ASUS is out to dominate gaming performance with the new ASUS ARES dual-5870 GPU video card with 4GB of GDDR5 on board. Is this $1200 video card up to the task of providing a better gameplay experience over the Radeon HD 5970 and how will it compare to GTX 480 SLI considering that is a less expensive solution?

ASUS is a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer, best known as a builder of high-quality mainboards for mainstream and enthusiast desktop PCs. Over the many years the company has been in business, it has expanded its business into graphics cards, sound cards, notebooks, Netbooks, displays, and many other product lines. It is perhaps one of the best-known hardware manufacturers in the business, and it would be very hard to find a gamer or other hardware enthusiast who has not owned an ASUS product, or is not familiar with the brand.

Today, we’re going to examine one of its fastest graphics cards. It is a very special product, with a very special price tag. We gave you a quick preview back in July. The video card in question is the brand new ASUS ARES, a dual-GPU product featuring two Radeon HD 5870 GPUs with 2GB of GDDR5 for each GPU, for a grand total of 4GB of memory on board. ASUS tells us it should retail for $1,200 USD. Yes, that is one thousand, two hundred whopping US dollars. You could say, “This is Radeon HD 5970 done right.”

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