NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295: Leading the Pack
by Derek Wilson on January 12, 2009 5:15 PM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Crysis Warhead Performance
This game is another killer at 2560x1600. Only multi-GPU solutions will cut it at this resolution with Gamer settings and Enthusiast shaders enabled. Once (if) the 64-bit patch is released, we should see some general performance improvement as well, but graphics limitations are the name of the game here. Crysis was tough on PCs, and while Warhead is a bit more optimized, this one is still a system killer.
With a 30" display, a minimum of a GTX 295 is required for playability with the settings we chose. Of course, dropping the settings down a bit will certainly help out, but even on smaller panel sizes a high end single card will be desireable for the highest image quality settings. Luckily for fans, running in DX9 mode with slightly lower settings is very playable and not that much of a sacrifice.
Crysis Warhead seems to favor SLI over CrossFire as the single 4870 1GB leads the GTX 260 while the GTX 260 SLI wins out over the 4870 X2. This isn't so much a question of what architecture handles the game better as what multi-GPU solution handles the game better. Either way, it comes out in NVIDIA's favor.
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cactusdog - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - link
SiliconDoc, you sound like a tool.TheDoc9 - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - link
Actually while I don't agree with everything silcondoc says. I also read some very lite well hidden bias in this article. I simply called it indifference in one of my posts.zebrax2 - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - link
you know who really likes a certain team...plain bullshit. if they really wanted to favor the red team they would have rigged the test. you have no basis on accusing them and I'm sure that they have some reason for not adding it.
if you don't like what they write just go to another site
SiliconDoc - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - link
If you don't like what I wrote, follow your own advice and leave.How about it there fella - if that's your standard, take off.
If not, make excuses.
I think it's Derek, to be honest, and specific.
That's fine, I think not noting it - and not being able to adjust for it, IS a problem.
You cannot really expect someone that is into hardware and goes that deep into testing to wind up in the middle.
So use your head.
I used mine and pointed out what was disturbing, and if that helps a few think clearly on their purchases, no matter their decision, that's good by me.
However, your comment was not helpful.
Goty - Monday, January 12, 2009 - link
Uses less power than... what?By bit-tech's numbers, the GTX295's power consumption is about 70W more than a single GTX280 and only about 40W less than a 4870X2 at full load.
SiliconDoc - Saturday, January 17, 2009 - link
Oh, let's not have any whining about where's the linkhttp://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-295...
Not that you ever thought about doing that at all - although I'm sure others did.
SiliconDoc - Saturday, January 17, 2009 - link
lol- wrong comparison - again...." By bit-tech's numbers, the GTX295's power consumption is about 70W more than a single GTX280 and only about 40W less than a 4870X2 at full load. "
Let's correct that.
" By vr-zone's numbers, the GTX295's power consumption is about 60W LESS than a single 4870x2 at idle, and about 45W LESS than a 4870X2 at full load. THE GTX295 stomps the 4870x2 into the GROUND when it comes to power savings, and BETTER PERFORMANCE. "
There we go , now the red ragers can cuss and call names again - because the truth hurts them, so, so bad.
AdamK47 - Monday, January 12, 2009 - link
It's interesting you got the game working with these drivers. The game crashes for most with these.Goty - Monday, January 12, 2009 - link
Doesn't the documentation state that the 8.12 hotfix is only needed for 4850 crossfire systems?Marlin1975 - Monday, January 12, 2009 - link
A $500 video card that used 289watts of power. Just what every one wants.I was happy with AMDs new video cards. Not because they were at the top of all the charts. But that they offered a lot of power for a fair price and did not use to much power. Maybe some geek that wants to "brag" about spending $500 on a video card will get this. But for the other 99.9% of users this brings nothing to usefull table.