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- 5
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- 58%
- 4
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- 14%
- 3
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- 2
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- 1
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weight issue
- Pros: n/a
- Cons: n/a
- Other Thoughts: I just wanted to make a point about the weight of the water cooler. I have 2 GTX 280 HC16's; and yes, they each way about 10 - 15 lbs, and if your not extremely careful you could damage your board from the weight. My solution was to take 2 pencils with rubber erasers and measure out the exact space between the second card and the bottom of my case, and the space between the 1st and 2nd card; both of which I measured with the cards level like they should be. I then cut down each pencil to match those lengths. I then stuck the 2 cut down pencils at about the middle point of each card, which basically transferred the pressure from the PCIe slot to the pencils. I have had these cards in my case for about a year now without any issues. For those of you with just one of these, use one pencil between the card and the bottom of the case, and use the water tubes to put the pressure from the top. Its all about thinking outside the box. I hope this helps someone.
have to RMA
- Pros: its the best card out there and with a water block pre-installed, you can't ask for more
- Cons: something wrong with the card when multi gpu enabled.
price.
- Other Thoughts: EVGA is taking their time with the advance rma. i hope to get a good replacement the first round, ive read a lot of reviews where the rma cycle went up to 4x before they got a good card.
Great for Folding@home in XP
- Pros: These new single-slot GTX-295s really represent the state of the art in GPU power, especially for massively parallel CUDA apps like Folding@home. In XP, it's now possible to have eight GPUs happily folding along - on a motherboard with 4 PCI-E x16 (physical) slots - and now still have room for a sound card and a RAID card! (Note that most folks Folding with Vista & 7 are not able to use both cores on these single-slot 295s; the older, dual-PCB version is needed for that. But XP can utilize both cores on these very well.)
And of course, liquid-cooling --- if you have a large enough radiator and a quiet enough pump --- allows for silent operation.......not to mention better overclocking (but I haven't had a chance to overclock this yet myself).
- Cons: Price and weight. I'm using mine permanently on a test bench, with the motherboard laying flat, because I'd be VERY worried about the weight of this thing hanging off of a PCI-E slot. This is BY FAR the heaviest individual piece of non-PSU computer equipment I have ever owned. (Perhaps you have one of those good new cases with the VGA support apparatus?)
- Other Thoughts: Very happy overall. When the price calms down, I'll buy more for Folding@home.
| Model |
| Brand |
EVGA |
| Model |
017-P3-1297-AR CO-OP Hydro Copper |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
NVIDIA |
| GPU |
GeForce GTX 295 |
| Core Clock |
600MHz |
| Shader Clock |
1296MHz |
| Stream Processors |
480 (240 x 2) Processor Cores |
| Memory |
| Memory Clock |
2106 MHz (effective) |
| Memory Size |
1792MB |
| Memory Interface |
896 (448 x 2)-bit |
| Memory Type |
DDR3 |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 10 |
| Ports |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI (via Adapter) |
| DVI |
2 x DVI |
| General |
| RAMDAC |
400 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| SLI Supported |
Yes |
| Cooler |
Water Cooler |
| System Requirements |
Minimum of a 680 power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 46 Amps.) |
| Power Connector |
6 pin / 8 pin |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported |
Yes |
| HDCP Ready |
Yes |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
Lifetime limited |
| Labor |
Lifetime limited |
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Reviewed By: sneed on 11/1/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
