strifemare

Following RyuGTX's idea of off centered fan placement, it might be possible for Asus to either include or sell separately (not too expensive, of course ) a snap on or express-on fan shroud.

This concept would require that the original fan shroud and fan should be easily detachable. The fan will be easily reinstalled on the new shroud, which has a different layout in terms of where the air intake and outlets are placed, so that when you have 2 cards in SLi the cards will not force heat into each other, and perhaps will be better cooled. Ideally the two shrouds should be complementary to each other.

While not as customizable as a rail mount, it would be easier and cheaper to manufacture. Kudos to RyuGTX for the main idea anyways

ironleg

I would like ASUS to be the first to offer 3 monitor capability in HDMI.
I would like them have an upgradeability and 10 plan.( who knows whatports a video card will have on a motherbord if you want lifetime, they could have a GPU chip and GPU ram onboard by then or in the GPU itself).

make the card capable of any physix solution, cuda- havok- ageia.

lower the price and have a republic of gamers models with the best cooling available.

regester the card to get games you actually want or presale games by the cards MAC #
have 7.1 sound and make it work in tandom with the new killer nic with onboard game program to talk to friends and still hear the game.

ironleg

for cooling in crossfife and SLI maybe they should look at the Thermaltake's Tide Water Plus liquid cooling water block or the new Zalman ZM-GWB3 Koolance and Innovatek also produce high quality VGA water blocks if a liquid cooled GPA/CPU cooled computer.

ironleg

I think they need to add a support rail that supports the top of the card and could mount spot fans like Antec has to hot areas like ram sinks and voltage regulators/gpu.older computers used to have video card support rails. it would stableize cards better and reduce RMA`s.

ET3D

What I'd really like to see is ASUS bringing out cards with next gen processors before they're even designed (currently, DX12 cards would be okay, but I'd prefer DX13), with a negligible power draw and a cooling solution so quiet it actually takes away the sound of other fans in the PC. I'd like to be able to overclock the GPU and memory to 10x the stock speed (which should already be higher than any other competitor). The GPU and memory should also be upgradable to later and faster versions and more memory, and these upgrades should be downloadable. The card should be really small, preferably so small that two of them could be plugged into the same slot, thereby allowing me to SLI with just a single PCIe x16 slot. Price should be half of the other brands, and the bundle should include all the games available on Steam (including those which will be released in the future).

I think that pretty much covers it. No, wait, I forgot that they should bundle eight 50" HDMI capable TV's, one for each HDMI output on the card.

3FUN

I'd like to see vga, dvi and hdmi plugs instead of only 2 of the same.

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AtwaterFS

Well if they add intuitive overvolting software to go along with their over-current protection, and throw in some extremely overclockable shaders - then they would have a top-notch Folding card in their class. Those are the features that I would want.

The warranty is already pretty awesome at 3 years, so no complaints there

t0ucH

I would like to see that the future graphic cards becomes smaller!

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strifemare

an extension of the dual bios idea i mentioned in an earlier post would be to have a CMOS like memory system for the bios, where OC profiles can be saved on the card, and loaded at power up, as opposed to using applications which are OS dependent. This would make the card have more appeal to the non-Windows market, as they would not need to use an application which may not work on their OS. It could work on the flip of a switch at the back of the card which instructs the card to boot in BIOS modification mode, in the same way a jumper would work, but just being more accessible.

livingstone088

since ASUS is the leader in chip lever to motherboard & graphic card manufacture....

i woult like to suggest that instead of going for sli or crossfire tech ASUS can implement an Unified architecture of dual gpu thats never beeen before

like wise integrating an facility like external memory support,
integrating "optic" technology in bus interface of two Gpu,

integrating an dual Gpu insted of sli or cross fire ,integrating two cards over the "OPTICS" technology over a single PCI-E 2.0....

The probs like heat or fan noise or extra memory dosent matter ....wat ever the memory Asus can go for implementing higher BandWidth"

asus can try to cordinate GTX2 series Gpu of Nvidia With ATI 48series Gpu With an newly unified architecture Of DUAL GPU..

even though some might laugh over this technology but am sure ASUS will come over this Tech i their Upcoming Graphic Cards.....

its easy to mfg a Card of same spec by every brand but these kinda modified tech devlopment in their upcoming grapic card make them differnt from other competetors.....

