World Exclusive Mushkin UltimateFX GeForce GTX 295 Review

Posted by: James Clewer (gt_junkie) on: 09/08/2009 05:39 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Packaging and features continued

Each end is vented to allow the hot air to be exhausted immediately away from the cores.

Internal vent.

External vent.

The socket end of the card includes dual DVI sockets. This version of the card does not have the inbuilt HDMI socket - one can only assume that this is because space is prioritised by the aforementioned cooling vent.

'DVI sockets only' this time round.

It uses the industry standard PCI-E 16x plug. A card as fast as this will need a full speed slot to work optimally.

PCI-E 16x socket.

The standard single SLi connector is placed on the top of the card to allow for connection to another GTX 295. One can only imagine what resolution you’d be running to need that kind of processing power!!!

SLi connector.

The Mushkin UltimateFX GeForce GTX 295 incorporates the same 6-pin PCI-E connector and the larger 8-pin design. A reflection of the high power demands of the card. For those that use older PSU’s with no 8-pin connectors a suitable adapter will be required as there was not one supplied in the case (this may change in the future as this is an early retail sample).

Power sockets.

Once again i will mention that the size of a high end card like this could cause problems if the space in your case is limited. As with the old GTX 295 the card is very long meaning the depth of the case will be a factor. Hopefully the new cooler will provide good performance but despite this decent airflow must also be considered carefully. So decent cable tidying skills and some degree of cool air flowing towards it would definitely be advisable.