nRollo and Keysplayr2003's GTX295 benches

[nRollo]

Keys' benches

and

nRollo's benches

I used pre-release drivers that apparently have been improved upon, but nonetheless I like the GTX295 of course.

It brings a whole lot of performance and features to the table, launched at $499, drove the MSRP of the second fastest single slot card down to $450, good news for everyone today.

 

[krnmastersgt]

You have quite an awful lot of charts strung together, I'm using a school computer which runs on a P4 and like 1gb of ram and this thing literally froze for about 3 minutes as I tried to close these obelisk sized pages. I'll check the info out when I get home. Maybe think about weak computers like this one and spread out the info you have?

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
You have quite an awful lot of charts strung together, I'm using a school computer which runs on a P4 and like 1gb of ram and this thing literally froze for about 3 minutes as I tried to close these obelisk sized pages. I'll check the info out when I get home. Maybe think about weak computers like this one and spread out the info you have?

Heh-sorry dude.

 

[Tempered81]

4870x2 for 399 @ the egg now

 

[apoppin]

What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

 

[Cookie Monster]

How about micro stuttering? Ive used a 9800GX2 before, and compared to the GTX280, the former felt sluggish even with an higher avg fps compared to the latter.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Any chance we'll get a more text-based version? I've looked at the charts though, nice framerates with that beast of a card. How loud is your stock cooler design?

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
How about micro stuttering? Ive used a 9800GX2 before, and compared to the GTX280, the former felt sluggish even with an higher avg fps compared to the latter.

Microstutter is a fact of life with multiGPU when the framerates get low, and this card is no exception.

On the bright side, when you start out with a cross between a GTX 260 and a GTX280Sli, low framerates are minimized.

 

[pcslookout]

Crysis in Very High quality with 4x AA looks quite nice. The question is what kind of fps does it get during the ice level?

 

[nitromullet]

Nice job. Can you guys post the FRAPS graphs that show the interval between frames? IIRC, the spreadsheet should be called "frametimes".

 

[Dadofamunky]

Yeah, that GTX 295 looks like a real strong piece of work. That's what competition is all about. Awesome charts and benches. Way too much to read this evening.

Looks like we finally have the card that makes Crysis behave itself!

 

[error8]

Why didn't you tested Crysis on Very High settings? I don't get it.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: error8
Why didn't you tested Crysis on Very High settings? I don't get it.

I tested it at the setting I play Crysis at, I think higher framerates are preferable in shooters.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: nitromullet
Nice job. Can you guys post the FRAPS graphs that show the interval between frames? IIRC, the spreadsheet should be called "frametimes".

I don't think I had frametimes checked when I did this, but I'd be happy to test a game or two again and post the frametimes if you like.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: error8
Why didn't you tested Crysis on Very High settings? I don't get it.

I did at 19x12. With and without AA. You missed it?

Linkapalooza

 

[Peelback79]

The only games where I saw the framerate go lower than 30 were the large scale RTS Coh and WIC. But Rollo was playing at a beastly res of 25x16. This card would be serious overkill for the 1440x900 I game at.

Speaking of prices, hopefully we'll see an across the boards cut on everything, including most of Nv's lineup. Any chances we'll see vanilla 260 Core 216's under 200 dollars any time soon? I think that's going to be the next step up for me.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

fun for you but not so useful for us

it would be nice to have your PC's full specs so we know what is really "similar" .. otherwise we can't relate to anything
- and you DO have older cards to compare with

 

[Phynaz]

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

Not according to your sig.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

fun for you but not so useful for us

it would be nice to have your PC's full specs so we know what is really "similar" .. otherwise we can't relate to anything
- and you DO have older cards to compare with

I'm an IS consultant, not a web reviewer hopeful ol' buddy!

Sorry, any and all benching I do is at my discretion. To do actual work like benching multiple cards at multiple settings, I want my Benjy-greens!
:beer:

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

fun for you but not so useful for us

it would be nice to have your PC's full specs so we know what is really "similar" .. otherwise we can't relate to anything
- and you DO have older cards to compare with

I'm an IS consultant, not a web reviewer hopeful ol' buddy!

Sorry, any and all benching I do is at my discretion. To do actual work like benching multiple cards at multiple settings, I want my Benjy-greens!
:beer:

well it is just sloppy imo to do a half-job
--how about a clue as to your HW/SW ?

How else do you expect to be taken seriously?

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

fun for you but not so useful for us

it would be nice to have your PC's full specs so we know what is really "similar" .. otherwise we can't relate to anything
- and you DO have older cards to compare with

I'm an IS consultant, not a web reviewer hopeful ol' buddy!

Sorry, any and all benching I do is at my discretion. To do actual work like benching multiple cards at multiple settings, I want my Benjy-greens!
:beer:

Is the Ramones link in your sig because something new is coming or is that just left over from the GTX 295?

 

[Compddd]

Disappointing they didn't put 1GB for each core Looks like I'm upgrading to a GTX 285 then.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: nRollo

Originally posted by: apoppin
What are these charts for?

all i see is a lot of numbers .. no comparisons to anything

I'm showing people the performance I get on these games with my rig that they can presumably expect if they have a similar rig to me.

I don 't have to do comparisons to anything because a. I'm not trying to prove it's better than anything, only illustrate performance b. it's not my "job" like it is yours.

I just do this for fun, remember?

fun for you but not so useful for us

it would be nice to have your PC's full specs so we know what is really "similar" .. otherwise we can't relate to anything
- and you DO have older cards to compare with

I'm an IS consultant, not a web reviewer hopeful ol' buddy!

Sorry, any and all benching I do is at my discretion. To do actual work like benching multiple cards at multiple settings, I want my Benjy-greens!
:beer:

well it is just sloppy imo to do a half-job
--how about a clue as to your HW/SW ?

How else do you expect to be taken seriously?

Do you have fishhooks in each nostril tied to strings thumbtacked to the ceiling?
Get off your artificial high horse please. Holy identity crysis batman.

 

[chizow]

Hehe has anyone else noticed the disturbing trend of "crysis" being substituted for "crisis" on a regular basis on any tech-related forums/websites?

Personally I would've liked to have seen overclocked benchmarking results, especially at 2560 with AA, as that seems to be where the GTX 295 is most deficient compared to the 4870X2 or GTX 280 SLI. Overclocking just memory should be a pretty easy way to increase bandwidth, although there's no easy fix for the 128MB less VRAM compared to 1GB parts.