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We have collected 2 reviews of the Asus Matrix 2 GTX 580 RoG. Experts rate Asus Matrix 2 GTX 580 RoG 9/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Asus Matrix 2 GTX 580 RoG and Asus Graphics cards.
Asus has never been a company to shy away from offering over-the-top, custom products that command a price premium. Here's proof. Perhaps it's because the company is large enough, and thus, has the resources to cater to virtually all market segments, big or small. Or perhaps the top brass at Asus just likes inducing slack-jawed stares from PC enthusiasts. Whatever the reason, we hope they keep it up because testing this kind of stuff and showing it to you all is freakin' fun. A case-in-point is the Asus MARS II graphics card, which packs a full GeForce GTX 580, dual-GPU SLI configuration onto a single PCB. A quick glance at this monolith should reveal to even the most casual PC users that the MARS II is no ordinary graphics card. Heck, there isn't a single thing about the Asus MARS II, from its specs, to its sheer size, and its huge price tag, that can be considered mainstream. The MARS II is as over-the-top and as custom as they get and it's also going to be a limited edition, with only 999 cards slated for production. Luckily, one of those 999 cards (number 545 to be exact) found its way into the HH labs and we're able to give you the full scoop on this beast. Specifications and a few pics are below; the full Monty is laid out on the pages ahead. Yeah, that's a pair of 120mm fans and a triple-slot case bracket.
Nvidia's GTX 580 is one high performance piece of silicon. Not only does it iron out the problems of the initial Fermi release – the GTX 480 – it builds upon that sturdy architecture with more CUDA cores and faster clock speeds. Since the GTX 590 prices itself out of mainstream contention, the GTX 580 is the go-to DX11 performance card. It's also a card that third-party manufacturers have been working pretty hard to improve. So how does the Asus Republic of Gamers Matrix GTX 580 Platinum measure up? Asus has a good track record with the GTX 580: its DirectCU II model proved the superior effort of all manufacturers' tweaked reference GTX 580s. The Platinum costs a tad more than the DirectCU II, and as the opulent name suggests, it's even riper with performance tweaks, features and overclocking potential. For your £400, the improvements on Nvidia's stock GTX 580 are quite drastic. Notably, Asus has fitted a three-piece cooler to a custom PCB equipped with the GPU. It occupies three slots and sports a LED load display and safe mode button, for when you've pushed the settings a bit too far. Robust republican There's more than flashy lights on offer here, though.
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ASUS ROG Platinum Video Card MATRIX GTX580 P/2DIS/1536MD5 | $699 | See it |