GTX 295 Quad Preview

[ChrisRay]

GTX 295 Quad SLI





Introduction: Following in the tradition of the Geforce 7950GX2 and the Geforce 9800GX2. Nvidia is releasing another dual GPU/Dual PCB graphic card. Dubbed the Geforce GTX 295. Both the Geforce 7950GX2 and 9800GX2 have recieved criticism. Both for different reasons. I think when moving forward with GPU designs it's important to look back. And see what we have learned.

7950GX2 Problems: The 7950GX2 had an uphill battle to face when dealing with the rendering limitations of Windows XP. In Windows XP DirectX 9.0C could not store more than 3 frames at a given time. So 3 Way AFR was infact not possible under Windows XP. So it defaulted to a hybrid of AFR to SFR rendering. This was partially explained in my 9800GX2 Quad SLI scaling guide. This was corrected under Windows Vista which came out at the end of the cards lifespan.

You can read about this preview by going to the Review / Preview section of the site at: http://www.geforce3d.net/reviews/

[ChrisRay]

In before it gets mentioned. I know the resolutions I tested were not exactly "The best" in the industry. And I'm well aware of this. As such I strongly urge people to look at other websites doing tests on these resolutions as well. The reason I couldnt provide them is my HDTV is having serious compatibility issues with most games under DirectX 10. This is a problem I am looking into but I simply could not come up with an effective workaround in the mean time. I do apologize for this but please keep in mind that I do what I can with what I have. And I dont get paid big money for these previews so a big new shiny monitor just wasn't in the budget.

Chris