el kido Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 This thread is still going on? lol You want a 5850 or a 5870 without a doubt. If you game then the DX11 is attractive. They dont eat more power then normal top end GPU today, so even a nice 600w can handle them (with i7 and everything fully loaded I recomend a nice single rail 850w+) The GTX295 is to expensive for a card that I dnt really see a point in anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 The GTX295 still outperforms it, but uses a lot more power, and costs $100 more. There's a point to it, if you're into bragging about something. Of course, as drivers mature, I can see the 5870 beating the GTX295. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 The GTX295 still outperforms it, but uses a lot more power, and costs $100 more. There's a point to it, if you're into bragging about something. Of course, as drivers mature, I can see the 5870 beating the GTX295. Plus that means you need to mod or get a larger case. Either way I think a 5850 or a 5870 s perfect. I dont see a game asking for more then even a 4850 at 1920 x 1080 maxed out on any game that I play, so my 4870X2 is plenty as you can see, thats 1 year later Link to post Share on other sites
porksandwich9113 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Hell, my 280 doesn't even have problems at 1920X1080 right now.. Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 does anybody knows when the 5870X2 will be released? Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 does anybody knows when the 5870X2 will be released? Ill say January. But, $600 for a card thats gonna be a little to much power isnt worth it. Im waiting for the 6870x2 Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Seems newegg's info and pictures are incorrect. Straight from EVGA it says the 1295 supports HDMI and comes with the adapter. http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=017-P3-1295-AR Scrap that, just looked at the box content and it does not say anything about an HDMI adapter for the box content. hey kram i was at the evga website looking at the GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP Edition.the one that shows on your link and it shows on one of the pictures the hdmi adapter but cant find info on the box content.i asked around and someone told me that it doesnt come with the adaptor but one could be purshase . what you make of all this? the card is EVGA 017-P3-1295-AR CO-OP Edition GeForce GTX 295 1792MB 896 . Link to post Share on other sites
KRAM Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I don't know if it comes with one, but if you are thinking of getting that card then purchasing a HDMI adapter then you might as well go with the 017-P3-1296-AR. It comes with the HDMI adapter and is also clocked higher. Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) I don't know if it comes with one, but if you are thinking of getting that card then purchasing a HDMI adapter then you might as well go with the 017-P3-1296-AR. It comes with the HDMI adapter and is also clocked higher. looked on ebay but couldnt find one. Edited October 8, 2009 by warchild119 Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 did you watercool yours yet?are you thinking of overclocking it? Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 did you watercool yours yet?are you thinking of overclocking it? spoke with the seller and is selling me the card and the adaptors for $360.00 new. Link to post Share on other sites
KRAM Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nice price. You will be very happy with it. Yes I have mine water cooled. Using this block here. http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/prod...?product_id=857 Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nice price. You will be very happy with it. Yes I have mine water cooled. Using this block here. http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/prod...?product_id=857 I have been trying to get in contact with evga customer service to find out if the card even that it doesnt say anything about the hdmi adaptor it would still work if a get one.the message says that they are closed and to leave a message and they will get back to me the next day. Link to post Share on other sites
KRAM Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I don't know why they did not include one. I'm sure it will work just fine. It's the same card as the 017-P3-1296-AR but not over clocked. Link to post Share on other sites
warchild119 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 have you tried overclocking your video card? Link to post Share on other sites
KRAM Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Yes. Will run gpu 685mhz shrader 1476mhz and mem 2160mhz with zero issues, but for some odd reason when I go higher my 3DMark score goes down? I have run the card with gpu 700mhz shrader 1504mhz and mem 2200Mhz with no issues on temp and no artifacting, but it scores lower. Link to post Share on other sites
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