Nvidia GTX295 Performance Preview

Testing:

To get a fair idea of the performance the GTX295 delivers, you really have to test it out to find out its strengths and weaknesses. It does no good to just show the numbers without comparison data to verify its performance. To do that, I will be testing the GTX295 in the same suite of games that were tested just recently. These games are some of the latest releases and are games that are currently being played. All testing is done with the CPU at its default clock speed as well as the motherboard and memory default settings. The ATI video cards are tested with the 8.12 catalyst driver suite with the Nvidia cards tested on the 180.48 for the GTX260 and the latest 180.47 for the GTX295.

• Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9450
• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
• Memory: Mushkin XP2 Redline 8000 2 x 2GB 5-5-5-12
• Power Supply: Mushkin 800w Modular Power Supply
• Hard Drive: Seagate 1.5 Terabyte 7200.11
• Optical Drive: Lite-on DVD-RW
• OS: Windows Vista Ultimate

Comparison Video Cards:

• Nvidia GTX 295
• Sapphire HD4870x2 Atomic
• Sapphire HD4870
• Diamond HD4870 1GB
• XFX GTX260 Black Edition 666/1150 MHz

The benchmarks used in this review include the following:

Benchmarks:

• Far Cry 2
• Left For Dead
• Crysis Warhead
• Dead Space
• Call of Duty World at War
• Fallout 3