XFX GX295NHHFF GeForce GTX 295 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Retail

Reviewed By: on 6/14/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: XFX Rules...... I thought that falling back on this brand would be a major step down from EVGA but this card is amazing. Theyre service is AS good as EVGA just they dont have a trade up program. The card will blow away any games you throw at it. On highest settings (and 16x aa and af) Far Cry 2 is boxed with it and gets around 100 fps average. The Sims 3 runs at around 90-100, Call of Duty 4 and 5 runs very smoothly (forgot to use Fraps).

Cons: My key for 3dmark Vantage was not a valid key..... In progress with contacting them about it.

I have both of the free games but how were they to know. They don't stalk people (yet)

Other Thoughts: XFX is awesome..... Gave me 2 free games that works great on the card. I have yet to find a game that cant run on ultra high settings and be under 30 fps. Thanks a million for the great card out there.

Manufacturer Response:The included key for 3DM Vantage requires the 1.01 patch or higher or it will give you an incorrect product key error. You can download the patches for 3DM Vantage at http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmarkvantage/download. Click on the link for Hotfix 1.0.1 at the top of the page. Thank you.

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Reviewed By: punisher on 6/6/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day

Pros: You don't speed electricity period. A 1 rail system is not a gurantee of performance either. I had a 850watt Corsair that couldn't power 2 9800GX2 cards. A mulit rail did from Antec with the same watts and amps. The key is ensuring that you have 2 sets of 6/8 pin connectors and that the manufacturer uses markers like E1 & E2 to know which rail it is on. The 1000 watt corsair does this and the rails ensure additional flow rate at the same time. You do not need 1600 watts for a pair of 295s. The watts are based on an I7 cpu. 775 cpus use less watts and amps ex Q9650 is 95 watts. So add up all of your stuff from the spec sheets when calculating. Nvidia publishes the watts per card on both the 285 & 295. They are lower than the 9 series and use less juice for the gpu power the give back.

Cons: None, most problems are from untrained users and most problems with this card are the same across all 295s not the brand. You will need cooling equivalent to a GX2 for each card so plan ahead. I use the Antec cases since they vent upwards like the 1200 series or 900 series if you want less weight for lan parties.

Other Thoughts: Base your card decisions based on screen size and resolution. If you are using 1680 X1050 you don't need quad sli or tri sli either. You are wasting your money. There is a law of dminishing returns just like cpus. I own a gtx 285 xfx and think the 200 series is excellent compared to the previous gpus. I own a computer company and have sold this to both AMD Nvidia chipset owners and Intel. Stick with Nvidia chipsets for sli and match your rig for what you are doing. You will thank me later when your power bill isn't run up from a 1600 watt PSU.

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Reviewed By: Thinker on 5/21/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day

Pros: I am judging these against a 3 way 285 vs two 295's I had to respond to the "person" that tried to speak about electricity. V = RI I to this day do not understand why people use multiple rail PSU's THE PCIe cables MUST have correct current (AMPS) and voltage. If you use a Single rail PSU you will never have to stop and think do these cables carry (?) amps. In a single rail the line pulls what ever is asked for up to it's limit.. That guy speeding up electricity...? what is the point of his review? if ou are stuck with a multi rail, the box should say which cables have what amps, but if you don't use the cables that carry the juice you need, say molexes, sata all the juice is wasted. Bothe the 285 and 295 require a lot of juice (AMPS) I have a 1200W silverstone I had to add a supplement to fully juice 3 8800 ultras so thats 1400W. I did the math to be safe. Get a uktra 1600w, then 3way what not your safe

Cons: Same as with the ATI 4870X2 POWER, HEAT all sovable but out of the box you won't notice it but you are not getting what the cards can do. The manufacturer kida tells ya, but it's hidden, Heat clocks 'em down, not enough AMP's also I gain at least 35% increase by keeping these cards at or under 40c at 80% load

Other Thoughts: When you get these guys allset, plenty juice plenty cool, if your Cpu is less than a i7 3.2 that you cancrank to 3.8 - 4.0 you still will never see the full potential of these cards. With the i7 cooled right and clocked right and some GOOD ram like corsairs 16000 running at full speed on the board they were meant for EVGA "classified"
You'll be blown away totally absolutley dumbstruck at what the rig will do. These products are really bound less and I'm a 54 year old EE been building since DOS was news

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