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ASUS ROG ARES II Radeon HD 7990 - The God of War Returns
Launch SRP: S$2499
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We've finally replaced our old test rig with a brand new one for 2013. Here are the new specs we'll be running with:
- Intel Core i7-3960X (3.3GHz)
- ASUS P9X79 Pro (Intel X79 chipset) Motherboard
- 4 x 2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill Ripjaws Memory
- Seagate 7200.10 200GB SATA hard drive (OS)
- Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM 1TB SATA hard drive (Benchmarks + Games)
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Here's the list of cards we'll be testing. Obviously we'll be testing all cards using their OC/Boost BIOS settings:
- ASUS ROG ARES II Radeon HD 7990 6GB GDDR5 (AMD Catalyst 13.1)
- PowerColor Devil 13 Radeon HD 7990 6GB GDDR5 (AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta)
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB GDDR5 CrossFireX (2-way) (AMD Catalyst 13.1)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB GDDR5 (ForceWare 310.90)
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 (AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta)
We've also updated our benchmark list, adding Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed 3 and Hitman: Absolution. We've also updated Unigine from version 2.1 to 3.0.
- Futuremark 3DMark 11
- Unigine 3.0 "Heaven"
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Crysis Warhead
- Crysis 2
- Dirt 3
- Assassin's Creed 3
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
- Hitman: Absolution
- Far Cry 3
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The Verdict
The Good
Most powerful graphics card available right now
Unique hybrid liquid/air cooling system with low running temperatures
2-slot card should fit in most cases
The Bad
Astronomically expensive
Questionable timing - next generation GPUs should be unveiled soon
Plain aesthetics
High power consumption
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