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its GX2.
26" is still only a 1920x1200 res mate and a pair of 260's will cope with that.
A 295 will rip it up aswell, but if you want 2 cards for tart like me then get a couple 55nm 260's or 285's if you must search for numbers.
2x 285's will outdo a 295 anyways dude
26" is still only a 1920x1200 res mate and a pair of 260's will cope with that.
A 295 will rip it up aswell, but if you want 2 cards for tart like me then get a couple 55nm 260's or 285's if you must search for numbers.
2x 285's will outdo a 295 anyways dude
Rastalovich
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Would initially throw out that if a single 295 was an option, I'd go for that.
However, I'd want some1 to verify for me first whether the card is similarly drawn to the same SLI concerns that I may have as running 2x285 cards. Being as it's just 2 cards welded together under one hood.
i.e. the 295 has the same sli options as if u had 2 cards installed.
However, I'd want some1 to verify for me first whether the card is similarly drawn to the same SLI concerns that I may have as running 2x285 cards. Being as it's just 2 cards welded together under one hood.
i.e. the 295 has the same sli options as if u had 2 cards installed.
Rastalovich
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Isn't really a question of fannage - more a point of if the choice is there to go nVidia with the budget being available, I'd pick them.
If u mentioned u had a budget of <£200, the choices would suddenly change maybe.
If u mentioned u had a budget of <£200, the choices would suddenly change maybe.
If it were me i'd get a 285, and another later if you so felt the need.
Tbh I run a 3200 pixel wide desktop with a game at 1680x1050 on one screen, videos playing, browsers and msn etc on the other on an 8800GT with 0 lag, frameloss etc so a 285 will walk all over any 1920x1200 screen.
Tbh I run a 3200 pixel wide desktop with a game at 1680x1050 on one screen, videos playing, browsers and msn etc on the other on an 8800GT with 0 lag, frameloss etc so a 285 will walk all over any 1920x1200 screen.
quad sli DOES NOT SCALE WELL just like ati and a single 295 will run better.
2x 285s will out run a 295 though.
Im a green team for benches and folding but when it comes to games Im with the reds sprento.
saying that the new ATI's coming have 'shaders' and a form of processing that will rape any Nvidia card folding aswell, all going to get very interesting over the next year.
2x 285s will out run a 295 though.
Im a green team for benches and folding but when it comes to games Im with the reds sprento.
saying that the new ATI's coming have 'shaders' and a form of processing that will rape any Nvidia card folding aswell, all going to get very interesting over the next year.
Rastalovich
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Tom, if u have a 295, does it behave exactly like having 2 cards in SLI ? Or is does it have benefits over setting up an SLI. (putting aside the fact 285x2 bench better)
(I guess that's the answer I was after)
Can't argue with what Ham said tbh.
(I guess that's the answer I was after)
Can't argue with what Ham said tbh.
The 295 doesnt have to deal with the NB/pcie lanes thats it so most times (with right drivers) a 4870x2 is quicker over a 4870 for example.
I like Ham run dual screens, and game on 1 @ 1920x1200, Ive got a pair of 4870 1gb's and every game Ive thrown at it play at Max res, max details.
If he wants to go green it all depends on your budget, Id be happy with a pair of 260's but if you can afford 285's then its all future proofing for a good while.
I like Ham run dual screens, and game on 1 @ 1920x1200, Ive got a pair of 4870 1gb's and every game Ive thrown at it play at Max res, max details.
If he wants to go green it all depends on your budget, Id be happy with a pair of 260's but if you can afford 285's then its all future proofing for a good while.
Rastalovich
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name='tinytomlogan' said:
Arrgghh.
But essentially, in terms of how it reacts to games etc, the card is 2 cards in SLI. So any limitations on a game that doesn't appreciate traditional SLI will give the same reaction to a 295 ?
sammytomjohn
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name='sprento' said:
im not a fan but games do seem more playable when on a nvidia card
i know like the gpu is no where near ati speeds but nvidia cards do it 4 me at the moment!
ALot of games are made for Nvid thats why.
At Rasta the 295 and sli would react the same as techincally the 295 is internal sli anyways.
At Rasta the 295 and sli would react the same as techincally the 295 is internal sli anyways.
PeterStoba
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I wonder how SLI 275s and a 295 compare.
name='PeterStoba' said:
Roughly the same, the gpu's on the 295 are 260/285 hybrids iirc
name='Toxcity' said:
They go about the work very differently Tox, so ATI's need that extra oooomph, thing is the ATI's always come in cheaper. When this new feature kicks in its going to leap ATI's so far in from of ther Nvids it will be unreal.
The possibilities for folding@home alone are amazing, really is going to be something to watch, ATI are currently trying to get all the software guys on board.
*goes to dig up thread*
Rastalovich
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name='Toxcity' said:
U guyz are following the false economy of 1 gpu make being clocked at different levels to the other.
Unless the gpus are the same, u can't compare them that way.
The next RDxxx could be clocked @ 3Ghz and the GT300 clocked @ 300Mhz, both can quote different core structures, which again means nothing in comparison as their architectures are different, and the 300Mhz "could" out perform it (just as an example) cos of the way it's built. Shaders from one camp to the other don't mean anything. Brand of memory, or memory type doesn't mean anything (if the lanes are geared differently).
Now if it were XFX and BFG using the same AMD or nVidia chipsets to make graphic cards and were arranged differently - then u can compare in that fashion.
All we can do is judge by performance via the pc installation. What's under the hood of them respectively means nothing.
AMD bringing out a 8ghz cpu and Intel using a 0.5ghz, if Intel are doing things differently, the figures mean nothing - performance on the pc counts.