Eventhough am a student am good at thinking creativity of the future upcoming tech....................

****Even its seem to be not possible over other brands but possible over ASUS*****

SlashBuster

What I would like to see in future Asus cards is more factory overclocked cards and or some software to help with overclocking on the desktop. I would also like to see more coolers other than the stock cooler and a lifetime warranty if possible.

Lastly I want some better, more sicka$$ graphics card art to make it look better!

strifemare

i think one of my posts got lost T_T

anyways, here it is again, hopefully the details will be as complete as it was the first time i wrote it.

another overclocking feature which would be awesome would be a BIOS styled system, where the overclocking profiles could be stored onboard the card. The main reason this would be a good feature is to attract non-Windows users, as their overclocking will not be reliant on Windows based applications, or sometimes dangerous firmware modification. This falls in line with nVidia's outreach to Linux users by providing good mature drivers for Linux/Unix.

To sum it up, a switch might be placed at the back along with the output ports, to allow the user to select normal operations mode, or BIOS mode. Upon entering BIOS mode they can then tweak the settings as they desire, and save the settings, after which they will be asked to power down the computer, and put the switch back to normal operations mode. The card then uses the new settings.

thefremen

I'd like to see more power saving features, passive cooling, that kind of thing.

waglo

I would like to see an innovative and premium cooling solution with user friendly removal/installation and a simple yet effective overclocking program.

papajohn

I would like to see the flexibility of upgrading a graphics card to be similar to upgrading a PC in terms of memory size and CPU. Why not make a graphics card where users can just plug in new memory modules to increase memory as needed and change out an old GPU to a faster GPU?

More and more discrete graphics cards are becoming as equally if not more important for gamers looking to increase fps on new ultrarealistic games.

thx

Trinity Alex

My main thoughts for new features on ASUS cards :
1. Specially optimised drivers - meaning that ASUS makes its own highly modified-optimised drivers - different from the forceware/catalyst versions...
2. Maybe the possibility of an external power source ? (i had a problem with my hybrid nvidia/ati computer)
3. The possibility of cheaper unbundled versions of the high end graphics cards.


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Let me tell you all a story I've had with video cards ...
i've had about 4 ATi video cards the last 5 years or so .. then a couple of months ago I found out that on some games ATi cards do not display glowing in a correct manner (on some of my favourite games) ... so I went to the support forums to check for the problem - they just laughed - a moderator saying something like "only if at least 2 thousand posts regarding this problem will appear, then i think the <driver boys> will try to fix it" ... there were about 30 users posting that problem .. so I didn't even bother to make an account ... - a bit angered, two days later I bought an expensive ~200 euros nvidia card 9800GTX+ (-romanians have a minimum income of 100 euros/month -) ...
The game worked flawlessly ... but the irony is that another favourite game of mine had a problem ... it seems that the nvidia card cannot force antialiasing on transparent textures for openGL if the application's 3D engine itself does not incorporate antialiasing (Counter-Strike 1.6). Another problem I've encountered with the same game was an 'inexplicable' random loss of frame rate ... - for the second problem i've tormented myself for about a week to find an older set of drivers to correct the problem ... so everytime i wanted to play a newer game, i just changed drivers ... because i usually played counter strike the most of the time..

About a month has passed -- I now have put the ATi and nVIDIA cards simultaneously on my computer ... [though there was a problem with vista x64 that prevented me from installing both drivers... actually, windows xp lets me do just that] - i reboot when i want to use ati - for counter strike .. and i reboot again when i want to use the nvidia card - for the rest of the games ... thats the life ...

And thats why i think that if ASUSTeK Computer Inc. spends time and money on some really optimised drivers it will surely pay off in the long run ... if I knew that some company .. ANY company made drivers so that you could play any game without any issues .. I would surely not have spent so much time and especially NERVES because of some bul*shit*y drivers.
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I know that this is my first post on this forum ... i was searching for updated omega drivers and the competition caught my attention :P ... but to tell the truth ... I really want someone to make some really good drivers ... I don't want to install different drivers everytime I want to play a game ...

