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EVGA trots out a pair of overclocked GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards

by Parm Mann on 6 August 2009, 10:35

Tags: GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP Superclocked , GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP FTW, EVGA

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Aside from the custom monstrosity from ASUS, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 295 remains the single-fastest graphics card available, and with the dual-GPU product now sporting a single-PCB design, manufacturers are lining up with all sorts of derivatives.

We've already seen a pair of self-contained water-cooled options from BFG this week, but if you prefer to dabble only with air, here's a useful-looking duo from EVGA.

First up is the GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP Superclocked, a single-PCB GeForce GTX 295 with clock speeds cranked up a notch. The card ships with its GPUs at 602MHz (up from 576MHz), 480 shaders clocked at 1,296MHz (up from 1,242MHz) and 1,792MB of GDDR3 memory operating at 2,052MHz (up from 1,998MHz).

If the Superclocked doesn't do it for you, then there's the GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP FTW, a card that cranks it up another notch, or two. This one provides out-the-box GPU, shader and memory frequencies of 684MHz, 1,476MHz and 2,160MHz, respectively.

Expect both cards to show up at retail in the near future, with EVGA listing a U.S. MSRP of $519.99 for the Superclocked edition and $559.99 for the quicker FTW alternative. Not bad looking cards, but we're starting to wonder if GPU manufacturers will ever tire of branding their products with cringe-worthy terms such as "For The Win!".



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Cool. However I am not paying extra for someone to overclock my card for me… pfft.
nightkhaos
Cool. However I am not paying extra for someone to overclock my card for me… pfft.

It never ceases to amaze me how people don't realise that these cards aren't just over-clocked, they're binned to run at this speed 24/7 and so are covered 100% under warranty at these speeds. You may find that the stock GTX 295 Co-Op editions don't run 100% stable at the FTW speeds, as the card is binned to run at the stock speeds and isn't tested at any higher.

This is maybe not so much the case with EVGA as they generally promote overclocking and such, but it's the general trend.
cobhc
It never ceases to amaze me how people don't realise that these cards aren't just over-clocked, they're binned to run at this speed 24/7 and so are covered 100% under warranty at these speeds. You may find that the stock GTX 295 Co-Op editions don't run 100% stable at the FTW speeds, as the card is binned to run at the stock speeds and isn't tested at any higher.

This is maybe not so much the case with EVGA as they generally promote overclocking and such, but it's the general trend.

No. But you can usally get 95% of the FTW peformance for 80% of the price. Chip manufacture is also a lot cheaper than it used to be, so manufactures like nV can afford to to set the bar rather high on their products. Products that are “binned” to run higher don't mean as much as they did 5 or 10 years ago.

And besides, I bought a Single PCB just a week after they were first released, so I couldn't have got the ones that are stock overclocked. :(