Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven!

Zardon · Apr 14, 2009, 05:50 PM

Asus have decided to give away one amazing GTX 275 graphics card to a lucky DriverHeaven reader. All you have to do is enter in our forum and you could be drawn to get this sexy card for your next system upgrade. Read our competition page for the full entry rules.
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**temeteus82** · Apr 14, 2009, 05:55 PM

I would like to see more ram, more insane OC'ing and more innovative cooling of future Asus cards

Lowfat · Apr 14, 2009, 05:57 PM

What I would like to see from future Asus videocards is simple software voltage/fan control. Not just basic set voltage @ ___ amount or fan speed @ 50%. But profiles. The ability to make the voltage imcrease while in 3D mode. And with the fan speed, have quiet & performance profiles.

wiskerbizkit · Apr 14, 2009, 06:03 PM

I would like to see more elaborate coolers. Maybe a fan dial on the back.

clanman · Apr 14, 2009, 06:08 PM

I would like to see future Asus cards with a new interface instead of Catalyst Control Center. Something which has more options, is better laid out, and less clunky.

gk8aq · Apr 14, 2009, 06:28 PM

I would like to see a special edition watercooled GTX 275 SLI Kit

Bevoo · Apr 14, 2009, 06:40 PM

I would like to see future Asus cards with better cooling systems and more memory.

SAMSAMHA · Apr 14, 2009, 07:07 PM

future feature on the asus card.

I would love to see a more customized cooler that can cool the cards better and at the same time takes up less space.

A hybrid of heatpipe and active cooling would be nice as well. Like in desktop, completely silent cooling and on 3D, fan kicks in.

HDMI port would have been nice on the card.

Not a feature on the physical card but Asus's service. A some sort of advance RMA would be nice that Asus can send the replacement card first and customer send the card after they get the replacmenet card.

blibbax · Apr 14, 2009, 07:20 PM

I think that Asus should put it's not inconsiderable expertise to use by moving further away from reference designs. Whether it be with new dual GPU designs in the high end or more innovative and distinctive products such as their silent 9600GT for the mid range, Asus is one of the best placed companies to fill these nieches.

dodobv · Apr 14, 2009, 07:21 PM

I would like to see a more efficient cooling system and single slot, more important - silent and perfomant cooling, more memory, hdmi port would be nice and improved software that comes with the card, a much better control of the "clocks".

maybe different colors of pcb would be interesting.

anyway it would be in the future, you guys from Asus are doing a great job.Thanks.

blibbax · Apr 14, 2009, 07:23 PM

Asus is in a rare position as a producer of high end laptops, high end motherboards and hign end graphics cards. I would like to see Asus put this to use by producing notebooks with graphics cards that can be upgraded as easily as those in a desktop PC. Notebooks fall considerably behind desktop PCs for both performance and upgradeability, but Asus is in an ideal position to be the exception to the rule.

mac_angel · Apr 14, 2009, 07:49 PM

I would like to see the Asus Xonar built into some of the graphics cards and have an HDMI output so we can get fully uncompressed audio with blueray titles

Majin GeoDooD · Apr 14, 2009, 08:04 PM

I would like to see Asus offer more memory, a dedicated HDMI output, and a better/quieter cooling solution. I would buy a different brand of video card immediately if I knew I didn't have to go out and buy an aftermarket cooler!

lepel · Apr 14, 2009, 08:05 PM

The thing I would desire most for the new cards is a great cooling system, especially for the top of the range gaming cards. A cooling system that reduces heat to a minimum, ensuring a long lifespan for the hardware, while being ultra silent at the same time.

The reason? Because a great cooling system gives enthousiasts plenty of headroom for overclocking and regular users a cool card with absolute silent operation.

I'd like to see Asus continue developing and refining the 'Hybrid Cooler'-system they used on the ati 4870, so that we can see it implemented on more of their cards.

PS: Thanks Asus and Driverheaven for this 'cool' competition.

x.clay · Apr 14, 2009, 08:06 PM

I would like to see Asus use DDR5 memory instead of the DDR3 memory that typically comes on Nvidia cards. ATI has adopted this on their high end cards and I think it would be great for Asus to lead the pack with faster RAM in the nvidia camp. Combine a gig of DDR5 with a factory OC'ed card and you would hear games begging for mercy.

topbob · Apr 14, 2009, 08:17 PM

More performance at less cost. Plain and simple, but it gets me to buy the card

Oh and it needs HDMI.

x.clay · Apr 14, 2009, 08:22 PM

I would like to see ASUS use a TEC cooling system (thermoelectric/peltier cooler) on their high end cards. Video cards get so much hotter than your CPU so it seems like a good application for this setup. During normal 2D work a heatsink and silent fan would keep the card cool. When gaming the GPU core would heat up and the TEC cooler would turn on to compensate for the additional heat.

