ASUS ARES Radeon HD 5870 X2 4GB?

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1. Has anyone found a water block for this video card?

2. I was told you can play any game right now at maximum settings with just one in eyeinfinity mode. Can anyone confirm this statement?

3. If crossfired what size power supply is necessary?

4. And lastly would 6GB of Ram be efficient on a 64 bit Windows 7?

Thanks in advance for your everyone's help. Got a huge bonus coming in and want to make a killer gaming computer.
 
hi mate
ive looked on several forums and the answers the same... because of the limited edition nature of the asus ares no one has bothered to make a water block for this card... so it looks like you would need to custom make a water block for this ..... check out here : http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=117109
in regards to running game at maximum settings.... yes...... the asus ares will run 3 monitors using eyeinifinty with 4gb of vram and some of the best core and memory clock speeds ( not forgetting the mammoth 512bit memory interface ) you should have no problems running this configuration
to run two asus ares in crossfire i would be looking at a 900w psu with at least 50A on a single or multiple +12v rail(s) ... however this does depend on what other hardware you have in your rig .... a 1000w psu would be better though and give you additional power for future upgrades
and finally 6gb of ram is perfect for a 64bit version of windows....... however with ddr3 memory at rock bottom prices i would go with 8gb or even 12gb.......but 6gb will be fine... 8gb and 12gb is for showing off
any problems let me know and good luck with your build !
 
If you want a killer system then don't get the ARES
It's a gimmick
it's not that much faster then getting 2 5870 in Crossfire and it cost way more
And it's slower then GTX480 SLI

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-ares-review/18
http://www.guruht.com/2010/07/asus-ares-vs-hd-5970-vs-gtx480-review.html
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/02/asus_ares_dual_5870_gpu_video_card_review/3
 
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