nVidia GeForce GTX 295 review: nVidia GeForce GTX 295
2009
ATI has given Nvidia some staunch competition on the 3D card front the past six months or so, but with the dual-chip GeForce GTX 295, Nvidia has raced back to the top of the performance pile. At $500 for a boxed version (from Nvidia’s board partners), the GTX 295 is aimed at serious PC gamers, but it’s also the best value among high-end boards, taking out the best chips from ATI. This card requires a beefy PC to run it because of significant power demands, but for anyone with the financial and electrical wherewithal to put the GTX 295 to work, you’ll enjoy the best 3D hardware currently on offer.
Like its primary competition, the ATI Radeon HD 4870X2, the GeForce GTX 295 uses the familiar two-chips, one-card model we’ve seen from both Nvidia and ATI in the past. The Radeon HD 4870 X2 has been popular component in a few recent high-end gaming PCs, and with support for multiple graphics chips and graphics cards so prevalent in PCs these days, these dual-chip cards provide gamers with a relatively easy way to set up a quad GPU configuration.
The popularity of ATI’s card had to do with the fact that it outperformed Nvidia’s previous high-end behemoth, the $600 single chip GeForce GTX 280, for roughly $100 to $150 less. The GeForce GTX 295 closes both of those gaps, and also offers some noticeable power consumption savings.
AMD’s aggressive pricing of its high-end Radeon cards surely contributed to Nvidia bringing the GeForce GTX 295 in for under $600. Nvidia suggested $500 as the starting price for this card, and retailers seem to be following that line so far. This is roughly the same as the price for stock Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards.
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 | Asus EAHD4870X2 | |
| Price | $500 | $479 |
| Manufacturing process | 55nm | 55nm |
| Core clock | 576MHz | 750MHz |
| Stream processors | 240 (2) | 800 (2) |
| Stream processor clock | 1. 24GHz |
NA |
| Memory | 1792MB | 2GB |
| Memory speed | 2.0GHz DDR3 | 3.66GHz DDR 5 |
Comparing the speeds and specs above might at first glance seem to give the Radeon the engineering advantage over the Nvidia card. Nvidia uses slower, older RAM, and less of it, and both its core clock speed and the number of stream processors (the processing pipelines on the chip that handle various kinds of data requests simultaneously) are lower as well. We suspect Nvidia has two less obvious advantages at work that help its performance.
One is its manufacturing process. The GTX 295 uses two 55-nanometer GTX 200 graphics chips, and cramming two of its older 65-nanometer GTX 200 chips onto one card would have been a power consumption nightmare. We also have no information from ATI on the speed of its stream processors.
Our suspicion is that they’re significantly slower than the 1.24GHz stream clock on each chip in the GTX 295.
Crysis (Assault Harbor, DirectX 10, 64-bit, very high, 8x AA)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 1,400 x 960 | 1,680 x 1,050 | 1,920 x 1,080 |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
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Far Cry 2 (ranch medium, DirectX 10, very high)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 1,440 x 900 | 1,680 x 1050 | 1,920 x 1200 |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
87
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Left 4 Dead (DirectX 9, 8x AA, 16x AF, very high)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 1,440 x 900 | 1,680 x 1050 | 1,920 x 1200 |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
161
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For some background on our 3D card testing methodology, we picked our test resolutions to correspond with the native resolutions of 19-inch, 22-inch, and 24-inch wide-screen LCDs.
The only oddball is Crysis, which for some reason will support the 16:9 aspect ratio common to HDTVs, but not 16:10, common to wide-screen PC displays. These being the highest-end 3D cards on the market, we also picked the highest possible image quality settings for each game, with the exception of anti-aliasing. For AA we kept to 8x and avoided chip-specific anti-aliasing settings wherever possible, although the GeForce GTX 295 can hit up to 16x AA, depending on the game. We made a custom time demo for Left 4 Dead (before this week’s patch, which unfortunately broke our demo file), but in all other cases we use built-in benchmarks, or in the case of Crysis, the downloadable Assault Harbor time demo included with Mad Boris’ Crysis benchmarking tool.
