GTX 295 how much longer will it last in gaming

[Champion Of Sparta]

Hello, I just got this card from ebay for about $55 and no its not a 295X from radeon its a gtx 295 (people for some reason keep getting this confused). Was just wanting to know that since I have a 1280x1024 monitor how long can I keep playing on the highest settings with this card?

 

[drixkarasu]

I don't think that card can play on the highest settings on most new AAA games even on 1280x1024, it's quite old, it doesn't even support DirectX 11 and has a low amout of vram.

 

[dudio]

If you don't install any new games, and just keep playing the old one, then you can keep playing on the highest setting for the life of the card. If you want to keep playing new games as they are released, you'll find that each game can be differently demanding. Your biggest limitations are the amount of RAM on the card (896 MB) and the DirectX support. Your card will only handle up to DX 10, while many games now, and most in the near future will require DX11 support minimum.

 

[furiousss]

it doesn't support dx11 but seeing your monitor , I think you can play latest games at high. and also it has only ddr3 memory and it supports only up to pixel shader version 4.0 while all of todays cards have support of pixel shader version 5.0. and in games that doesn't support sli, it would perform average.

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

Thank you for all the answers, I know it has a low amount of vram but since I am not playing at 1080p I didn't think that would become a issue. Also I keep finding info that since my card is direct x10 it will still play all direct x11 games but without 11's effects, is that not true?

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

Am I all alone now......on the road again.

 

[furiousss]

Thank you for all the answers, I know it has a low amount of vram but since I am not playing at 1080p I didn't think that would become a issue. Also I keep finding info that since my card is direct x10 it will still play all direct x11 games but without 11's effects, is that not true?

yes, but...............................................

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

Thank you for all the answers, I know it has a low amount of vram but since I am not playing at 1080p I didn't think that would become a issue. Also I keep finding info that since my card is direct x10 it will still play all direct x11 games but without 11's effects, is that not true?

yes, but...............................................

Please oh please tell me what im missing....IM SO CONFUSED!!

 

[furiousss]

the performance would be low.

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

the performance would be low.

Please tell me how the performance would be low, if it only had to run things that was supported by direct x10/11 wouldnt that also mean that since the gpu was built for both it would be the same performance. I AM SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.

 

[furiousss]

the fps would be very low and the game would run slow. it only has ps version 4.0 whereas games require ps version 5.0.

 

[Eximo]

Many games of the last 7 or 8 years supported Direct X 9, 10, and sometimes 11. This was due to the heavy influence of Consoles that had 'older' gpu technology. With the introduction of the Xbox One and PS4 and Direct X 11 being the lowest common denominator you will start to see developers dropping support for DX 9 and 10. You will not be able to run games that require DX11 or higher, and as someone else mentioned many game engines rely on a certain level of Pixel Shader, if you don't meet that you will not be able to run the program. (Though you have 4.0)

From a performance aspect you will be fine as long as you feel that games are playable. You can always keep reducing settings.

Games that are coming out right now for the PC probably won't work.

Direct X = Direct3D (They can change the name all they want, but it will always be Direct X to me)

Direct3D 10.0
Shader Model 4.0
(GTS250, GTX 260-295)
Direct3D 10.1
Shader Model 4.1
(210/G210, GT 220, GT 240)
OpenCL OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3

 

[furiousss]

Many games of the last 7 or 8 years supported Direct X 9, 10, and sometimes 11. This was due to the heavy influence of Consoles that had 'older' gpu technology. With the introduction of the Xbox One and PS4 and Direct X 11 being the lowest common denominator you will start to see developers dropping support for DX 9 and 10. You will not be able to run games that require DX11 or higher, and as someone else mentioned many game engines rely on a certain level of Pixel Shader, if you don't meet that you will not be able to run the program. (Though you have 4.0)

From a performance aspect you will be fine as long as you feel that games are playable. You can always keep reducing settings.

Games that are coming out right now for the PC probably won't work.

Direct X = Direct3D (They can change the name all they want, but it will always be Direct X to me)

Direct3D 10.0
Shader Model 4.0
(GTS250, GTX 260-295)
Direct3D 10.1
Shader Model 4.1
(210/G210, GT 220, GT 240)
OpenCL OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3

exactly what I wanted to say. you can run dx11 but on 0-1 fps (unplayable).

 

[Supernova1138]

You'll be okay as long as you don't want to play the latest AAA titles. A lot of the bigger developers are now dropping DirectX 9 and 10 and are releasing their titles as DirectX 11 only. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA V, which came out a month ago is one of the last major titles that supports anything before DirectX 11. If you're only interested in indie games and older titles, the GTX 295 is still okay, though it is a power hog and a space heater compared to modern cards that offer similar performance.

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

You'll be okay as long as you don't want to play the latest AAA titles. A lot of the bigger developers are now dropping DirectX 9 and 10 and are releasing their titles as DirectX 11 only. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA V, which came out a month ago is one of the last major titles that supports anything before DirectX 11. If you're only interested in indie games and older titles, the GTX 295 is still okay, though it is a power hog and a space heater compared to modern cards that offer similar performance.

K, thanks for the info. But would you mind telling me why furiousss thinks that it would be running at 0-1 fps, does he even know what a gtx 295 is?

 

[Supernova1138]

You'll be okay as long as you don't want to play the latest AAA titles. A lot of the bigger developers are now dropping DirectX 9 and 10 and are releasing their titles as DirectX 11 only. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA V, which came out a month ago is one of the last major titles that supports anything before DirectX 11. If you're only interested in indie games and older titles, the GTX 295 is still okay, though it is a power hog and a space heater compared to modern cards that offer similar performance.

K, thanks for the info. But would you mind telling me why furiousss thinks that it would be running at 0-1 fps, does he even know what a gtx 295 is?

No idea, if your card doesn't support DirectX11 and the game requires it, it won't launch at all or it will give you an error message saying your GPU isn't compatible and kick you back to desktop.

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

You'll be okay as long as you don't want to play the latest AAA titles. A lot of the bigger developers are now dropping DirectX 9 and 10 and are releasing their titles as DirectX 11 only. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA V, which came out a month ago is one of the last major titles that supports anything before DirectX 11. If you're only interested in indie games and older titles, the GTX 295 is still okay, though it is a power hog and a space heater compared to modern cards that offer similar performance.

K, thanks for the info. But would you mind telling me why furiousss thinks that it would be running at 0-1 fps, does he even know what a gtx 295 is?

No idea, if your card doesn't support DirectX11 and the game requires it, it won't launch at all or it will give you an error message saying your GPU isn't compatible and kick you back to desktop.

Thats what I was thinking and was wondering scratching my head at this guys logic.

 

[furiousss]

You'll be okay as long as you don't want to play the latest AAA titles. A lot of the bigger developers are now dropping DirectX 9 and 10 and are releasing their titles as DirectX 11 only. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA V, which came out a month ago is one of the last major titles that supports anything before DirectX 11. If you're only interested in indie games and older titles, the GTX 295 is still okay, though it is a power hog and a space heater compared to modern cards that offer similar performance.

K, thanks for the info. But would you mind telling me why furiousss thinks that it would be running at 0-1 fps, does he even know what a gtx 295 is?

do you know what is directx? or do you know what is pixel shader??? just don't comment on others.

a directx10 gpu cant run dx11 games. but you can download and install windows software development kit (sdk) and can run dx11 games. whatever the gpu be, the fps has no chance of crossing 1fps. and with dx12 coming the gpu would be a waste.

and for your question, the gtx 295 will last no longer in gaming unless you want to play old games.