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Introduced in early December 2008 and officially released at CES 2009 in January, the GeForce GTX 295 is Nvidia's latest flagship card - intended to take the performance crown from the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2. Featuring two GTX 200 series GPUs built with the latest 55nm fabrication process, the GTX 295 will feature two separate PCBs fused together, and connected by internal SLI. The pair will run at 576MHz, and will feature the same number of processing cores as the current GTX 280. With 896MB of GDDR3 per core, the memory subsystem is similar to the GTX 260, sharing the same speed and bus.Requring one 6-pin and another 8-pin PCIe power connectors, the card will draw 289 watts of power at full load. Nvidia recommends a 680w PSU.
MSRP $499.99
Release date January, 2009
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- 2 x GTX 200 GPUs - 55nm process, 240 processing cores, 576MHz core speed, 1.242GHz shader clock
- 896MB GDDR3 x 2 - 2000MHz, 448-bit bus
- requires 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin PCIe power connector, 289w at load, 680W PSU recommended
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
• EVGA 017-P3-1292-AR GeForce GTX295 PLUS 1792MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Lifetime Warranty
• GeForce GTX 295 Plus Video Card
UPC: 843368009243
EAN: 0843368009243
MPN: 017-P3-1292-AR
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MSRP $380.00
Released September, 2009
Pros
- DirectX 11
- Triple Display Support
- low power consumption / TDP (27Watts idle)
Cons
- high price
- DirectX 11 capabilities won't be in use for a while, might be outdated / slow by the time they are
- large size - will not fit in some smaller cases
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
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February 17, 2009
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Pros
- matches or bests the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- latest 55nm fabrication process - first for Nvidia
- can play most of the latest games at the highest resolutions with the highest settings
Cons
- expensive
- the Radeon HD 4870 X2 performs better at higher resolutions - probably due to the slower GDDR3 memory vs. GDDR5
- requires a lot of power
- puts off a lot of heat
- two boards fused together - unlike the single PCB Radeon
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December 18, 2008
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Pros
- matches or bests the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- latest 55nm fabrication process - first for Nvidia
- can play most of the latest games at the highest resolutions with the highest settings
Cons
- expensive
- the Radeon HD 4870 X2 performs better at higher resolutions - probably due to the slower GDDR3 memory vs. GDDR5
- requires a lot of power
- puts off a lot of heat
- two boards fused together - unlike the single PCB Radeon
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January 10, 2009
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Pros
- matches or bests the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- latest 55nm fabrication process - first for Nvidia
- can play most of the latest games at the highest resolutions with the highest settings
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