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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 295 1792MB
Video, Power, and Overclocking
HQV
130
130
130
130
130
0
Score (130 = highest)
149.5
HQV
100
100
100
100
100
0
Score (100 = highest)
115
Like any true 200-series GTX, the video playback is a little bit oversaturated, but you can fix that in the control panel. The playback quality is otherwise perfect. 
Power Consumption
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43
45
59
65
116
0
Watts (lower is better)
257.6
130
169
191
215
224
0
Watts (lower is better)
257.6
The amount of power required to drive this card isn't surprising, at least to me. According to NVIDIA the card requires a minimum of a 680W power supply, which is absurd, but the card has no problems consuming well over 250W of power at peak. At the full load, it's the loudest thing in the office. It's not a dreadful fan sound, at the very least. It's that the card moves so much air that the blast across the heatsink makes a lot of sound. At idle, it drops to silent, which correlates with the relatively low idle power consumption. 
Overclocking
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678
576
0
MHz (higher is better)
1389.2
1208
999
0
MHz (higher is better)
1389.2
I'm surprised at how much this card overclocked by. Fourteen percent across the board. Unfortunately, at these settings and resolutions, it's not gonna make any difference. Of course, if you're overclocking your GPU you're probably overclocking everything else, which is mandatory with this amount of video power.
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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