NVIDIA’s ice-cream sandwich-looking dual-GPU answer to AMD’s dual-GPU 4870 X2 doesn’t excel, but doesn’t disappoint, either. Although the GeForce GTX 280 has recently surpassed the 4870 in performance with its new drivers, the architecture of the GTX 295 limits the capabilities and makes it just barely eke ahead of AMD, and even then it’s with a price premium. At $500 it’s a bit more expensive than its competitor, but a little too close for comfort with its own brethren which it outperforms handily.
The article linked is a limited preview, and next month there will likely be better drivers and more extensive testing, so this could all change drastically, but that’s not likely — still, although the 295 may not be a huge step forward, it may be a better card for certain games or setups, so wait until the full verdict is in before spending all your Hannukah money.
Interestingly enough, you really provide no info on how this card “doesn’t” supposedly outperform AMD’s card.
When it was announced across the net and even now, the GTX 295 completely dominates over the HD 4870 X2 and it doesn’t even have properly supporting drivers yet. We’re lookin’ at a card that apparently averages easily 30+fps above an HD 4870 X2 in any of the major games out (whether Crysis, CoD 4/5, or Far Cry 2).
There’s really no reason to own an HD 4870 X2 anymore, they’re no longer cost effective when compared to the GTX 295.
To the nvidia fanboy: If you look back at the short article above, you’ll see that he highlighted a bit of text which links to a preview of the GTX295. This article is reporting on that, and not rehashing the entire review/preview. So go ahead and click on that link and you’ll get your ‘info’ on why the GTX295 doesn’t “dominate” the 4870×2.
I also don’t understand why there wouldn’t be any reason to own a 4870 x2 anymore. For one thing, it’s STILL a great card, even if the GTX 295 will outperform it (in some games) by about 8 to 10%. Nvidia’s new card will likely drive down the price of the 4870 x2 — all the more reason to own one.
Yeahhh, I’ve got a posse!
i have £450 to buy a new card help gtx295 or ?