NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

GeForce GTX 295 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 8 January 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $500. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT200B.

Core clock speed - 1242 MHz. Texture fill rate - 92.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 240. Floating-point performance - 2x 596.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 1,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 289 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1792 MB. Memory bus width - 896 Bit. Memory clock speed - 999 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 223.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
1206
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
103
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
21048
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3443 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3443.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3107 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3107.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1206
PassMark - G2D Mark 103
Geekbench - OpenCL 21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3443 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3443.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3107 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3107.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0
Code name GT200B
Launch date 8 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $500
Place in performance rating 930
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 8.53

Technical info

Core clock speed 1242 MHz
CUDA cores 480
CUDA cores per GPU 240
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 2x 240
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 289 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 896 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz
Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
Memory type GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI