{"id":2922,"date":"2009-08-27T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T02:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2009-08-27T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T02:30:15","slug":"asus-rog-mars-limited-edition-unlimited-power-the-world%e2%80%99s-fastest-graphics-card-with-23-performance-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=2922","title":{"rendered":"ASUS ROG MARS: Limited Edition. Unlimited Power &#8211; The World\u2019s Fastest Graphics Card with 23% Performance Boost!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harnessing exclusive ROG features to unleash the power of NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce\u00ae GPUs, the ASUS ROG MARS is currently the fastest graphics card in the world. Dual NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce\u00ae GTX 285 GPUs, an awe-inspiring 4GB of onboard memory and the world\u2019s first 1024-bit memory bandwidth work seamlessly with cutting-edge technologies from NVIDIA such as Quad SLI\u00ae and PhysX\u00ae to deliver astronomical graphics. With its expert integration of ROG and NVIDIA technologies, the ROG MARS yields an astounding 23% improvement in terms of single card performance when compared to reference designed boards, setting eye-popping 3DMark Vantage Extreme, High and Performance Preset scores of X25949, H34711 and P40824 respectively with Quad SLI\u00ae\u2014cementing the perfect partnership between ASUS and NVIDIA.\u00a0 The FPS (Frames Per Second) of the ASUS ROG MARS is 28 versus the 16 of a reference design board when running Crysis Warhead at 2560&#215;1600 Very High Resolution. The ROG MARS increases its performance by 75% to allow users to fully enjoy games without lag or stuttering\u2014even at the highest resolutions and maximum quality settings. The ROG MARS features an improved thermal design that increases heatpipe coverage by 65%\u2014as well as the heat dissipation rate by 20%\u2014to ensure cooling even during graphically intensive operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ROG MARS will only be available as a limited edition. Just 1,000 units will be produced, with each graphics card assigned a unique serial number\u2014making the ASUS ROG MARS a true masterpiece of power and performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"318\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"318\" valign=\"top\"><strong>ASUS ROG MARS\/2DI\/4GD3<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">3D Mark 2006<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">11292<br \/>\n(Vantage Extreme)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Memory Size<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">4096M DDR3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Memory Interface<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">1024 bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Memory Type<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">32M*32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Engine CLK (MHz)<strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">648<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Shader CLK<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">1.242<br \/>\nGHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Memory CLK (MHz)<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">1150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">DVI<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">DVI-I * 2<br \/>\n(HDCP support)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">HDMI Support<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Yes (Native)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">HDMI Version<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">1.3a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Cooling Solution<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Active<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Slot<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">2 Slots<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Production Location<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">CHN (SZ)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Chip<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">GTX285 X2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Core Name<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">D10U-50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Bus<br \/>\nStandard<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">PCI-E 2.0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">External<br \/>\nPower<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">8+8PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">D-sub Max. Resolution<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">2048*1536*85HZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">DVI Max Resolution<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">2560&#215;1600*60Hz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Dual link<br \/>\nSupport<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Dual View mode<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Splendid HD\u00a0 \/Splendid<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Gamer OSD<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Smart<br \/>\nDoctor<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">light<br \/>\nversion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harnessing exclusive ROG features to unleash the power of NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce\u00ae GPUs, the ASUS ROG MARS is currently the fastest graphics card in the world. Dual NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce\u00ae GTX 285 GPUs, an awe-inspiring 4GB of onboard memory and the world\u2019s first 1024-bit memory bandwidth work seamlessly with cutting-edge technologies from NVIDIA such as Quad SLI\u00ae<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=2922\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2923,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions\/2923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}