EVGA Releases Single-PCB GTX 295 Videocard
EVGA Releases Single-PCB GTX 295 Videocard
Posted 06/15/2009 at 4:54am
| by Paul Lilly
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We've heard rumors that Nvidia was planning on refreshing its GeForce GTX 295 videocard with a second, single-PCB version, and it looks like EVGA is the first to offer the new design.
"EVGA is proud to announce the latest and fastest in high performance graphics accelerators, the EVGA GTX 295 CO-OP Edition," EVGA wrote. "This card combines two GPUs onto a single PCB, a clear indication on why this card is called CO-OP!"
Core clockspeed will remain at 576MHz -- the same as EVGA's previous GTX 295 videocards -- however the company has goosed the memory clockspeed up from 1998MHz to 2016MHz.
EVGA also plans to sell separately a waterblock for the new card called the Hydro Copper. The full-cover copper waterblock ships with both 3/8-inch and 1/2-inch barbs and includes "an extreme high flow path design with a unique, integrated, pressure point."
Not yet listed in stock on EVGA's website, the CO-OP is currently priced a $530
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jcollins
June 15, 2009 at 9:28am
Any info in re. power useage and performance yet in comparison to 2 PCB 295's? I'd like to see if there's a difference in order to judge which card would be the better one to go for. I'm assuming the performance/etc would be the same or better, but it's always good to verify the numbers.
At the least, I'm guessing the 1 PCB one would be better for overclocking since you'll be able to get the waterblock for better cooling. My 9800GX2 is probably the hottest thing in my case now that I've got my Q6600 watercooled...
alanmc76
June 15, 2009 at 9:00am
I don't usually pay too much attention to the high end cards, mainly because I can't afford them, but I've always wondered how much they wiegh. That looks like an awful lot of copper to be hanging by one PCI-E slot.
So, has anyone had any problems with the mobo warping, or worse yet snapping a board or slot? Just wondering.
-- "What am I, MacGyver? Fix it with what?"--
jcollins
June 15, 2009 at 9:22am
For comparison, I've got a 9800GX2. It's a big honking card, but I haven't had any problems with snapping slots/boards/etc. I'm not carting this computer around or anything, but if I was, I'd make sure the case was motherboard side down in the car. Driving around with the case standing up like normal is just begging for problems (I can see it breaking things with normal driving over bumps).
The biggest problem I've had is with the length of the card and routing misc cables around it in the case. I imagine the 295 is similar.
Dynotaku
June 15, 2009 at 6:06am
Probably because I usually don't pay attention to the ultra high end stuff, but this article makes it sound like the card is an SLI on a card solution, but it's the same proce as all the other 295s. So are all 295's SLI on a card like how the 9800's were? And if so, what chip is actually on there? 2 285's or something?
And what does single PCB mean exactly? Both chips are on the same board, right? But they're all like that as far as I can tell.
I guess I just need a good article breaking down the 295s to get me up to speed.
Paul_Lilly
June 15, 2009 at 6:35am
Nvidia's dual-GPU solutions -- including the GeForce GTX 295 -- consist of essentially sandwiching two videocards together into a single package. The new single-PCB version will put both GPUs on a single PCB, similar to what AMD has been doing with its ATI 4870 X2.
As for the GPUs on the GTX 295, they're basically the same as the semi-recently released GTX 275 (55nm, 240 stream processors).
-Paul Lilly
myfarmertan
June 15, 2009 at 9:05am
So will the computer see this as SLI or will it see it as a single very powerfull GPU?
Paul_Lilly
June 15, 2009 at 9:41am
It will act like a two-card setup allowing you to enable SLI, regardless of your motherboard's chipset.
-Paul Lilly
jcollins
June 15, 2009 at 9:23am
If it is working like the other 295's, it sees 2 cards in Windows, and you would choose whether or not you want it in SLI.
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