Tuesday, December 16th 2008
Preliminary Tests on GeForce GTX 295 Run, Leads Radeon HD 4870 X2
A Chinese technology portal, IT168 has conducted a preliminary performance evaluation of the upcoming GeForce GTX 295 graphics card. The card will be a flagship offering by NVIDIA. It will feature two G200b graphics processors. Also provided are the first pictures of the finished product, along with a burst-shot of the card and its cooling assembly. Across several game tests, the evaluation showed the GTX 295 to outperform the HD 4870 X2 by up to 80%, while providing superior power characteristics.
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IT168
117 Comments on Preliminary Tests on GeForce GTX 295 Run, Leads Radeon HD 4870 X2
That doesn't seem unbelievable to me.^^
If you only do games that dont have any support from either one, then it would make it harder to find wich card is best for that person.
Also 90% of ppl dont even know about sites like this so they are blind and only read whats on the box, and we all know NV and ATI are very missleading, the whole 2gig/1gig on the X2 cards is realy realy iffy, almost none of my gamer friends even new the SLI and CF did not combine the memery that way so some of them are ticked off at both sides.
I might of bought this card instead of the 4870x2 but idk now.
if for no other reason (which there are) is because both GPU's are cooled at the same time, ie same temp.
Unless it sells for very close to the 4870 x2 not many will care, not many bothered with the 4870 x2 to start with!
I'd rather they release something close/slightly slower/exceeds the 48070 X2 performance but cheaper, that is something more people will buy.
So am I right in saying, the 295 is actually the equivilent of two souped up GTX280's (cause i thought it was 2 x 240 shaders) with higher clock speeds and 55nm?
These slides are anything but . . .
Although, interesting to say the least - if this card does perform anywhere near that well (although I doubt so), it'll shift market focus back towards nVidia . . . I wonder what ATI has cooked up for their "trump" 2 weeks later :p
Dont get me wrong i like Nvidia over ATI, but with the ATi X2's i really like there design. Personal choice.
No 1 has said if these cards or the older versions have to be turned on like SLI has to? as a m8 has a SLI rig, and its a total pain in the ass, nothing but trouble =/ and not alot of games support SLI still, but soon will be tho.
I think it will be slower than gtx280sli, but faster than gtx260/216sli. It's enough to beat the 4870x2 in most cases.
I don't really care much for these results...I don't really think the performance increase will be THAT drastic...but I'm sure it will be one helluva card. The 9800GX2 is still a damn fine card for those that want a simpler SLI setup in a single card. I'm a single card, single gpu in my system kind of guy...when my card isn't good enough I'll upgrade. I'm curious to see how hot these run, and what the actual facts and actual results are.
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When i buy a GPU i always look at the cooling on the card, as i like i nice cool running system, so the heat doesn't also heat up inside the case and makes other components run hotter as well.