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825678 2009-10-30 23:28:00 I could say the same for nvidia drivers. Theyre crap. Thats one reason, why none of these have Nvidia cards. They crash more, than anything else.

The ATI drivers isnt the only install that needs .NET. Programs do as well (ie:cdburnerxp, if you use it). And unless you install whatever version that's required, the program wont work
Speedy Gonzales (78)
825679 2009-10-31 01:36:00 TBH a 4890 would probably suffice for a few years... Blam (54)
825680 2009-10-31 03:45:00 I could say the same for nvidia drivers. Theyre crap. Thats one reason, why none of these have Nvidia cards. They crash more, than anything else.

The ATI drivers isnt the only install that needs .NET. Programs do as well (ie:cdburnerxp, if you use it). And unless you install whatever version that's required, the program wont work

I have never had any problems with Nvidia drivers.
:)
Trev (427)
825681 2009-10-31 05:02:00 Remember that a GTX295 is two cards - 260 and 275
No it's not. It's 2x 275s.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
825682 2009-10-31 10:41:00 nVidia has never given me any trouble either.
I dunno really, always gone with nVidia but this time I am just not sure.
DeSade (984)
825683 2009-10-31 12:12:00 No it's not. It's 2x 275s.

I'm pretty sure its 275 and 260

The GTX 295 MARS is said to have the same performance as 2x275


Officially launched yesterday at CES, the GTX 295 is nVidia's latest top-end graphics card and, as that preamble will have suggested to you, it uses two GTX 280 chips working together in a single card (just like SLI but on one card) to theoretically hand the competition its own proverbials. In actual fact, the GTX 295 isn't quite two fully-fledged GTX 280s in so much as the clock speeds of the two chips have been lowered to the same as that of the GTX 260. Basically, the two cores run at 576MHz with the shader clock set to 1,242MHz. Memory speed has also been reduced to 1,998MHz.
whellington (15030)
825684 2009-10-31 12:18:00 I'm pretty sure its 275 and 260

The GTX 295 MARS is said to have the same performance as 2x275
They're not two different GPUS though. They are the same GPUs, not really sure which exactly. I'm assuming each GPU is an underclocked 280.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
825685 2009-11-01 04:37:00 Thought about this some more. Can I get opinions on the following please.

4890 x2 in Crossfire
OR
GTX 295
DeSade (984)
825686 2009-11-01 05:02:00 I'd go for whichever is the cheapest.

Just make sure you have sufficient PSU.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
825687 2009-11-01 05:14:00 I have a Corsair 750 PSU so I think that is sufficient for either of those setups.

Cheapest of those two does not concern me, best performance and future performance is the focus.
DeSade (984)
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