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ASUS ROG ARES II Radeon HD 7990 - The God of War Returns

By James Lu - 29 Jan 2013
Launch SRP: S$2499

Crysis 2 & Dirt 3 Results

Crysis 2 Results

Moving on to our first truly challenging benchmark, Crysis 2's Ultra setting puts GPUs through their paces with a grueling test of tessellation, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, water rendering, and particle motion blur and shadowing.

Despite this, the ARES II handled the game perfectly, and holds the distinction of being the first card we've tested to score above 100FPS on the 1920 x 1200 resolution. It outscored both the Devil 13 and 7970 CrossFireX setups by a massive 17% and 19% respectively at 1920 x 1200 and by 10% at the 2560 x 1600 resolution. 

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 put in a surprisingly weak performance, trailing the ARES II by as much as 35% on 1920 x 1200.

 

Dirt 3 Results

Dirt 3 again proved no challenge for the ARES II, scoring 200FPS at 1920 x 1200 and over 150FPs at 2560 x 1600.

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8.0
  • Performance 9.5
  • Features 9
  • Value 4
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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