10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

GeForce GTX 295 is capable of DirectX 10 gaming requirements.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 295 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 295 in your PC? This GeForce GTX 295 graphics card has reached the end of its ability to run games released today. If you have it in your gaming PC then it’s time to upgrade your graphics solution.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 295? A good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 295 would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which meets 725 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 153% better performance. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, as it can run 304 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 102% increased graphics performance.

FPS System Benchmark

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce GTX 295 was released on 08 Jan 2009

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce GTX 295

GPU

Architecture

Tesla G200-400-B3 (x2)

Process

55nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

92 GTexel/s

ROPs

28 (x2)

Pixel Rate

32 GPixel/s

Shader Processing Units
(CUDA Cores)

Ray Tracing

Tensor Cores

Release Price

$500

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10

Shader

4.0

Open GL

2.1

Resolution (WxH)

2560 x 1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1792MB (x2)

Memory Speed

999MHz

Memory Bus

448bit (x2)

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

223.8GB/sec

L2 Cache

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

576 MHz

Power

Max Power

289 Watts

PSU

680 Watt & 50 Amps

Power Connector

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i7-960 Quad 3.2GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

GPU Upgrade

GD Official

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Approved

GeForce GTX 295 Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce GTX 295 is a Dual Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the Tesla Architecture.

Architecture
N/A

GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed G200-400-B3 which has 20 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 480 Shader Processing Units, 160 TMUs and 56 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 576MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 1.7GB frame buffer of GDDR3, through a 896-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 999MHz.

Features
DirectX 10.0 Support (10.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, GigaThread Technology, PhysX, Hardware Decode Acceleration, Lumenex Engine and other technologies.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling Solution consists of a Single-Fan.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 289W, it requires at least a 680W PSU and one 6-pin and one 8-pin available connectors.

Performance
Gaming benchmarks put its performance on average with with a more recent GeForce GTX 480.

System Suggestions
We recommend a Powerful Processor and 8GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GTX 295.

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