Nvidia Gtx 295 Videocard Reviewed |
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Nvidia Gtx 295 Videocard Reviewed |
 Jan 8 2009, 08:14 AM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
OCC just posted up a review of the Nvidia GTX 295 - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/nvidia_gtx295_full/
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Jan 8 2009, 04:13 PM
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 Total Nerd  Posts: 2,243 Joined: 4-July 08 From: New York Member No.: 63,263 |
Pros:
Temps Dominating performance Price Cons: 3DMark06 Price El-Oh-El. What happened to the higher resolution that was supposed to be here in Jan? Other than that, nice review. -------------------- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.84GHZ
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Jan 8 2009, 04:17 PM
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 Forum Wars - OCC Captain Posts: 2,940 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 31,336 |
QUOTE (Krow @ Jan 8 2009, 07:13 PM)  What happened to the higher resolution that was supposed to be here in Jan? QUOTE Unfortunately our testing at 2560x1600 was not accomplished in time for this review. The monitor was setup and ready to go when I powered it up she was just a kaleidoscope of colors. The monitor appeared to have had a nice bit of hidden damage in shipping and was just not replaced in time for this article. Look for a followup with testing at 2560x1600.
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Jan 8 2009, 04:22 PM
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Total Nerd Posts: 2,243 Joined: 4-July 08 From: New York Member No.: 63,263 |
Oh man, I feel way stupid.
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Jan 8 2009, 05:45 PM
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 Posting Nut Posts: 7,220 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Pennsauken, NJ Member No.: 20,152 |
cool, I see the 4870 1gb and 260-216 are still battling it out for dominance (except for Dead Space which likes cutting ATI frames 40 so frames for no reason lol)
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 Jan 8 2009, 09:09 PM
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"outstrips" this word is a bit overrated
 The performance is only 09% to 12% better. But price -> performance increase worth the buy 
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Jan 8 2009, 09:25 PM
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 Overdosed on MHz Posts: 649 Joined: 23-October 08 Member No.: 64,543 |
I can't believe the straight up 4870x2 beat the GTX295. I would like to see what it can do against other variants of the 4870x2.
I was really excited about the GTX295 because I thought it would smash the 4870x2, how wrong I was. --------------------  Main Rig | AMD Phenom 9550 @2.86GHz | HD 3870 @891/1276 | Biostar TA790GXA2+ | Sytrin Masscool Second Rig | AMD Athlon 4600+ @2.7GHz | XFX 7300GT SLI | XFX 750a | ULTRA Alumunis Backup Rig | Intel Celeron 440 @ 2.0 GHz | EVGA 8600GT | Intel D945GCNL | Broadway Mid Tower How to ask a question - Bootable USB Guide - 3DMark Competition - Memory Timings - Heatsink Lapping QUOTE (ClayMeow @ Mar 13 2009, 08:59 AM) Why should I waste my time finding information to prove you wrong when you're the one that's misinformed? |
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Jan 8 2009, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE (Kuronin @ Jan 9 2009, 06:25 AM) I can't believe the straight up 4870x2 beat the GTX295. I would like to see what it can do against other variants of the 4870x2. I was really excited about the GTX295 because I thought it would smash the 4870x2, how wrong I was. Did you not read the review? It out performed the 4870x2 in every single game at every resolution. Only thing it didn't win was 3dmark06. But honestly who cares....the real world performance is what really matters. The 3dmark score will probably go up with the newest driver that was just released. -------------------- Build in progress: Foxconn Blood Rage X58 - i7 920 D0 - BFG GTX295 - 3x2GB Corsair Dominator GT 1600
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Jan 8 2009, 09:46 PM
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 Posting Nut  Posts: 9,586 Joined: 5-October 03 From: Texas Member No.: 6,351 |
Nice review Frank, I guess it is time to sell some video cards...
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Jan 9 2009, 06:21 AM
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 Member Posts: 332 Joined: 26-October 08 From: London, ON Member No.: 64,574 |
I'm really not so surprised at the GTX 295 outperforming the 4870 X2. The 295 is really two GTX 260's on one PCB with unlocked streaming processors and a shrinked manufacturing process. Keeping those advancements in mind, the GTX 260 (216) and the 4870 (1GB) trade blows as it is, so I'm not really shocked. Great card none the less, hopefully 2009 sees some power usage shrinkage!
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Feb 12 2009, 08:29 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 5-February 09 Member No.: 66,128 |
well yeah at these settings gtx 295 wins.if u put anti alazing to x8 ati will win
 .this is why ati is better.and as the resolution gets higher the ati will win with more difference.
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Feb 12 2009, 08:40 AM
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Total Nerd Posts: 2,604 Joined: 4-April 06 From: Marysville, CA Member No.: 52,562 |
hint: There is no "z" in aliasing.
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