ULTIMATE HARDWARE

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295 REVIEW

"MSI GeForce GTX 295 review featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2. The MSI GeForce GTX 295 has a 24% lower clock speed, 44% lower memory speed and 40% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2. Software used for testing was Race Driver Grid and Farcry 2."

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE GTX 295
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v9.7 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v190.38 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

RACE DRIVER GRID

NORMAL QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295139
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2158

HIGH QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295128
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2151

EXTREME QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295122
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2129

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2

COMMENT - "MSI GeForce GTX 295 loses to the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 12% with Race Driver Grid."

FARCRY 2

NORMAL QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 29592
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X281

HIGH QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 29583
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X274

EXTREME QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 29578
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X267

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2

COMMENT - "MSI GeForce GTX 295 beats the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 13% with Farcry 2."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The MSI GeForce GTX 295 delivered some impressive performances against the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 but was beaten by 11% overall. The most disappointing thing about the MSI GeForce GTX 295 and all GeForce GTX 295 is the high price which is 18% more than you would pay for the similar performing Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2. The MSI GeForce GTX 295 was impressive running games like Crysis, Enemy Territory Quake Wars, Far Cry 2 and Fall Out 3 at very playable performance which is why I recommend the MSI GeForce GTX 295 for these games. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 was also playable with these games and even beat the MSI GeForce GTX 295 with the other games. The MSI GeForce GTX 295 is one of the best GeForce GTX 295 video cards you can buy which is why I have given it the Best Buy. The reason for MSI GeForce GTX 295 being given 8/10 is because Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 18% cheaper and performs like the MSI GeForce GTX 295!"
MSI GEFORCE GTX 295 SCORES 8/10!
BEST BUY

MSI GEFORCE GTX 295 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - MSI GEFORCE GTX 295 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE AND CALL OF DUTY - WORLD AT WAR
PAGE 3 - ENEMY TERRITORY QUAKE WARS AND FALL OUT 3
PAGE 4 - FEAR 2 PROJECT ORIGIN AND LEFT FOR DEAD
PAGE 5 - RACE DRIVER GRID, FARCRY 2 AND FINAL RESULT

HOME = CPU - MOTHERBOARD - NEWS - 3D BENCH - SITEMAP - TECH - VIDEO CARD - BYTE NEWS - BLOG - LINKS

COPYRIGHT © 2012 SEO101UK ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

I hope you enjoy my reviews on nvidia video cards, be sure to use this information when picking out a new nvidia video card that's right for your needs

LATEST REVIEWS

AMD FX 6100 VS AMD FX 8150
HIS RADEON HD 7950
AMD A6 3650 VS ATHLON X3 455
ASUS RADEON HD 7970
AMD PHENOM II X4 960T
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 7970
AMD A6 3650 VS AMD A8 3850
AMD A8 3850 VS ATHLON X3 455
INTEL CORE i5 2500 VS FX 8150
AMD FX 8150 VS X6 1100T
PHENOM II X6 1100T VS i5 2500K
INTEL CORE i3 2100 VS CORE i3 530
INTEL CORE i3 530 VS AMD X3 455
INTEL CORE i3 2100 VS AMD X3 455
CORE i5 2500K VS PHENOM II 970
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 VS X4 955
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X4 620
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X2 560
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X2 265
AMD ATHLON II X3 455
AMD ATHLON II X3 435
AMD PHENOM II X2 560 VS X4 645
AMD PHENOM II X2 560 VS X4 955
CORE i3 2120 VS PHENOM II 955
CORE i3 2120 VS PHENOM II 560
INTEL CORE i3 2120
AMD ATHLON II X4 620
AMD PHENOM II X4 955
AMD PHENOM II X2 560
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6770
HIS RADEON HD 6850
PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC
POWERCOLOR RADEON 6790
PALIT GEFORCE GTX 550
PALIT GEFORCE GTX 560
AMD ATHLON II X4 645
PALIT GEFORCE GTS 450 SONIC
PALIT GEFORCE GTS 450
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6970