ASUS ROG reveals ‘the ultimate gaming machine’, the Poseidon Formula One

ASUS cannot get enough of Computex, and today its PC gaming arm is rolling out some high powered new kit. This is the Poseidon Formula 1, housing the apex of ROG’s gaming hardware know-how and brandishing its new Poseidon GTX 700 series GPU. It pairs NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 700 graphics series with a hybrid cooling system, with ASUS’ CoolTech combing blower and axial fans into one design, forcing air over the heatsink in multiple directions. Augmenting this is a liquid cooling system that ROG promises can reduce operating temperatures by up to 31 degrees Celsius, likely ensuring some impressive overclocking feats . The system is built upon ROG’s new Maximus VI motherboard that packs even more thermal cooling assistance, as well as the company’s SupremeFX audio card which will give gamers 120dB headphone output with a 600 Ohm headphone amplifier to improve volume and clarity. If that didn’t quite satisfy your thirst for specs, check out the slide show below and the press release after the break. Richard Lai contributed to this report. Gallery: ASUS ROG Poseidon GFX and Formula 1 Filed under: Desktops , Gaming , ASUS Comments

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ASUS ROG reveals ‘the ultimate gaming machine’, the Poseidon Formula One

ASUS announces ROG Ares II video card, dual Radeon HD 7970 GPUs, 1050MHz clock speed

The original ROG ARES graphics card was a head spinner, and the just announced sequel seems to follow suit. ASUS’ ARES II features two AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition GPUs, and has a slimline two-slot design. The manufacturer claims it’s the fastest graphics card available, outperforming the GeForce GTX 690 reference card by some 13 percent. There’s 6GB of video memory, 1,100MHz boost clock, 1,050MHz base clock and 2 x 384-bit memory interface. If this sounds like something you just gotta have, then you’d better keep them eyes peeled, as upon release (no exact details on this just yet) it’ll be a limited edition. Also limited are the details on price. Spin up the source for more info. Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals , ASUS Comments Source: Anandtech

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ASUS announces ROG Ares II video card, dual Radeon HD 7970 GPUs, 1050MHz clock speed