WEBVTT 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:08.599 guys just like get my hair like it's over 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:11.880 9,000 actually no it's it's 1,000 only 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:13.880 and it is the Aries 2 from ASUS if 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:19.720 you've been paying any attention to extremely high in gpus extremely limited 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:23.800 edition gpus and extremely fast gpus over the last few years you'll have 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:30.439 heard of the Mars the Mars 2 and the Aries which were the previous super uber 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:35.239 Flagship cards from ASUS welcome to Tech tips at CES 2013 our trip to the show 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:39.520 this year is powered by Corsair maker of quality PC components and peripherals 00:00:37.440 --> 00:00:44.039 our trusted storage partner is Seagate technology and our trusted networking 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:44.039 partner is 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:51.960 linkis now this one differentiates itself from the others in a couple of 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:57.120 key ways we're familiar with seeing two top tier gpus on one card okay so this 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:59.160 is two 7970 GHz edition cards that are 00:00:57.120 --> 00:01:01.399 fully unlocked and you can do whatever you want with them you want want to 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:06.680 tweak your voltages you want to tweak your fan speeds you want to do whatever you want you go ahead and do that 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:10.799 awesome awesome stuff okay what we haven't seen before is one of these 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:15.000 cards that check this out look at this look at this look at this see this case 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.960 has nine expansion slots but that is totally at 10 10 really 10 oh yeah I 00:01:17.119 --> 00:01:24.520 forgot that okay has 10 expansion slots but you don't actually need that this is 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:27.680 only a two slot card eight PCI eight pin 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:30.479 or eight PC three 8 Pin PCI Express 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:35.000 power connectors liquid cooling so we have a double thick radiator here that's 00:01:32.360 --> 00:01:42.119 running in pushpull that has the fans controlled by the GPU itself ASUS has 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:43.720 completely redesigned the digital vrm 00:01:42.119 --> 00:01:47.479 okay so they've completely redesigned the vrm they have completely redesigned 00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:52.399 the PCB there is nothing Bone St about this 2 797s are under there cooled by 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:57.680 the liquid in these tubes the air cooling uh fan there so there's an 80 mm 00:01:55.759 --> 00:02:00.960 downdraft fan there that is blowing air into this gorgeous heat sink I mean 00:01:59.960 --> 00:02:06.000 that's one of the other things about Republic of gamer stuff is you put it in your system and it feels like a status 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.599 symbol you got your lighting effects here you got your gorgeous ASUS symbol 00:02:08.119 --> 00:02:16.239 here so that 80mm fan down there has actually get this dedicated to cooling 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:21.840 the PCB the memory and the vrm so that's as much cooling as you'd see on a GTX 00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:25.239 690 basically and it's not even cooling 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.480 the gpus at all because it's ASUS and 00:02:25.239 --> 00:02:30.720 because we're just going to do it that way and so so so there you go they've 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:34.519 also got a full back plate the card so it looks absolutely gorgeous you got 00:02:32.519 --> 00:02:38.920 your brushed aluminum finish on there now the question you might have about 00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:40.959 this guys is how do I get one and the 00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:44.440 answer right now is I have no idea and the other question you might have is if 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.760 I get one How will I know that it's a unique piece of video card art and the 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:53.680 answer is that there will be a laser inscribed serial number on the card 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:59.159 itself yours will be a one OFA kind this is the fastest card in the Dual GPU card 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:02.599 in the world I mean I think that pretty much makes it the the fastest card in 00:03:00.519 --> 00:03:06.280 the world it is also fully as I said overclocking ready so even though 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:10.599 they're gigahertz edition cards you can maybe you can get another 50 100 mehz 00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:14.680 maybe a little more 150z some somewhere in that range because it is liquid 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:19.000 cooled and so right so at stock it's already faster than a reference 690 and 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:22.599 guys remember that a reference 690 actually doesn't uh overclock that well 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:26.080 compared to what you're going to be able to do with a republic of Gamers Edition 00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:31.840 card I want you to come around here and have a look at the back if you're going to have six gigs of RAM and if you're 00:03:29.480 --> 00:03:35.360 going to have dual 79 70 GHz gpus you might as well hook it up to five or six 00:03:33.200 --> 00:03:40.840 monitors so there's a switchable BIOS switch so you can either do five display 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:46.200 Affinity or six display Affinity off of a single card that runs in two slots 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:50.200 heaven forbid anyone put four of these cards in a system not that I'm actually 00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:54.519 suggesting you do that because you'd have to rewire your house for the uh for 00:03:52.920 --> 00:03:58.480 the power that you'd have to deliver to that PC but if anyone does do it please 00:03:56.799 --> 00:04:03.120 do send me a send me a message on the Linus tips.com forum and I would love to 00:04:01.079 --> 00:04:07.760 uh I'd love to fly out there and have a look at that system just for the sake of 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:09.319 like just touching it but uh this is a 00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:13.560 pretty unique system we got some hyperx beasts in here we got some coolant water 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:17.519 coolant going on but more than anything else that video card is a centerpiece 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:21.519 and yeah it goes really well with Republic of Gamers components so we've 00:04:19.479 --> 00:04:25.880 got an Rog motherboard in there we've got their Raider storage card which we 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:30.080 did a separate video about and I can't give you any details about whatsoever 00:04:28.479 --> 00:04:36.160 and I think that pretty pretty much wraps it up guys do discuss this card in 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:38.600 the forums do subscribe to lonus Tech 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:43.120 tips and do check out the rest of our CES 2013 coverage you're going to love 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:50.320 it thanks for watching Linus Tech tips at CES 2013 powered by Corsair Seagate 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:50.320 technology and linkes