Sincerely,
Trinity Alex from Romania

ground contoller

İ would like to see ASUS cards in the future as they are today:LEADİNG, İNNOVATİNG AND COOL.

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Link2U

what i like to see on forthcoming Asus video cards:

1. for the ASUS customer segment that buy things based on the price of the products, i think ASUS need to lower price. or release an economic type video cards. or try to be efficient in design, material used, and production of the video cards. whether in low, mid, or high-end video cards, but also try not to lower the quality (a little lower in quality maybe still acceptable). because usually lower price means lower quality.
in the time of economic crisis, maybe not all people got impacted from this crisis, but i think many people do impacted. and they have less money to spend, so price is one of the factor that people consider when deciding on buying things. especially luxury things..
i see that other company capable to produce video cards in lower price. but at least ASUS can lessen the price gap between ASUS and competitor product.

2. for the ASUS customer segment that didn't have problem on price, as long as they like it, they will buy it, performance & quality is number one, aside from making high quality and high performance products, i think ASUS should made greener video cards. because in this time of global warming, where our environment and our earth need the most of our attention & care, ASUS should release a green video cards. the fact is a greener product usually means more expensive products. so it fits in this segment of customer.
ASUS can make an energy efficient video cards without sacrificing the performance. or maybe make an ECO mode that make video card use less energy, runs a little bit slower, but still fast enough to run an avarage 3D games. maybe ASUS will even got something similar like the energy star certified, that showing how energy efficient the video card is. more efficient cooling system, no need for big size (double slot) cooling if smaller one (single slot) is capable doing their job. and if this possible, making a high-end video cards in small enough so that it can fit like in a microATX case with mATX board. because at present, only small or entry level video card can fit in microATX case. it would be nice to see mid or high-end video cards can fit in microATX case. use lesser space, but have big processing power.
for the moment, maybe it's hard to realize a high-end video cards that use less energy. because it also depend on the video chipset maker like ati & nvidia making their next gen video chipset smaller, cooler, more energy efficient. so for now ASUS can make an external power source for their high-end video cards. pretty much like an adapter (that have a small jack to plug in to ASUS video card from outside, where the VGA, DVI connector is), but exclusive for ASUS video card. with this, customer don't need to invest on big watt power supply, only need a +-200 watt power supply maybe enough. because sometimes these big power supply waste more energy than it needed (from what i read in magazine, testing show even when they have 80+ certified, they still waste a lot energy). instead, customer will invest on ASUS video cards. and with external power supply or adapter design exclusively by ASUS and compatible with all forthcoming ASUS video cards. ASUS can control the power management of the video card more independently and more efficiently. i think this is possible to do now.
as for appearance or pc modding, ASUS can add LED light, ASUS may design animated LED light, etc. make a beautiful LED light design. imagine an ASUS logo illuminating on the video card. like some designer of luxor in las vegas said, human are also attracted to light. so adding light in video card is made it attractive. and also the possibility to put our own logo on the video card. trying to make it more pesonalize or unique for every owner. or exchangeable acrilic cover for video card. maybe someday ASUS will do a design contest for this concept. and maybe put a small digital LCD screen that show 4 digit number on the outside or the top side of the card, with a small button on outside for switching the display from the current temperature, fan speed, current vga load, current wattage need, current core clock, current memory clock, etc, and to turn the display off. if press again, it will return to display current temperature and so on..
a complete bonus are also good. from cable, connector, to games..

i think that's all, my suggestion & input for now.. hopefully useful...

Mighunter

I would like to see a Dual-BIOS on ASUS video cards.
The first BIOS with normal Clock Speeds and the other one with improved Clock Speeds and maybe a higher Voltage for overclocking even further.
Some time ago i saw a ASUS HD4870x2 TOP with better Capacitors etc.
The card was overclocked, but had lower Temperatures than the normal cards.
ASUS should improve all of their Cards like this

Rahazan

I'd like to see a system which automatically overclocks your card, but only when needed. When you start that high demanding game, the system would ensure you have the FPS you like, by overclocking it. This system would also keep your drivers up to date at all time, but will only update when you are not playing a game.

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RyuGTX

Just a little interesting feature I thought.

A dust filter on the intake fan. It can be built in a way that it easily slides out of the side of the video card for easy cleaning. This will be most useful on video cards with a plastic shell/case that completely covers the heatsink.

