3DMark Vantage
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 68

BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 69

BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 70



BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 71

BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 72

BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 73

BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 74

BFG GeForce GTX 295 1796MB and Quad SLI Review - Graphics Cards 75

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The 3DMark Vantage scores actually do a good job mimicking the results we saw in our real-world testing – the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 graphics card is just flat out faster than the Radeon HD 4870 X2 – the range is between 22% and 28% faster in the primary GPU scores at Performance, High and Extreme presets.  The synthetic tests show that while the HD 4870 X2 might have an advantage in theoretical texture fill rates and color fill rates, the processing power of the 480 shaders in NVIDIA’s GTX 295 are overwhelming the 1600 shaders in the 4870 X2 – results that are backed up by our game tests on the previous pages.

And if nowhere else other than here, Quad SLI proves that it has the theoretical power to be a hell of gaming platform with a pair of GTX 295s.  The GPU score at the Extreme level test is 56% higher with the Quad configuration than the single GTX 295 and it is 274% faster than the GeForce GTX 260+ card results.

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