Cooling System

The XFX GeForce GTX 295 has a dual cooling system with a blower that drives air in between the halves of the heatsinks.

This cooler design has been discussed in our earlier reviews, so let’s just move on to its efficiency.

Contrary to my expectations, the card’s GPU temperature was not higher than 84°C under 3DMark06 but the blower was working at a noisy 2700rpm. Under the heavier load of FurMark, the GPUs were as hot as 94°C while the card’s power components were nearly 100°C hot. The blower was working at 3400rpm then, which was too loud.

And here are the results at the maximum speed of the blower (about 4000rpm):

The card is cooler in both test modes, but its blower is much too loud.