GeForce GTX 295 In Quad-SLI
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Page 1:Meet The New "GX2"
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Page 2:Test Settings
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Page 3:Benchmark Results: COD World At War
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Page 4:Benchmark Results: Crysis
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Page 5:Benchmark Results: Far Cry 2
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Page 6:Benchmark Results: Left 4 Dead
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Page 7:Benchmark Results: World In Conflict
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Page 8:Benchmark Results: 3DMark Vantage
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Page 9:Power And Efficiency
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Page 10:Conclusion
Benchmark Results: COD World At War
Nvidia leads the way in Call of Duty: World at War, with only a single GTX 280 falling behind any AMD graphics solution. Quad-SLI leads the way, with two GeForce GTX 295s edging out 3-way GTX 280s even at a 2560x1600 resolution.
Cranking up the details lets the 3-way GTX 280 setup take away the top position. Then again, all configurations were fast enough for perfectly smooth game play at our highest resolution.
GeForce GTX 295s still hold a high-end gaming value advantage over GTX 280s, since two $500 cards are cheaper than three $400 cards and one $500 card is far cheaper than two $400 cards. AMD’s $500 cards (Ed.: soon to be found closer to $449, according to AMD) are found at the bottom of the chart, just above the single GTX 280.
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also it has been proven better test results can be gotten useing a pair of 280 in sli then useing a card such as a 9600 gso as a seperate card to handle physX and ECUDA
its built into the drivers and does give better performance that 3 280 in sli
its alot cheaper as well since xfx recetly started selling their own 9600 gso directly from the site for £50
which is about a £200 saveing over the 3rd 280
You have succeeded in convincing me of 2 things with your tests.
Don't bother buying crysis; it is either poorly written software or so demanding of resources it isn't worth it.
High end cards aren't worth the money as they won't do anything a midrange card can't do at the resolution I would use.
Personally, after I read this article I started to think about replacing my 8800GT with a single GTX 295 after 2-3 months (after the price get reduced and any issues get resolved)..I wonder if my p35 mobo (PCI-e v.1) and my E6750 @ 3.6Ghz will pose a bottlenck to its performance. Any ideas on that people? Help!
I think the observation that should have been pointed out here is that the framebuffer on the GTX 295 is limited, in comparison to the 4870x2... It's simple memory, the 4870X2 has 2 x 1GB where the GTX 295 has 896mb per card, and even with 4 cards there is no sharing of this memory.
Really, it's the only failing in the GTX 295, but how many people play at 2560x1200 anywaay?
If you want to invest that sort of cash then its safe to assume there is a knowledge of overclocking. Shoulda cranked the cards.