ASUS confirms MARS GTX295 pricing

Andreas G · Guest

World's largest graphics card maker launched the world's most expensive graphics card a while ago. ASUS MARS GTX295 is a monster of card and ASUS hasn't held back during the making of the card. With 4GB GDDR3 memory and complex 512-bit memory buses makes MARS GTX295 anything but cheap to make. Even if ASUS has been unwilling to share the price of the card, stores have started listing the card with a price tag higher than any of the forehand guesses.

etailer Scan.co.uk wants no less than 1030 GBP for booking a copy of ASUS MARS GTX295. This translates into around $1,700, but since British taxes are higher it would sooner be around $1,500. ASUS has informed us that the Swedish price will be 13,999 SEK, which also translates into around $1,700, but again ... taxes are higher here.

ASUS also made sure to mention that ASUS MARS GTX295 is not for everyone and whether it's worth it or not is totally up to you, especially as the next generation graphics circuits are coming soon.

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theredhairball · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject:

They've got balls for charging that much for a GPU. If it came with a no questions asked warranty and a waterblock, it wouldn't be as ridiculous. Like you said though, I guess someone will buy it. Just not me. Or anyone I know.
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Delph1 · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject:

You will find most of them over at xtremesystems.org...

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theredhairball · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject:

Yes, but that is expected. I mean crazy guys like mean machine hang out over there.
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Mean Machine · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:34 am Post subject:

theredhairball · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject:

Hell I wish you did too, imagine putting those under LN2 or helium... God that would be awesome.
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Mean Machine · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:04 am Post subject:

That's what they will be used for, mostly. Except those the head of the IT department at ICA (a swedish grocery store chain) buys... Apparently, he's ordered four out of those 40-or-so that are allocated to the nordics. (Of course I didn't tell you this, but I hope Kinc had one or two beers too many before telling it to me.)
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