You would expect the most expensive gaming graphics card to also be the most powerful. Because you're not retarded and this is very much the case. And while it's an excellent pursuit, getting the best gaming hardware, this board surprised us. Zotac made the video card in question, a GeForce GTX 295. Although it's not factory overclocked or anything, it doesn't have to be. This graphics card just is unstoppable. We are not even certain you'd get much from having a pair of them. Of course in a way you are. The GeForce GTX 295 is, like ATI's Radeon HD 4870 X2, two cards in one. It has two GPU's, connected by an on-board PCI Express bridge, in SLI fashion and as such doubling performance. - TechLounge

Zotac GeForce GTX 295 Graphics Dual Design Review

The GPU's are modified GeForce GTX 260's, architecturally identical, clocked at the same frequencies, although slightly improved memory bandwidth. So there are two questions we have about this board, is it worth the price hike over two GeForce GTX 260's, and who is this card tailored for? The design has changed a fair amount compared to the previous GeForce 9800 GX2. This card isn't clad in heatspreaders, and the face shield is perforated. Much of the heatsink between the two halves is exposed, and the aperture for the intake fan is completely free from obstructions providing a decent cooling solution with acceptable noise.

So from all these tests it's very clear, this board isn't mainstream in the least. Across the board it's CPU limited and at these resolutions it doesn't have room to stretch its legs. And that's a strange place to be after all the CPU price wars. High-end gaming processors cost a fraction of what this graphics card does and even they are not enough for it, unless you are an overclocker. There's also the fact that this card is DirectX 10 only, which in a while is going to be just another bottleneck. This card is excellent right now but is just shy of future proof. That's unfortunate since it absolutely has the power, just not the API support.

Finally, it costs more than two GeForce GTX 260 Core 216's, which while it has the bandwidth improvement, we do doubt that under even those most extreme circumstances you'd ever be able to spot the difference. Just so we're clear, this is the most powerful card on the market to date. If you're not running at medium widescreen resolutions or greater, it's just too much card. Even then, there will always be those for whom the best will never be enough. So for you, we say this card is the one to shoot for.