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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (also known as Bad Company 2 or BF: BC2) is a first-person shooter video game developed by the Swedish firm EA Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is a part of the Battlefield series and was released worldwide in March 2010.
The game is primarily a squad-level online first person shooter based in a contemporary modern warfare setting. Additionally, the game includes a single player campaign, where the player reassumes the role of Preston Marlowe, the protagonist of the original game. The game’s Frostbite 1.5 engine allows for destructible environments, and multiplayer maps contain a wide selection of vehicles, aircraft and emplacements and allow for five different game modes.
We are testing in full Direct X 11 mode with 16xQCSAA. All other settings are maxed.
An online gamers wet dream, averaging 131 frames per second even at these insane image quality settings.
I do wonder why it’s called a GTX 580×2, because that’s what a 590 is, looks like a massively overclocked 590 with an advanced cooler, also I’m assuming 3 GB total, not per GPU?
Thats a hell of a design from ASUS. scary prce,but I would assume the design, R&D etc alone means they make a loss on this card. Its just a product to show how awesome they are.
Fascinating design
Wow, £1149. thats more than I paid for my full system. Lucky gits who can afford this.
I take it people are put on a waiting list for one of these if they are only makinmg 999 ?
I love reading about these cards. Its the same reason people like top gear. You get to see things you cwn never afford!
My friend is actually considering buying one!
Anyone who spends over a grand on one of these needs their head checked out. Lovely idea but id take two 6990s any day
Anyone who spends over a grand on one of these needs their head checked out. Lovely idea but id take two 6990s any day
Wow everyone seems jealous they cant afford it!
I love the 580 this is such a cool work of art from asus. Shows why they are no1 in the world.
Whats the fuss over? Its nice, and I love reading about it. but no one will buy these. well I mean 999 people probably will, but thats it.
The price is so high because im sure ASUS are making a huge loss. People forget the team has to be paid to design it. This isn’t an nvidia design, so its built from nothing. costs serious cash
I love these cards. Would never buy one (and I probably could if I didnt spend so much on other things).
Excellent work from ASUS. keep doing em !
Well if that doesnt get you hard, I dont know what will.
Really liked the review. the conclusion summed it all up well. people wont buy it, but those who will wont care if it costs more than anything else. they want it cause its rare, exclusive and a custom design. like some cars. plonk a turbo kit on, it might go a bit faster, but its not really needed. doesnt matter, people will buy them.
Asus has had other mars II graphics, in 2009 was mars II 480. Unlikely any mars II will be sold to public. articles refer people to gfx580 matrix, which is single gpu card. seems 10may’11 announcement of mars II was just more fluff, as recent retail announcement to sell mars or matrix game cards, not mars II.
mars II is fastest in world, yet more likely transition card to pci-e3. more developemental, than actual long term product. with 244 watss, should be water cooled.
drashek md
mars II is AN unique work of art… ????? excuse me!! if i pay 1500 $ for a collectors edition graphics card i don’t want it’s silver plate to have grammar error on it !!!