Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 (official)
Nvidia kept their word: The promise was made in summer to present a chip this year, which would have twice as much processing power as the GTX 280. Although it did not last until the hard launch, a paper launch which built up anticipation was possible: The GTX 295 is now official - at least on the paper!
In the last weeks and days the information about the Nvidia dual graphic card GTX 295 intensified. Today it is official. The specifications are given as expected:
The Geforce GTX 295 includes two 55-nm-crafted GT200 chips that are a mix of GTX 260 and GTX 280. The ROPs and the memory interface are on GTX 260 niveau, as well as the clock frequencies, while the number of shader- and texture units equals the number of the GTX280.
| . | GTX 260 216 | GTX 280 | GTX 295 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technique | 65 nm | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Chip surface | 576 mm² | 576 mm² | 2x 470 mm² |
| Chip frequency | 576 MHz | 602 MHz | 576 MHz |
| Shader frequency | 1242 MHz | 1296 MHz | 1242 MHz |
| Memory frequency | 999 MHz | 1107 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Memory interface | 448 Bit | 512 Bit | 2x 448 Bit |
| ROPs | 28 | 32 | 2x 28 |
| TMUs | 72 | 80 | 2x 80 |
| Stream processors | 216 | 240 | 2x 240 |
| Memory volume | 896 MiB | 1024 MiB | 2x 896 MiB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112,0 GB/s | 140,8 GB/s | 2x 112,0 GB/s |
| Pixelrate | 16,1 GP/s | 19,3 GP/s | 2x 16.1 GP/s |
| Texelrate | 41,5 GT/s | 51,8 GT/s | 2x 46,1 GT/s |
| FLOPs | 804 Gflops | 933 Gflops | 2x 894 Gflops |
| TDP | 182 Watt | 236 Watt | 289 Watt |
| Price | $249 | $399 | $499 |
In summary, the GTX 295 shows off with 2x 240 shader-, 2x 80 texture units and 2x 28 ROPs at a 2x 448 Bit memory interface with 2x 896 MiB memory size - the clock frequencies are 576/1242/999 MHz. The TDP is descripted with 289 Watt and is on quite the same level as the HD 4870 X2. The official US-Dollar price is determined 499 USD.
Today Nvidia just permitted news and first articles, but in which Nvidia themselves choose the games,
including Call of Duty 5, Dead Space, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2 and Left 4 Dead. The real official launch shall follow not until 8. January 2009, including first independent test reports.
The interesting thing is, that on 8. January 2009, within the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the GTX 285 will also be presented, which independent test reports will be allowed to get online not until 15. January 2009 though. Silence about the GTX 260 216 which shall be changed over to 55 nm, too - it will probably end in a still launch, because the clock frequencies will not be changed either.
With the half official introduction of the GTX 295 today, Nvidia is wearing the crown of performance again.
Therefor no great benchmarks are needed, because even a SLI configuration with two GTX 260 216 cards could already get on the same level as the HD 4870 X2.
But how the performance exactly works - about 10 per cent plus can be allowed for the GTX 295 - and who is winning the contest of performance, these questions have to be answered by independent test on 8. January 2009.
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- Datum: 18.12.2008 - 15:00 Uhr
- Autor: Florian Spooren
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