Of course, this idea can be combined with my previous idea submissions.

blkskull

I'd like to see an upgradeable core and or upgradeable memory.

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strifemare

one more feature that comes to mind would be a Cool n' Quiet type of solution, where when the load on the card is not high, it downclocks itself to save energy. This could be implemented in a few ways:
1. using a software that as many have already mentioned is made specifically for overclocking Asus cards, therefore it should be in the perfect position to downclock said cards.
2. in the card's BIOS settings, as mentioned in my previous post, it could be an option, where the user can select from presets to set their power saving profile.
3. much like how the nVidia's Hybrid SLi power saving features which requires a compatible motherboard, Asus could include their own variant of this to their motherboards, where the clock speeds and voltages can be controlled.

because clock rates alone are not enough to lower power consumption, i'd probably lean to either options 2 or 3, 2 being more card dependent, and also dependent on the card have newer options such as the BIOS feature which i mentioned previously, and 3 being motherboard dependent, which might require less work since a lot of the options are easily tweaked at the motherboard stage. Since however the gpu has its own power input, it should definitely be doable and controllable at that stage as well.

saiyanajay

Hi
If u ask me, technology of all graphic cards have a long way to go. Remember, today's PC can do much better than massive computers occupying an entire room in the 1960's.
In the same way, future graphic cards may not require this much of power, cooling etc with very low temperature emissions. A situation may come when we use a graphic card 10 times more powerful than todays cards but only the size of a usb drive.


To Asus --- beat up all competitors off the market. Make them wish that they were not alive to compete with u.

U can give better cooling with noise reduction. Try designing the exterior of the card so that it stands out from the others. Whether u give it a cute look or powerful look is up to u. Try doing something new like using a dust filter. The fan rotation can drive in dust to the precious card, after all. Making cards with inbuilt coolant or waterblock will attract customers.

Larger memory is not everything as it takes more address space, and not everyone is willing to spend too much on buying ram alone. So improve clock speeds and shader processors. Try going above DDR 5( I don't know if it is possible).

Try to give competitive pricing which is very important. More of accessories will be cool. As soon as your card is out, employ some one to post benchmarking of it in youtube. It is a very widely used media by many to know more about products.

In this way it is sure u can easily surpass other manufacturers, always.

Thanks Asus!!!

spectr3

I'd like to see the Asus Marine-Cool Concept (MotherBoard) come to life with a matching family of 'Marine' VGA Cards with special attention to creative and efficient cooling with killer looks.

thanks and good luck everybody

skylineaddict

A flexible heatpipe heatsink would be the perfect cooling solution. The heatpipes can be bent so that the heatsink can be beside the card, on top of it, below it, so on and so forth. This can be a real help for people who want multiple cards but don't have a massive computer case to fit everything in.

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SeraphicSorcerer

If there's a feature I'd like to see, it's some form of digital/LED ONBOARD monitoring for temperature fan/clocksetc., Also I'd like to see the graphics chip and fan ON TOP of the chip as the card currently goes in horizontally and keeps the heat on the underside, with newer cases it would be easier for the heat to escape, I have never understood why we put the chips on the underside, and force the heat to spread under the card. 3d would be cool as others have noted, and I'd like to see them go with maybe a quadcore chip if at all possible, really BREAK the mold and show us the hardcore we know you are

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SeenBean

What future features would you like to see on forthcoming Asus video cards?

I want Asus to create a compartment in their cards that will hold a large portion of the money you spent, say, $100. Then you can feel alot better because you got an amazing video card and you found $100 dollars in it.. Unless you forgot to take the money out.. then it'd be a serious fire hazard...

But yeah and if you win it *cough* you would get a super-gift, the best video card and $100 dollars! woo or you can just make them cheaper..

hopperdave2000

I'd like to see more 3rd party coolers, or different cooling features. An easy to use OC and fan control application would be a great add-on also. However, Asus does use more 3rd party and innovative coolers than most of the other video card manufacturers, but it would be nice to be able to custom order a card with a choice of different coolers, different colored PCBs and/or fan shrouds, maybe have LEDs built-in to the fans/coolers and maybe even have LEDs in the fan shrouds and on the card itself!

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