Asus Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG8580 System Review (i7/GTX680)

1. Introduction2. Asus Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG8580 (Bundle)3. Asus Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG8580 (1) 4. Asus Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG8580 (2)5. Asus Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG8580 (Super High Res Gallery)6. System Configuration & Software Installation7. Testing Methodology8. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 20119. Synthetic: PCMark 710. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.5 64 bit11. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven Benchmark12. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage13. Synthetic: 3DMark 1114. Synthetic: HQV Benchmark 2.015. SSD and HDD Performance16. Real World: 3D Studio Max 201117. Real World: Video Encoding18. Real World: HandBrake 9.519. Gaming: Battlefield 320. Gaming: Alien V Predator21. Gaming: Resident Evil 522. Gaming: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim23. Gaming: Far Cry 224. Gaming: Total War Shogun 225. Gaming: Max Payne 326. Gaming: Dirt Showdown27. Technical: Acoustics Performance28. Technical: Thermal Dynamics29. Technical: Power Consumption30. Closing Thoughts31. View All Pages

Asus are renowned for releasing some of the finest motherboards and graphics cards on the market, for the enthusiast audience. Their Republic Of Gamers laptops have proven popular with a wide audience and today we are reviewing their latest Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG580 desktop system, loaded with high end components and the ability to overclock via a simple button press.

The Tytan CG8580 we are looking at today is the latest update, featuring the latest and greatest Intel Core i7 3770k with Nvidia GTX680.

It features 16GB of 1600mhz DDR3 memory, a Solid State Drive configured as fast boot, with two 1TB mechanical drives for storage and backup. The Core i7 processor is liquid cooled.

The potential configuration options are listed below:

Specifications

Operating System	Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU	3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Graphic	“Integrated Intel® GMA Support Microsoft DirectX11Discrete VGA Choice: NVIDIA GeForce GTX680 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti 1GB GDDR5 (DVI/Mini HDMI/D-sub) x 2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti 1GB GDDR5 (DVI/Mini HDMI/D-sub)
Memory	2 GB Up to 16 GB Dual Channel, DDR3 at 1600MHz 4 x DIMM
Expansion Slots	2 x PCI 2 x PCI-e x 1 3 x PCI-e x 16
SATA	4 x SATA 3Gb/s 4 x SATA 6Gb/s
Storage	Up to 10TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
LAN	10/100/1000Mbps
Audio	Realtek ALC892 High Defination Audio Codec High Definition 8 Channel Audio Xonar DX (Optional)
Front I/O Ports	1 x 16 -in-1 Card Reader 1 x Headphone 1 x Microphone 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0
Back I/O Ports	2 x USB 3.0 6 x USB 2.0 1 x PS/2(Keyboard/Mouse) 1 x DVI-D 1 x HDMI-Out 1 x VGA(D-Sub)-Out 1 x RJ45 LAN 1 x 8 Channel Audio 1 x S/PDIF out(Audio jack)
Card Reader	16-in-1: CF/ Micro Drive/ MS/ MS Duo/ MS Pro/ MS Pro Duo/ SD/ MMC/ MMC4.0/ RS-MMC/ RS-MMC4.0/ SDHC/ MS Micro-M2/ Mini SD/ Micro SD/ Mini MMC
Power Supply	700 W
Dimensions	270 x 600 x 500 mm (WxDxH) 388 x 760 x 645 mm (WxDxH) with Carton
Weight	20 kg
Accessories	Keyboard Mouse Power Cord Warranty Card User Manual Quick Manual
Software	Office 2010 starter nero 9 Essentials Microsoft Pack Adobe Acrobat Reader
Utilities	“ASUS AI-SUITE II ASUS AI Manager ASUS My Logo2 ASUS Update ASUS Q-fan ASUS@Vibe ASUS AI Charger ASUS WebStorage ASUS Music Maker WIFI Go FastBoot”

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