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ASUS ARES II Video Card Review

Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: ARES2-6GD5
Date: Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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3DMark 11

Futuremark 3DMark 11 Benchmark

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

Futuremark 3DMark 11 Benchmark Settings

We ran 3DMark11 with both the performance and extreme presets to see how our hardware will run.

3DMark11 Performance Benchmark Results:

3DMark 11 Performance Preset Results

 

Benchmark Results: The ASUS ARES II scored P16542 3DMarks and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 scored P15520 3DMarks in 3DMark11 with the performance preset. The two cards are close, but the ASUS ARES II was able to take the win by 6.6%.

3DMark11 Extreme Benchmark Results:

3DMark 11 Extreme Preset Results

 

Benchmark Results: The ASUS ARES2-6GD5 scored X6506 3DMarks with the extreme preset and was 8.2% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 in this benchmark test.

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Review Index
Page 1 - The ASUS ARES II - AMD Radeon HD 7990
Page 2 - Test System
Page 3 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 4 - Battlefield 3
Page 5 - Borderlands 2
Page 6 - Dirt: Showdown
Page 7 - Far Cry 3
Page 8 - Metro 2033
Page 9 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 10 - 3DMark 11
Page 11 - 3DMark
Page 12 - Luxmark v2.0
Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 14 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 15 - ASUS ARES II Overclocking
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions