NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Video Card Preview

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig | December 18, 2008

Test System & Setup

System Used

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 @ 3.852Ghz
Memory: G.Skill 2x 2GB DDR2-1000 @ 1052Mhz DDR
Motherboard: ASUS P5E Deluxe X48
Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer
Hard Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 320GB SATAII
Fans: 2X Yate Loon 120mm @ 1200RPM
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W
Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1

Graphics Cards:

Nvidia GTX 295
Palit HD 4870 X2
Sapphire HD 4870 1GB
Palit HD 4870 512MB
EVGA GTX 280
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked
BFG GTX 260
EVGA 9800 GTX+

Drivers:

Nvidia 180.87 (GTX 295)
Nvidia 180.48 WHQL
ATI 8.12 WHQL

Applications Used:

Call of Duty: World at War
Crysis: Warhead
Dead Space
Left 4 Dead
Far Cry 2
Fallout 3

*Notes:

- All games tested have been patched to their latest version

- The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed

- All scores you see are the averages after 4 benchmark runs

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