Performance in Semi-Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark06

This benchmarking suite is old and cannot reveal the full potential of the GeForce GTX 295 SLI at the default settings. The Radeon HD 4870 4-wat CrossFireX platform turns in the best overall score, but these results do not agree with what we have seen in real-life games.

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage

We minimize the CPU’s influence by using the Extreme profile (1920x1200, 4x FSAA and anisotropic filtering). We also publish the results of the individual tests across all display resolutions to provide a full picture.

The GeForce GTX 295 SLI tandem goes ahead and outperforms the GeForce GTX 285 trio – obviously thanks to the fourth GPU although the triple-GPU platform has often been superior to the quad-GPU one in real games. AMD/ATI’s solutions do not have software PhysX support and cannot compete with Nvidia’s products in this test.

In the second test the GeForce GTX 295 SLI enjoys a larger advantage over the GeForce GTX 285 3-way SLI than in the first one. Overall, the individual tests agree with the overall scores.