For sale is my older GFX card setup, as I've now moved onto an 780-SLI setup that has been running smooth since September.
These cards are the ASUS models of the Nvidia GTX 295 cards. They are dual GPU cards on each GFX card, meaning that they are already in an SLI configuration internally, but can be physically paired together in "Quad-SLI" to almost double performance in games.
Various reviews of the Nvidia card can be read here...
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-295/reviews
And official specs on the ASUS card are on ASUS's site here...
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ENGTX2952DI1792MD3/
Each GPU comes with 896MB RAM, so you get 1792MB RAM on each physical card. They require PCI-E 2.0 x16 ideally (obviously 2 slots at this rate if requiring Quad SLI).
They are fully working, last tested in September when they were pulled from this system
And were photographed before going back into their anti-static bags and boxes and stored away:
These were Nvidia's best performing DirectX 10 cards available (excluding any MARS and overclocked editions) as their next "400" series supported DirectX 11.
I ran them in Quad SLI and played all my games at the max my monitor would allow which was 1680x1050 @ 120Hz. Not the highest res available, but in Quad SLI they would regularly max out the monitors V-Sync on Crysis 2, Skyrim, Assassin's Creed III to 120fps (alongside a Core i7 975 Extreme CPu and 12GB RAM), and were blazingly quick on any DirectX10 game I tried. Since several modern games still don't actually require DirectX 11 to run, these cards are still viable to use if you want to churn out FPS fast on a budget!
On top of this, the SLI setup was extremely stable and the actual Nvidia driver support was very good with most game profiles supported and updated for SLI back then. They were also compatible with a lot of older games, such as the original Project IGI and Quake (though I used to play the newer modded versions such as Darkplaces to get the best visuals).
Lastly they work great with Nvidia's 3D Vision controller, in and out of SLI mode, so the extra horsepower in Quad SLI can come in handy, since you can maintain the frame rates for the 3D vision (ideally you want to be running 60FPS in most games so that you can double up for the 120Hz refresh rate without tearing, but since it has to render twice the graphics display, one for each eye, it's hard to maintain that on an intense game like Crysis for example, so these cards in Quad SLI were great for this as they could push 70 FPS each on Crysis to allow the 3D to work smooth!).
I was going to keep them in case I wanted to build a MAME machine or something, but it's probably not going to happen anytime soon, so someone may as well benefit from using them!
These cards are also very capable at running CUDA well, and I used them a lot to convert video using ImToo, as well as using them for Photoshop.
They are both in great condition and come boxed (1 box does not have the outer ASUS sleeve).
I will sell them separately at £95 each + P&P, but would prefer to sell them together for £175 + P&P for use in Quad SLI as I have in the past.
*Please Note - The SLI bridge ribbon cable (pictured connecting the cards together) is not included, as I had to use this with my 780s since they did not come with a cable*
Any questions, feel free to ask. Please make sure you have a motherboard that can support Quad SLI as not all did!
Payment would be by Paypal, but not gift - I will pay the Paypal fees to give both buyer and seller protection!
All the best
These cards are the ASUS models of the Nvidia GTX 295 cards. They are dual GPU cards on each GFX card, meaning that they are already in an SLI configuration internally, but can be physically paired together in "Quad-SLI" to almost double performance in games.
Various reviews of the Nvidia card can be read here...
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-295/reviews
And official specs on the ASUS card are on ASUS's site here...
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ENGTX2952DI1792MD3/
Each GPU comes with 896MB RAM, so you get 1792MB RAM on each physical card. They require PCI-E 2.0 x16 ideally (obviously 2 slots at this rate if requiring Quad SLI).
They are fully working, last tested in September when they were pulled from this system
And were photographed before going back into their anti-static bags and boxes and stored away:
These were Nvidia's best performing DirectX 10 cards available (excluding any MARS and overclocked editions) as their next "400" series supported DirectX 11.
I ran them in Quad SLI and played all my games at the max my monitor would allow which was 1680x1050 @ 120Hz. Not the highest res available, but in Quad SLI they would regularly max out the monitors V-Sync on Crysis 2, Skyrim, Assassin's Creed III to 120fps (alongside a Core i7 975 Extreme CPu and 12GB RAM), and were blazingly quick on any DirectX10 game I tried. Since several modern games still don't actually require DirectX 11 to run, these cards are still viable to use if you want to churn out FPS fast on a budget!
On top of this, the SLI setup was extremely stable and the actual Nvidia driver support was very good with most game profiles supported and updated for SLI back then. They were also compatible with a lot of older games, such as the original Project IGI and Quake (though I used to play the newer modded versions such as Darkplaces to get the best visuals).
Lastly they work great with Nvidia's 3D Vision controller, in and out of SLI mode, so the extra horsepower in Quad SLI can come in handy, since you can maintain the frame rates for the 3D vision (ideally you want to be running 60FPS in most games so that you can double up for the 120Hz refresh rate without tearing, but since it has to render twice the graphics display, one for each eye, it's hard to maintain that on an intense game like Crysis for example, so these cards in Quad SLI were great for this as they could push 70 FPS each on Crysis to allow the 3D to work smooth!).
I was going to keep them in case I wanted to build a MAME machine or something, but it's probably not going to happen anytime soon, so someone may as well benefit from using them!
These cards are also very capable at running CUDA well, and I used them a lot to convert video using ImToo, as well as using them for Photoshop.
They are both in great condition and come boxed (1 box does not have the outer ASUS sleeve).
I will sell them separately at £95 each + P&P, but would prefer to sell them together for £175 + P&P for use in Quad SLI as I have in the past.
*Please Note - The SLI bridge ribbon cable (pictured connecting the cards together) is not included, as I had to use this with my 780s since they did not come with a cable*
Any questions, feel free to ask. Please make sure you have a motherboard that can support Quad SLI as not all did!
Payment would be by Paypal, but not gift - I will pay the Paypal fees to give both buyer and seller protection!
All the best
