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ASUS Working on MARS II Dual GTX 480 Graphics Accelerator
华硕出品双GTX480芯片单卡的MARS II 显卡
After treating the enthusiast community to the Republic of Gamers (ROG) ARES Dual HD 5870 graphics accelerator, ASUS isn't wasting any time is designing its successor, referred to (for now) as "MARS II".
在广受追捧的玩家国度 ARES HD5870双芯片显卡之后，华硕马不停蹄的推出了其继任者“MARS II”
This graphics accelerator uses two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 (GF100) GPUs on one board, that's right, the first dual-GPU accelerator based on GF100, which is dreaded for its thermal and electrical characteristics so much, that NVIDIA is content with having the second-fastest graphics card in the market (GTX 480), with no immediate plans of working on a dual-GPU accelerator.
这一显卡使用双NV的GTX480芯片在单PCB上，毫无疑问，这是第一款双GF100芯片的单卡。GTX480是令NV满意的拥有市场上第二的性能的显卡，却拥有令人敬畏的发热和供电需求，
ASUS' ambitious attempt is in the design stage deep inside its R&D, where the design is in an evaluation state.
华硕的雄心勃勃地尝试着其更深层次的研发步伐
The R&D gave us some exclusive pictures of the MARS II PCB to treat you with.
研发部门给了我们一些MARS II 的独家PCB图片
To begin with, the card's basic design is consistent with almost every other dual-GPU NVIDIA card in recent past. There are two independent GPU systems, each with its own VRM and memory, which are interconnected by an internal SLI, and connected to the system bus by an nForce 200 bridge chip.
一开始，这一显卡的基础设计和不久前发布的几乎所有其他双GPU的NV显卡一样。有两个独立的GPU系统，每一个都有自己的供电和显存单元，然后通过一个内部SLI桥连接，再通过NF200桥接芯片与系统总线连接
On this card, two GF100 GPUs with the same configuration as GeForce GTX 480 (GF100-375-A3) are used, each having 480 CUDA cores, and connecting to 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory across a 384-bit wide memory interface.
在这张卡上，两个同等外观的GF100的GPU（型号为GF100-375-A3的GTX480）被使用，每个都有480个CUDA，并连接着1536M的384BIT位宽的GDDR5显存
ASUS' innovations kick in right from the PCB, since it takes a lot of effort to keep such a design electrically stable, as well form an overclockers' product. MARS II uses a PCB with 3 oz copper layers to increase electrical stability, and used a strong VRM. Each GPU system is fed by an 8+2 phase VRM of its own, which use a new Super Alloy choke that reduces core energy loss. The card takes its power input from three 8-pin power inputs, which are fused.
华硕的创新来自于PCB，其付出巨大努力去保持这样一个设计的供电稳定，甚至超过构建一个超频产品。MARS II 用了一个有3盎司铜的PCB以增加供电稳定，并且用了一个强大的供电单元。每个GPU系统都有8+2相的独立供电。通过使用一个新的超级合金电阻以减少核心能耗损失。这张显卡使用了三个带过流保险的8PIN外界供电接口
 
The card is quad SLI capable, and can pair with another of its kind (and probably single GTX 480s). To cool this monstrosity, ASUS is coming up with a beefier than ever cooling solution. With the product being still at an evaluation stage, how long it will take to reach production, or whether it will in the first place, remains to be seen.
这张显卡有能力组建四路SLI，并且可以和其他同类显卡搭配，比如另外一个480独显。为了给这个庞然大物降温，华硕将提出了一个史无前例强大的散热方案。由于这一产品仍在研发阶段，何时何地能够面世仍是一个谜。
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