slugbug · Apr 14, 2009, 08:57 PM

I would like to see Asus using a quality thermal paste on it's graphics chips. Too often we see graphic cards makers using a thick goop which is not efficient at all. It would be nice if Asus used a good enthusiasts brand.

animefanxxx · Apr 14, 2009, 09:04 PM

- Use DRR 5 technology
- Keep improving the noise reduction in the Fan
- Lower the prices

Thanks ASUS and DriverHeaven !!!

x.clay · Apr 14, 2009, 09:15 PM

I would like to see ASUS make some really energy efficient cards by improving the hardware and by providing software could automatically adjust the core and memory clock based on the application.

Lelisevis · Apr 14, 2009, 09:19 PM

I'd like to see some kind of built in umbrella/raincoat to prevent water damage. No not from leaky watercooling but from drooling customers and from other card manufacturers as they weep.

Dark Lord · Apr 14, 2009, 09:23 PM

id like to see the cooler and quieter cards, as has been said. what id really love to see (although im sure it wouldnt be possible due to financial reasons) is an external psu that goes directly from the card to the wall. it would take a huge strain off the current psu, and you would no longer be questioning if your psu can handle the vid card.

procupine14 · Apr 14, 2009, 09:32 PM

I would like to see ASUS implement more memory on their cards. Also, perhaps a special edition card similar to the XFX Black and XXX edition cards. I think that enthusiast field needs some competition

. I would like to see some more cooling solutions that have extra space for OCing. Expanding on the watercooling spectrum would be nice as well as some single slot cooling designs. I would really like to see some smaller cooling designs for those of us that have HTPCs.

Keep up the good work

adonn78 · Apr 14, 2009, 09:46 PM

I would like to see the next Asus graphics card with double the normal memory such as a 2GB card for ATI GPU's or 1792 for Nvida ones. Certain games like GTA4 really eat up video RAM and can be played with allt eh settings maxed out if you have about 1700MB video RAM. The games of today are very advanced and require a lot of resources. In additiont eh global economy stinks. so how about a $250 card with 2GB RAM per GPU and after market cooling and a modest overclock.

Bolletje · Apr 14, 2009, 10:04 PM

What I would like to see, hmm....

Well, maybe Asus can make a card that has a lot of room around the GPU core for other coolings methods (sub zero i.e. LN2 , Cascade). Therefore overclockers don't need to solder the capacitators on the other side. Also somewhat bigger soldering points so the Vmod becomes easier

Also try to avoid a OCP at low voltages....

By the way, if you have a card that has a lot of room around the core, switching different coolers is easier.

Maybe some sort of tweaking software, like adjusting LOD. (look @ Rivatuner Asus

).

BTW, a huge side note: I don't really have problems with current cards, so it's difficult to give some further improvements.

Neshi · Apr 14, 2009, 10:20 PM

I think the main things that would satisfy a lot of customers while being not as much of a hassle to do is:

Use better thermal paste.

Better stock coolers. Put some quality in it, some more loving in the coolers. The stock coolers make too much noise and don't cool effectively enough. Now technology advanced those chips get hotter and hotter, and the cooling technology needs to change with it and adapt to it.

Better bundled software. I mean, I like the CCC from Ati, and I don't know the equivalent from Nvidea.. But it doesn't cut it. The third party software, to adjust clocks, fan speeds, voltage seems to do a better job then the official deal, and I don't think that's right. If you sell a high-end product, for gamers mostly, it would be wise to include high end (gamer) overclocking software.
I know that you know that your customers are overclocking the cards, but if you supply the software, you can bind alot of customers to your brand. Just put in fineprint that extreme overclocking isn't covered in the garantue.

Bolletje · Apr 14, 2009, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neshi

The stock coolers make too much noise and don't cool effectively enough.

Hmm, the cooler of my Asus 8800GTS is very decent in my opinion.

Quote:

Now technology advanced those chips get hotter and hotter, and the cooling technology needs to change with it and adapt to it.

Hmm, not per se. You also have a smaller fabrication process, that means cooler operations. But more transistors = more heat. But I'm getting your point

And Asus, maybe you can bundle a pen with your cards?

It sounds somewhat weird, but I also got a pen with my Sparkle 9500GT and I really like it.

Maybe some other cool thingies that don't cost a lot. Maybe a nice mousemat with a cool Asus logo on top?

Well, those things I really use in daily life, so I always see the brand.

