Asustek Computer seems to be the first company that decided to create a higher-performance version of the Radeon HD 5970 graphics board. Asus Ares graphics card features two ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics processors (with 1600 stream processors) running at 850MHz with 256-bit bus and 4GB of GDDR5 memory running at 4800MHz. The graphics board may provide 20% higher performance compared to ATI’s original Radeon HD 5970. The card features two one dual-link DVI-I connector, DisplayPort connector as well as mini-DisplayPort outputs. The card utilizes proprietary design with two 8-pin and one 6-pin PCI Express power connectors as well as a proprietary cooling system.

Dual-GPU 4GB graphics boards coming soon!