GTX 285 or 295

Mr Bigman · 07-10-09, 03:57 PM

Got a GTX 285 and was thinking of getting the new 295.

Should i get another GTX 285 for SLI or will one of these badboys take care of the trick?

I heard 2 285s are faster but 1 295 is sweet too.

Xion X2 · 07-10-09, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Bigman

Got a GTX 285 and was thinking of getting the new 295.

Should i get another GTX 285 for SLI or will one of these badboys take care of the trick?

I heard 2 285s are faster but 1 295 is sweet too.

2GB VRAM > 896MB VRAM

Mr Bigman · 07-10-09, 09:12 PM

True on that.

I will just add another GTX 285 2gb and get on 4gb buit you know in SLI only 2 gigs is used so no biggy.

Lfctony · 07-10-09, 10:36 PM

SLI is the anti-Christ. Stay away...

Mr Bigman · 07-10-09, 10:59 PM

OH man gonna have to consider that one maybe use it for 4 lcd's instead of sli shaw.

07-10-09, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Xion X2

2GB VRAM > 896MB VRAM

what? gtx 285 has 1gb effective vram, just like the 295.

edit: if 2 2GB 285's then you will have 2GB effective vram. SLI is not limited to any memory capacity.

edit 2: xion, ur totally right my man. I was under the impression that the gtx295 was a 1*2GB framebuffer card, but that's not true. yeah in this case, I would def stick with 2*285 2GB cards. future games will most certainly eat more thant 900MB ram. gta 4 can grab 1.5GB today.

Xion X2 · 07-11-09, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by pakotlar

what? gtx 285 has 1gb effective vram, just like the 295.

edit: if 2 2GB 285's then you will have 2GB effective vram. SLI is not limited to any memory capacity.

Biggie has the 2GB version.

If spending upwards of 500$ on a card, I would want it to have more than 896MB of VRAM. But that's just me. 896 will be a bottleneck in the near future.

SLI is transparent for me.. works nearly as hassle-free as a single GPU and scales well. It's necessary, for me, with games like Crysis and Clear Sky that need more GPU power to run well.

**K007** · 07-11-09, 03:42 AM

neither?

new gpus out ><

**sammy sung** · 07-11-09, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by K007

neither?

new gpus out ><

Not yet.

Xion X2 · 07-11-09, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sammy sung

Not yet.

And not for a while. ATI's won't be out until October, Nvidia's until Nov-Dec.

top3koms · 07-11-09, 12:19 PM

I went with another 285 and it's worked out well for me.I finally get to play Crysis and all of it's single player mods with all highest settings and the Crysis texture mod without going slideshow.

Mr Bigman · 07-14-09, 06:20 PM

Dropped in the other and its making a big difference but i noticed that the 2nd card doesn't have that red grill cover like the first one.

Evga guy says its fine just cosmetic so no biggie.

Games are totally tripped out to highest settings .

07-10-09, 03:57 PM	#1
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	GTX 285 or 295 Got a GTX 285 and was thinking of getting the new 295. Should i get another GTX 285 for SLI or will one of these badboys take care of the trick? I heard 2 285s are faster but 1 295 is sweet too. __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.

07-10-09, 09:12 PM	#3
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	Re: GTX 285 or 295 True on that. I will just add another GTX 285 2gb and get on 4gb buit you know in SLI only 2 gigs is used so no biggy. __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.

07-10-09, 10:36 PM	#4
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07-10-09, 10:59 PM	#5
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	Re: GTX 285 or 295 OH man gonna have to consider that one maybe use it for 4 lcd's instead of sli shaw. __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.

07-11-09, 03:42 AM	#8
K007 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 9,405	Re: GTX 285 or 295 neither? new gpus out ><

07-11-09, 12:19 PM	#11
top3koms Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mid-Atlantic Region Posts: 283	Re: GTX 285 or 295 I went with another 285 and it's worked out well for me.I finally get to play Crysis and all of it's single player mods with all highest settings and the Crysis texture mod without going slideshow. __________________ Asus Rampage III Extreme/Intel Core i7 960/Corsair H70 Corsair Dominator Gt DDR3 1600 (7,7,7,20) EVGA GTX 580 SLI/ Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Intel X25-M 80Gb SSD - WD Black 500Gb /LG DVD-RW Silverstone DA1000 / Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Coolermaster Stacker 830 / Alienware AW2310 NVIDIA 3D Vision

07-14-09, 06:20 PM	#12
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	Re: GTX 285 or 295 Dropped in the other and its making a big difference but i noticed that the 2nd card doesn't have that red grill cover like the first one. Evga guy says its fine just cosmetic so no biggie. Games are totally tripped out to highest settings . __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.