Regardless of the technical explanation, the GeForce GTX 295 card was simply faster than the Asus EAHD 4870 X2 card on almost all of our 3D gaming tests. The only exception is a one frame advantage for the Asus card on the 1440×900 Left4Dead test.
In fairness, the GTX 295’s wins aren’t by embarrassing margins either, but the Far Cry 2 scores in particular are large enough to be noticeable. Given the convincing lead by the GTX 295 across multiple game engines, in both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10, and at multiple resolutions, we’re comfortable recommending it as the top single card you can buy.
Power consumption
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
| Load | Idle |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
418
196
We’re also happy to point out that the GTX 295 is relatively power efficient compared with the Asus card. We say relatively because Nvidia’s card still consumes more than 400 watts under load. That’s more power draw for a 3D card alone than required by most budget desktops.
Still, the GeForce card is measurably more efficient than the Radeon. This relative efficiency is another benefit of moving the GTX 200 chip to the 55-nanometer manufacturing process mentioned above. The GTX 295 requires one six-pin and one eight-pin connection to your PC’s power supply, and because we’d recommend a 750-watt or better power supply to go with this card, we can’t exactly argue that it’s the greenest component out there. But if you must spend $500 or so on a top-end 3D card, the GTX 295 is at least greener than its competition.
There is, of course, more to the story of the GTX 295 and graphics cards in general. Nvidia has been particularly vocal about capabilities of its 3D cards beyond mere triangle processing. For example, Nvidia made a physics driver available earlier this week to allow support for its PhysX accelerated game physics software in the PC version of Mirror’s Edge. The GTX 295 was able to handle the added processing work without a hitch, but we can’t say we found the added effects that worthwhile.
Yes, cloth and particle effects like shattering glass and smoke behaved more realistically, bouncing off surfaces and responding to your actions. But in very few cases do the added effects have more than a cosmetic improvement to the game experience, and even then they feel tacked on to the Mirror’s Edge world (which already has a modular, impersonal feel).
This is not to say we’re against PhysX, accelerated game physics in general, or Nvidia’s other efforts to differentiate its hardware beyond simple frame rates. What we’ll call the parallel programming effort, as represented by Nvidia’s CUDA, Apple’s OpenCL, ATI’s Stream processing, and Microsoft’s forthcoming parallel computing support in Windows 7, via DirectX 11, will likely affect commonly used software in the coming years, and we’re excited to see what develops. But while Nvidia and ATI both offer some parallel processing in dribs and drabs now, we have yet to see an implementation of this capability that compels us toward one vendor’s hardware over another’s.
Finally, home theater enthusiasts (and even some PC LCD owners) will be glad to know that like our engineering sample, all of the retail GeForce GTX 295 boards ship with two DVI outs and an HDMI output. You still need to wire the audio signal from your PC’s digital output to the card itself (a hassle ATI avoided by integrating an audio chip into all of its new 3D cards), but once that’s done, connecting the GTX 295 to an HDTV or a projector should be simple.
Test bed configuration:
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit; 3.2GHz Intel Core i7 965; Intel X58 chipset; 4GB 1,066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; 150GB 10,000rpm Western Digital Raptor hard drive
GeForce GTX 295 [in 1 benchmark]
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GeForce GTX 295
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- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 576MHz
- Max video memory 1792MB
- Memory type GDDR3
- Memory clock speed 999MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 295 sales 8 January 2009 at a recommended price of $500.
This is a Tesla 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 55 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1792 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1 GHz are supplied, and together with 896 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 223.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 10.5″ (267 mm) (26.7 cm). 6-pin & 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 289 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
3.01%
of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
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General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 295: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 666 | |
| Value for money | 0.20 | |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | |
| GPU code name | GT200B | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 8 January 2009 (14 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $500 | |
| Current price | $200 (0.4x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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Technical specs
GeForce GTX 295’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed.
These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 295’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 240 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| CUDA cores | 480 | |
| CUDA cores per GPU | 240 | |
| Core clock speed | 576 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 289 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
| Texture fill rate | 92. 2 billion/sec |
of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 596.2 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 295’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it’s interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 10.5″ (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | |
| Height | 4.376″ (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 8-pin | |
| SLI options | + |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 295: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth.
Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1792 MB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 896 MB | |
| Memory bus width | 896 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 999 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 223.8 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Memory interface width per GPU | 448 Bit |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 295. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports..jpg)
| Display Connectors | Two Dual Link DVIHDMI | |
| Multi monitor support | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048×1536 | |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 295. You’ll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) | 128bit |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 295, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2. 1 |
of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 295. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
GTX 295
3.01
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GTX 295
1188
Gaming performance
Let’s see how good GeForce GTX 295 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
GeForce GTX 295’s performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
Intel HD Graphics P630
101
Intel HD Graphics 630
101
Intel UHD Graphics 630
100.33
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
99.67
NVIDIA GeForce 840A
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34
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
98.67
AMD equivalent
The nearest GeForce GTX 295’s AMD equivalent is Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), which is faster by 2% and higher by 10 positions in our performance rating.
Radeon R7
512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 295:
AMD Radeon HD 7730
101.99
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
101.66
AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
101.66
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
100
ATI Radeon HD 5750
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01
AMD FireStream 9250
98.01
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
95.35
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 295 according to our statistics.
Core i7
920
5.1%
Core i3
2120
4.2%
Core 2
Quad Q6600
4.2%
Core i3
1115G4
3.4%
Core i5
2500K
2.5%
Core i3
2120T
2.5%
Core i7
870
2.5%
Athlon II
X2 250
1.
7%
Core i7
2600K
1.7%
Xeon
X5460
1.7%
User rating
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New old GeForce GTX 295. Comparing two versions of NVIDIA’s hi-end accelerator with Radeon HD 4870 X2
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XFX GF GTX295 576M 1792MB DDR3
GeForce GTX 295 [in 1 benchmark]
NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 295
- PCIe 2.
0 x16 interface - Core clock 576MHz
- Video memory size 1792MB
- Memory type GDDR3
- Memory frequency 999MHz
- Maximum resolution
Description
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 295 sales on January 8, 2009 at a suggested price of $500. This is a desktop video card based on Tesla 2.0 architecture and 55 nm manufacturing process, primarily designed for office use. It has 179 installed2 MB of GDDR3 memory at 1 GHz, and coupled with an 896-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 223.8 Gb / s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a dual-slot PCIe 2.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 26.7 cm. An additional 6-pin & 8-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 289 W.
It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of
3.01%
from the leader, which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
GeForce RTX
4090
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General information
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the GeForce GTX 295, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.
| Performance ranking |
FeaturesGeForce GTX 295’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce GTX 295’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
RAMParameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 295 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.
Technology
Technology solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 295 are listed here.
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You will need this information if your graphics card is required to support specific technologies. Benchmark tests
These are the results of GeForce GTX 295 rendering performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment.
Overall benchmark performance
This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
GTX 295
3.01
- Passmark
Passmark
This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package.
He gives the card a thorough evaluation, running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11, and 12 (the latter being done at 4K resolution whenever possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GTX 295
1188
Is the GeForce GTX 295 good for gaming?
FPS in popular games on the GeForce GTX 295, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests.
Relative capacity
Overall GeForce GTX 295 performance compared to its nearest desktop competitor.
Intel HD Graphics P630
101
Intel HD Graphics 630
101
Intel UHD Graphics 630
100.33
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
99.
67
NVIDIA GeForce 840A
99.34
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
98.67
Competitor from AMD
The closest competitor of GeForce GTX 295 from AMD is Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), which is 2% faster on average and higher by 10 positions in our rating.
Radeon R7
512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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Here are some of AMD’s closest competitors to the GeForce GTX 295:
AMD Radeon HD 7730
101.99
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
101.66
AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
101.66
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
100
ATI Radeon HD 5750
98.01
AMD FireStream 9250
98.
01
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
95.35
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280
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260
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4850X2
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Recommended Processors
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Core i7
920
5.1%
Core i3
2120
4.2%
Core 2
Quad Q6600
4.2%
Core i3
1115G4
3.4%
Core i5
2500K
2.5%
Core i3
2120T
2.5%
Core i7
870
2.5%
Athlon II
X2 250
1.7%
Core i7
2600K
1.7%
xeon
X5460
1.