new vid card

[ChrisWW11]

It'll go out the back like all the other GTX295 cards. That bare heatsink is quite interesting though.

Considering we're going OTT. How about this?

Asus GeForce GTX 295 Mars Edition 4096MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

?1029.99 inc VAT

Asus, world-leading producer of top quality graphic solutions, has today introduced the world’s fastest graphics card which unleashes the true power of Nvidia GeForce GPUs with the ASUS ROG MARS/2DI/4GD3. Equipped with unprecedented specifications which includes dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 GPUs, an awe-inspiring 4GB onboard memory and the world’s first 1024-bit memory bandwidth, plus the cutting-edge technologies from Nvidia such as Quad SLI and PhysX, the Asus ROG MARS leads the pack as the world’s fastest graphics card with an outstanding 3DMark Vantage Extreme Preset score of 25949. The Asus ROG MARS and Nvidia technology is just a perfect combination. The Asus ROG MARS will also only be available as a limited edition, with each graphics card attached with a serial number to it. With only 1000 units in existence, it is a true masterpiece of power and performance.

- Core Clock: 2x 648MHz
- Memory: 4096MB GDDR3
- Memory Clock: 2484MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interfaces: Dual 512-Bit
- Processing Cores: 480
- Shader Clock: 1476MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.0
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 10 Support
- OpenGL 3.0 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- Warranty: 3 Years

If i'm correct it would cost about $1700 US so i'm guessing whoever would buy this card wouldn't be getting another one anytime soon... also why isn't it available in the US.

[juneau]

If i'm correct it would cost about $1700 US so i'm guessing whoever would buy this card wouldn't be getting another one anytime soon... also why isn't it available in the US.

Because it's our turn to get something that you don't.