I don't really like the idea of putting even more memory on those cards. It doesn't makes such a huge of a difference, but the price is a lot higher. Asus can better overclock their cards somewhat more...

Erroneus · Apr 14, 2009, 10:45 PM

I would like to see more focus on single slot cooling. Not every systems has room for a dualslot cooler, eg. Shuttles.

I would like to see fast cards from Asus, which fits in systems with has a low profile, eg. machines in a desktop housing.

I would like to see cards like GTX275 or similar (HD4890) with improved cooling, voltage control on ram & gpu. The improved cooling should use a system like HIS ICE4, where the warm air is blown out of the housing.

JMMD · Apr 14, 2009, 10:48 PM

More memory and larger (more quiet fans).

swimtech · Apr 14, 2009, 11:22 PM

I know it would take some major engineering, but a company with the size and resources of ASUS might be able to accomplish it...

I'd like to see ASUS implement 3d imaging in games and movies somehow - and somehow make it generic, like flipping a switch in software that activates special circuitry on the video card allowing any displayed data to be processed and viewed in 3D, with or without glasses. It could be proprietary of course to ASUS, as long as it could process any game or movie into 3D presentation.

3D is coming (back...) on strong in many areas (including medical imaging) and ASUS would really have something special if they could somehow pull that off.

Apr 14, 2009, 05:50 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! Asus have decided to give away one amazing GTX 275 graphics card to a lucky DriverHeaven reader. All you have to do is enter in our forum and you could be drawn to get this sexy card for your next system upgrade. Read our competition page for the full entry rules. ______________________ Read over here on how to enter

Apr 14, 2009, 05:57 PM	#3
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! What I would like to see from future Asus videocards is simple software voltage/fan control. Not just basic set voltage @ ___ amount or fan speed @ 50%. But profiles. The ability to make the voltage imcrease while in 3D mode. And with the fan speed, have quiet & performance profiles. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

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blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 3,683 Rep Power: 169 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! Asus is in a rare position as a producer of high end laptops, high end motherboards and hign end graphics cards. I would like to see Asus put this to use by producing notebooks with graphics cards that can be upgraded as easily as those in a desktop PC. Notebooks fall considerably behind desktop PCs for both performance and upgradeability, but Asus is in an ideal position to be the exception to the rule. __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

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Majin GeoDooD HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 1,117 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see Asus offer more memory, a dedicated HDMI output, and a better/quieter cooling solution. I would buy a different brand of video card immediately if I knew I didn't have to go out and buy an aftermarket cooler! __________________ Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) ~Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.55GHz~ Gigabyte P35-DS3L ~ eVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB @ 690/1000 ~ OCZ Titanium 2x2GB ~ Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750 GB ~ WD Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB ~ NEC ND-3540A DVD-RW ~ Rosewill RP600V2 600w PSU ~ Antec Nine Hundred Mid-Tower

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lepel HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 552 Rep Power: 39 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! The thing I would desire most for the new cards is a great cooling system, especially for the top of the range gaming cards. A cooling system that reduces heat to a minimum, ensuring a long lifespan for the hardware, while being ultra silent at the same time. The reason? Because a great cooling system gives enthousiasts plenty of headroom for overclocking and regular users a cool card with absolute silent operation. I'd like to see Asus continue developing and refining the 'Hybrid Cooler'-system they used on the ati 4870, so that we can see it implemented on more of their cards. PS: Thanks Asus and Driverheaven for this 'cool' competition. Last edited by lepel; Apr 17, 2009 at 12:13 AM.

Apr 14, 2009, 08:06 PM	#15
x.clay HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see Asus use DDR5 memory instead of the DDR3 memory that typically comes on Nvidia cards. ATI has adopted this on their high end cards and I think it would be great for Asus to lead the pack with faster RAM in the nvidia camp. Combine a gig of DDR5 with a factory OC'ed card and you would hear games begging for mercy.

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topbob HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 463 Rep Power: 46 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! More performance at less cost. Plain and simple, but it gets me to buy the card Oh and it needs HDMI. __________________ 12090 in 3DMarks06 on current system, 5001 on old system, 4164 on older, 1587 on oldest

Apr 14, 2009, 08:22 PM	#17
x.clay HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see ASUS use a TEC cooling system (thermoelectric/peltier cooler) on their high end cards. Video cards get so much hotter than your CPU so it seems like a good application for this setup. During normal 2D work a heatsink and silent fan would keep the card cool. When gaming the GPU core would heat up and the TEC cooler would turn on to compensate for the additional heat.

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animefanxxx DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 493 Rep Power: 0	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! - Use DRR 5 technology - Keep improving the noise reduction in the Fan - Lower the prices Thanks ASUS and DriverHeaven !!!

