What happened with the GTX 295?

[big_mike]

Hello everyone, I was away from the computer building world. Last thing I remember was that the 295s were discontinued. Now I checked on new egg and they are back on there. Does anyone know why they stopped making them, early last year? I remember people were having stability issues when they first came out. Is that still the case? Is the 295 same in size as the 285?

[EarthDog]

I never thought they were discontinued ever, none the less a year ago.

I believe its bigger, you can check newegg and see the specs on the card...

[freeagent]

They did quit makeing the dual pcb cards, and just put 2 cores on 1 pcb, like a 4870x2. I had a dual pcb one, but it is dead, and off to RMA. I read somewhere that the dual pcb cards clock better then the single pcb model.

[JJG]

i looked at newegg and couldnt find any they had instock.. all of the 295's say auto-notify, the only place that i have seen them were it dosent say there out of stock is bestbuy.com

[joedymueller]

i have a dual pcb 295 and its about to get shipped back as my 3rd RMA for this card. nothing over done just stock folding and fans at 85%... but never discontinued.

remember people were having stability issues when they first came out for me , yes.

[big_mike]

Wow, 3rd RMA I guess I'll stick with the 285, so far it is able to keep me happy.

P.S. Did not notice the "auto-notify" earlier at newegg.

Thanks for the quick reply everyone

[freeagent]

Im hopeing to get a single pcb card, the duals dont seem to be very good.. well maybe for a month or so they are ok.. Ive read of guys doing 4 or 5 rma's to get a decent card. Ill play that game if i have to, but id rather not :(

[joedymueller]

if you buy a new card now, you will get a single pcb version, they do not sell the dual anymore. as far as I can tell.

[JJG]

thats if you can find one joedymueller

[big_mike]

There might be some on ebay, wonder why thay are so hard to come by. Although I don't like paying $500+ for a card that has issues.

[EarthDog]

So pay $400 for a card about as fast (HD 5870) that has no issues or SLI scaling...100% balls to the wall on ALL games!

[big_mike]

So pay $400 for a card about as fast (HD 5870) that has no issues or SLI scaling...100% balls to the wall on ALL games!

LOL, I'll probably stick with the 285 at least until the DX11 cards come out. Wanna see how much better they would be :D

[Younglin]

LOL, I'll probably stick with the 285 at least until the DX11 cards come out. Wanna see how much better they would be

They are already out. The 5870 if directx 11 compatible.

[Neuromancer]

LOL thats pretty funny. Also you should not have to pay more than $300 for a 295. I have seen them go as low as $255 on ebay.

(Odd that over the last few months eBay has had better deals then the classifieds on most of hte forums I go to :s)

[EarthDog]

They are already out. The 5870 if directx 11 compatible.and crushes the gtx285 in performance. ;)

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5870-review-test/15

[Younglin]

and crushes the gtx285 in performance.

And on top of that it overclocks like a dream. ( I use msi after burner to bypass the limit)

[deed]

I was wondering what happened also... some of the cards on newegg have not been on sale for almost 2 months. I was told by one company they had to pull there last 10 cards off stock but never gave a reason.

[Younglin]

To my knowledge the 295 is still on sale.

[kellygtp]

Wow, 3rd RMA I guess I'll stick with the 285, so far it is able to keep me happy.

P.S. Did not notice the "auto-notify" earlier at newegg.

Thanks for the quick reply everyone

if you can for a while hold out until the fermi cards hit the street...I wish they would give a release date lol

[Younglin]

if you can for a while hold out until the fermi cards hit the street...I wish they would give a release date lol

Do you know the specs? I have seen like 500 different versions. But from what I have seen it looks like they still won't beat the 5970.

[EarthDog]

Younglin... lol...

Anyway, there are threads all over here showing the specs for GF100. Nvidia I thought released official ones, just not core/memory/shader speeds. I cant imagine their single GPU offering would beat a dual GPU offering, but I will tell you what, I now have a hunch its going to be damn close which is impressive for ONE GPU if thats true. Anyway 1Q (most are expecting end of march).

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=631677

[Younglin]

I don't really expect a single gpu card to beat a dual one, but I heard they were coming out with a dual one as well that fell short to conquering the 5970.

[big_mike]

So pay $400 for a card about as fast (HD 5870) that has no issues or SLI scaling...100% balls to the wall on ALL games!

They are already out. The 5870 if directx 11 compatible.

if you can for a while hold out until the fermi cards hit the street...I wish they would give a release date lol

I guess it really shows I've been away form computer building, lol. Thanks for clearing that up. Just looked it up. The 5870 looks really tempting. I would have ordered it right now if it wasn't for the fermi, that hopefully comes out soon. I will wait to see the final product it in action.

Technology moves fast! :shock:

[Younglin]

I'm almost tempted to hold off on my new build for fermi, but I don't know if it will be worth it.

[Prime]

im waiting to see what they can do. Im an nvidia guy but if it cant keep up, ill jump ship

[Younglin]

I am ATI but if Nvidia's fermi is good enough I'll switch over.