BFGEGTX2951792E being discontinued. why?

[joriz]

I just bought 2 of these monsters. I love it. It's superfast. However, the other one failed. So I rma-ed it. but it's not instock anymore. In fact in most websites, it said it's being discontinuted. I checked the BFG website. I don't see this anymore. It's not even in the legacy list.

Does anybody know why this is being discontinued? This seems a lot better than the one BFG is currently selling.

Thanks.

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

Possibly due to release of Fermi in the near months?

 

[joriz]

but still the turnaround is i think too soon. It seemed very quite in-demand.

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

Possibly, but fermi will be in full production now i would imagine, so are phasing out the 295 to create market space for fermi? same with all other 2xx series cards

 

[joriz]

anyway, perhaps you may know. I really like to have a dual sli. do you think i can configure SLI on these 2 different models (yet similar) gtx 295?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143167

and

http://www.amazon.com/BFG-GeForce-GTX-295-Graphics/dp/B002DKRDVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1265093816&sr=8-1

TIA

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

The one from newegg is the exact same one as your current one am i right? Go with that one
But any 295 1792 should work with one another

 

[joriz]

yUP the one in newegg is exactly the one i have. the prob is it is out of stock. It may eventually be discontinued too.

Ok So for as long as it is gtx 295 regardless of who manufactured it, may it be evga, xfx, pny or bfg, i wont have any problem configuring them in SLI mode? really?

Thanks.

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

I believe so, i mean theres nothing stopping it... same drivers, GPU everything else basically as well, so no reason it should not work, as long as you have a SLI bridge and a strong enough PSU youll be fine

EDIT:
Quick google search told me, that from the 80 series drivers, nvidia now supports cross-branded SLI setups. If one is OCed, both will run at the lower settings (much like raid 0 if different drive capicity) so recommended if you are OCing, to OC both cards to same speeds

 

[joriz]

Cool! Thanks

Appreciate it.

 

[joriz]

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