Overclocked, surely?
Sadly, despite the improved cooling, we're looking at completely stock frequencies all round. That's 576MHz per GPU, 480 shaders clocked at 1,242MHz and a total 1,792MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at an effective 1,998MHz.
Why not make this one pre-overclocked? Simple, it leaves room for the overclocked H2O edition that's expected to arrive a few weeks later.
Over to the backplate and nothing has changed here - as with NVIDIA's reference design, BFG's GeForce GTX 295 H2O features dual-DVI and a single HDMI port.
Expensive it may be, but this one isn't adorned in gold - no sir, it comes in a good ol' cardboard box and that hefty investment is backed by a useful lifetime warranty.
Inside are the usual array of manuals, warranty information, a couple of stickers and a 10 per cent voucher for CUDA-accelerated gamers or applications purchased from NVIDIA's nZone.
Despite the omission of a bundled game, BFG provides all the required essentials. There's a 6ft HDMI cable, a DVI-to-VGA adaptor, a S/PDIF audio cable, and both six and eight-pin PCI to dual-Molex connectors.
Rounding that off, of course, are a selection of fittings that'll get most water-cooling kit connected to the card.
BFG includes a choice of barbs, there are two for 3/8in tubing and two for 1/2in. Those working with SLI (for some of that four-way goodness) will find two micro barbs that should help create a little extra room in tight spaces. There's a 2in piece of tubing for use with the micro barbs, and a selection of tubing clamps.
The card's only notable feature then - other than the inherent GeForce GTX 295 performance - is the all-new water-cooling solution. Does it deliver, and what kind of premium can we expect to pay? Stay tuned for all the details and the verdict in our forthcoming review.
