiley.

[watercooled]

Ah, thought I was coming across more seriously than intended. xD

[Tunnah]

I wonder if they'll come up with a standard way of supporting huge, heavy cards like these? Quite a bit of stress is put on the PCB and you can see even relatively light cards flex slightly because of it.

a lot of high end cases now have support systems going down the middle of the case to hold the top of big cards in better

i just pay a midget to stand in there and hold mine up

[watercooled]

I use a few cable ties around the PCIe power connectors for support usually, mainly to counter the weight of the cables pulling the card down.

[MadduckUK]

So macho that it makes Bear Grylls cry.

yeah, but can it drink its own piss?