Apr 14, 2009, 09:15 PM	#20
x.clay HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see ASUS make some really energy efficient cards by improving the hardware and by providing software could automatically adjust the core and memory clock based on the application.

Apr 14, 2009, 09:19 PM	#21
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I'd like to see some kind of built in umbrella/raincoat to prevent water damage. No not from leaky watercooling but from drooling customers and from other card manufacturers as they weep.

Apr 14, 2009, 09:23 PM	#22
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! id like to see the cooler and quieter cards, as has been said. what id really love to see (although im sure it wouldnt be possible due to financial reasons) is an external psu that goes directly from the card to the wall. it would take a huge strain off the current psu, and you would no longer be questioning if your psu can handle the vid card. __________________

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procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see ASUS implement more memory on their cards. Also, perhaps a special edition card similar to the XFX Black and XXX edition cards. I think that enthusiast field needs some competition . I would like to see some more cooling solutions that have extra space for OCing. Expanding on the watercooling spectrum would be nice as well as some single slot cooling designs. I would really like to see some smaller cooling designs for those of us that have HTPCs. Keep up the good work __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Apr 14, 2009, 09:46 PM	#24
adonn78 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New City, NY Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see the next Asus graphics card with double the normal memory such as a 2GB card for ATI GPU's or 1792 for Nvida ones. Certain games like GTA4 really eat up video RAM and can be played with allt eh settings maxed out if you have about 1700MB video RAM. The games of today are very advanced and require a lot of resources. In additiont eh global economy stinks. so how about a $250 card with 2GB RAM per GPU and after market cooling and a modest overclock.

Apr 14, 2009, 10:04 PM	#25
Bolletje HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,224 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! What I would like to see, hmm.... Well, maybe Asus can make a card that has a lot of room around the GPU core for other coolings methods (sub zero i.e. LN2 , Cascade). Therefore overclockers don't need to solder the capacitators on the other side. Also somewhat bigger soldering points so the Vmod becomes easier Also try to avoid a OCP at low voltages.... By the way, if you have a card that has a lot of room around the core, switching different coolers is easier. Maybe some sort of tweaking software, like adjusting LOD. (look @ Rivatuner Asus ). BTW, a huge side note: I don't really have problems with current cards, so it's difficult to give some further improvements. Last edited by Bolletje; Apr 14, 2009 at 10:30 PM.

Apr 14, 2009, 10:20 PM	#26
Neshi S.N.A.F.U. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 3,257 Rep Power: 150 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I think the main things that would satisfy a lot of customers while being not as much of a hassle to do is: Use better thermal paste. Better stock coolers. Put some quality in it, some more loving in the coolers. The stock coolers make too much noise and don't cool effectively enough. Now technology advanced those chips get hotter and hotter, and the cooling technology needs to change with it and adapt to it. Better bundled software. I mean, I like the CCC from Ati, and I don't know the equivalent from Nvidea.. But it doesn't cut it. The third party software, to adjust clocks, fan speeds, voltage seems to do a better job then the official deal, and I don't think that's right. If you sell a high-end product, for gamers mostly, it would be wise to include high end (gamer) overclocking software. I know that you know that your customers are overclocking the cards, but if you supply the software, you can bind alot of customers to your brand. Just put in fineprint that extreme overclocking isn't covered in the garantue. __________________ If one does not attach himself to people and desire, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live? Life is just too damn short for if's and maybe's

Apr 14, 2009, 10:45 PM	#28
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,342 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I would like to see more focus on single slot cooling. Not every systems has room for a dualslot cooler, eg. Shuttles. I would like to see fast cards from Asus, which fits in systems with has a low profile, eg. machines in a desktop housing. I would like to see cards like GTX275 or similar (HD4890) with improved cooling, voltage control on ram & gpu. The improved cooling should use a system like HIS ICE4, where the warm air is blown out of the housing. __________________

Apr 14, 2009, 10:48 PM	#29
JMMD DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! More memory and larger (more quiet fans).

Apr 14, 2009, 11:22 PM	#30
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	Re: Win an ASUS GTX275 Graphics card @ Driverheaven! I know it would take some major engineering, but a company with the size and resources of ASUS might be able to accomplish it... I'd like to see ASUS implement 3d imaging in games and movies somehow - and somehow make it generic, like flipping a switch in software that activates special circuitry on the video card allowing any displayed data to be processed and viewed in 3D, with or without glasses. It could be proprietary of course to ASUS, as long as it could process any game or movie into 3D presentation. 3D is coming (back...) on strong in many areas (including medical imaging) and ASUS would really have something special if they could somehow pull that off. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.