ASUS Mars III Graphics Card Sighted! (Updated)
Although NVIDIA controls the design and availability of the GeForce GTX 690, ASUS skirted around this with the successor to the powerful Mars II. The new Mars III made an appearance at Computex 2012 boasting dual GeForce GTX 680 GPUs (which is essentially a GTX 690), but with full custom design and a sizable 8GB video memory!
Put side by side with other GeForce-based graphics cards from ASUS, the Mars III is the king of the hill. This beast of a graphics card comes with two GeForce GTX 680 GPU cores, similar to the premium GeForce GTX 690 but faster at 1006+ MHz. While the Mars III maintains 6008+ MHZ memory clock like the GTX 690 and the GTX 680, it packs the largest memory size among the three with its 8GB GDDR5. Given such immense specifications, the Mars is cooled by three fans and makes use of digital 16+ 4 phase power design.
The three 8-pin power connectors are able to feed more than 500W of power to the Mars III. The red button, when depressed, will make the fans operate at full speeds.
Price- and availability-wise, details about these matters are not fully revealed at the time of writing, but according to the folks at ASUS, interested parties may start inquiring about it sometime in Q3. The Mars III, like the preceding Mars II, is going to be available in a limited number.
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