Fresh off the Asian rumour mill today is news of a forthcoming GeForce GTX 295 built upon a single PCB (printed circuit board).
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 295 - launched back in January - is, statistically, the fastest single graphics card currently available. That's achieved by squeezing two GTX 200-based GPUs into a single product via two sandwiched-together PCBs. Not what we'd call elegant, but hey, it works.
However, according to Chinese website expreview.com, NVIDIA has plans to refine its dual-GPU champ by introducing an all-new PCB - dubbed P658 - that manages to re-jig the card's arrangement and squeeze both GPUs side-by-side on a single board.
Sounds a strange decision, as NVIDIA has a history of preferring the two-PCB approach, as opposed to AMD who places a pair of GPUs on the same PCB in both its Radeon HD 3870 X2 and 4870 X2.
Nevertheless, it's rumoured to be happening, and the card is claimed to retain its 267mm length. By using a single-PCB design, the theory, presumably, is for NVIDIA to lower manufacturing costs, consequently allowing partners to sell the product at a more competitive price point.
Today, a GeForce GTX 295 retails at over £400, compared to £335 for a Radeon HD 4870 X2.
