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And to everyone else, yes, obviously it will play Crysis.
(Just for reference, 3 GTX285's will play Crysis 2560x1600 at 60FPS average)]]>May 29th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
Hell, the "egg" doesn't even have my standard eVGA GTX 280 in stock!

*a tear. ]]>May 29th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
That's because it's a discontinued product; they replaced it with the GTX 285. You see, what happens when something is discontinued is that you can't buy it any more, it's kind of hard to buy something if manufacturer isn't even making them. They went way down in price a while back to clear the end of line stock, now wherever you are able to find them they are more expensive because the demand is greater than the supply (which is zero). It's the same with all old tech when it is no longer being manufactured - just look at the price of DDR memory compared to DDR2!]]>May 29th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
A REALLY good bargain right now are the GTX 260's (Core 216). I've seen those go as cheap as $160 after a rebate. Absolutely insane performance for the price.

And like the guy above me said, you aren't going to see 280's now since the 285 replaced them.]]>May 29th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
Thanks, dipstick.

I didn't know the item was discontinued. It hasn't been THAT long since they came out (at least it didn't feel that long considering how much it hurt when I swiped my credit card). ]]>May 29th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/The past is the bit we had already, next is the future.
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That's Betamax.]]>May 29th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 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Except in video cards, where I don't care. My XBox 360 weeps because all I do with it most of the time is stream movies.

But, can't say the arms race in video cards isn't entertaining.]]>May 29th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
How much will this cost? Surely it's gotta be less than 2 single GTX 285's (can't be that hard, considering you can build a decent gaming rig for that cost). Otherwise it would just be pointless.]]>May 29th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
"Only 512-bit memory interface compared to the GTX 295's 896-bit? Hmm, bottleneck much?"

Fool, the 295 is 2x gtx260s which have an individual 448 bits per gpu. When added together make 896

Therefore, 1024 bits is the total memory of both gpus added up.

The key to this card is the 55nm manufacturing process, which cuts down on heat and power. Compared to the previous 65nm process they were able to drop to 183 watts(GTX 285), from 236 (GTX 280).]]>May 29th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
*facepalm*]]>May 29th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
And I meant at the price...]]>May 29th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
all the games, all the time]]>May 29th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
No, Quad SLI = 4 GPUs = 2 GTX 295s. Quad SLI is the maximum possible number of GPUs supported by SLI (4), and is only possible using 2 dual GPU cards. You can use 3 single GPU cards in Tri-SLI, however.

So you either meant two of these cards in SLI (i.e. quad SLI), or you are mistaken in thinking that you are actually able to use 4 of these cards in SLI (8 GPUs).]]>May 29th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
That's not the point at all. This setup will make my wang HUGE.]]>May 29th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
but that asus mars has 2 GTX285's in each card, and so put four of them together, 4x2=8 GPU's
I know its 4 cards, but each one of those cards has 2 GPUs....]]>May 29th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
The point is....don't get your panties in a wad just yet, this will come eventually but you will never probably never see a system with 4 of these running, let alone even just 2 of them. ]]>May 29th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
I can dream....]]>May 29th 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/May 29th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/asus-mars-gpu-weds-twin-geforce-gtx-285s-might-just-melt-your-f/
That's not exactly accurate. Any game that supports SLI supports any number of GPUs that nVidia currently supports in SLI configuration.

The inaccuracy is that not all games support SLI. Most do, but there are some notable exceptions. And some games actually run *worse* with it enabled...a key example I can think of being Flight Sim X.]]>May 29th 2009 1:10PM