What's not to love about the GeForce GTX 295 version? We understand that you don't have to like the price, but you have to love the power that this GPU offers. What tends to happen with these high-end video card models from NVIDIA is that very few companies mix it up. Even though the card has clearly been around the block a few times, it continues to be the fastest graphics card on the market and Galaxy decided to mix it up to get our performance buds tingling even more. We saw the press release about the GeForce GTX 295 OC model from Galaxy just a while ago and for a long time we didn't hear heaps, then all of a sudden, they just push some seriously high quality products packing a big punch. - TweakTown

Galaxy GeForce GTX 295 Oc Single Graphics Preview

When we discovered that the GeForce GTX 295 graphics board was going to get the Galaxy treatment, it was hard to not get excited. And considering the tough economic times as well, we're finding that most companies are concentrating on mid-range models that offer better bang for buck. Now Galaxy though today have chosen to throw the rule book out the window and give our favorite most powerful graphics card a bit of a makeover and even more power. With looking at the box, there isn't anything that we haven't really seen before. We've got an pretty black design that has a picture of a spider and its web taking up one corner of the box.

Turning the box over, we have a bit more detail on what exactly the GeForce GTX 200 series of graphics cards can offer us. And we also have a run down on what's needed for 3-way SLI config, which of course isn't an option with this product, so it seems that Galaxy uses a pretty standard box. Having a look at the card for the first time you can see that it's clearly more different than the older GeForce GTX 295's we are use to seeing. You can mainly thank Galaxy for the decision to use the new single PCB design which now gives us the ability to have the fan smack bang in the middle of the card and cool both cores directly.

In the middle of the fan we have the Galaxy logo, while to the left of the cooler we have the model, in this case it's of course the GeForce GTX 295. The right side of the unit doesn't have much going on except for an extension of the pattern that is seen on the left side. Having a look at the power connectors is where we can see a slight change. While we still see the same single 8-pin and 6-pin setup, both are now on the one side due to there now only being a single PCB used. When it comes to the SLI connector though nothing has changed, we still got the single connector that gives us the ability to run up to two of these cards at the time.

There's almost nothing that you cannot love about this amazing video card. Let's get the elephant in the room taken care of though, it is going to set you back in excess of $500. There's no nice way of looking at the price, the bottom line is it isn't cheap. With that said though, if you want power, you're going to have to pay for it. Galaxy has done a good job with its GeForce GTX 295 OC model. It's good to see that the company has done more than just release the GeForce GTX 295 in its new single PCB design. They've decided to ramp up the core, shader and memory clocks, given us a good bump that result in tangible performance gains.

The only other problem with the GeForce GTX 295 is the availability really. At the moment most companies are reporting that there is a shortage, this isn't a fault of Galaxy or any other manufacturer, it more so has to do with NVIDIA. If you really want one you shouldn't have any real drama tracking one down, just make sure that if you do decide to buy a GeForce GTX 295 now it is one of the new single PCB types and not the older dual PCB versions. Not everything about the Galaxy GeForce GTX 295 OC product is perfect, it's not all that uncommon either when you talk about spending this kind of money on a product.