EVGA Silently Launches the GeForce GTX 295 Red Edition

[bigslappy]

With no official press release, a new version of EVGA's GTX 295 has appeared on their website (http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=017-P3-1294-AR). Dubbed the GTX 295 Red Edition, the card is clocked at the stock speeds of 576 MHz on the core, 1242 MHz on the shaders, and a 1998 MHz memory clock, using a reference cooler, which appears to have simply been painted red. Although the card appears to bring nothing new to the table other than the option of a new colour, EVGA are asking US$549.99 for the card, which is $45 more than the standard black variant. It would appear following the launch of their X58 classified motherboard not long ago, that EVGA could be heading towards a new colour scheme, at least for their premium products.

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Sources: EVGA (http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=017-P3-1294-AR) , Fudzilla (http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12675&Itemid=1)

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[ballz0r]

it looks like they are integrating the backplate
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=401-EV-1234-01

So its $20 for the back plate, and 25 for the red paint :)

[LowBrowser]

Nah, now you can buy the whole set.
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=401-EV-1244-01&family=Accessories%20-%20Hardware

Could this mean people could sell non EVGA cards as EVGA (I'm assuming reference designs don't have different stickers etc. though I could be wrong)?

[just a noob]

serial numbers, they are different from the manufacturers

[LowBrowser]

Figured so. Thanks.

I'm still picking there'll be a few scams, maybe. Or maybe they're not as devious as me :D