I have a friend who is willing to swap one of his GTX 295s for my GTX 275 plus $35 cash his way.
 
He said he wants the 275 for its Folding attributes or something, im not sure.
 
Either way, it looks like a good deal.
 
What kind of boost would I be getting by going from the 275 to the 295?

Look at the chart m' man. 
 
 http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/16400-nvidia-geforce-gtx-275-896mb-review-2.html

The 295 is pretty much 2x275's glued together, not a bad deal I guess.

i'd do it... for sure... gtx 295s are awesome one of the best cards on the planet right now

I had a friend who said it micro stutters and he bought a hd5870 later on. Still if your aware of the problem, your still getting a ton of framerates. That card is a hybrid of a gtx280 and gtx260 together. I say it's definently worth it, if there are no problems with it. The deal seems too good to be true because that gpu is expensive, I hope there is nothing wrong with it.

thats a pretty damn good deal. i'd take it. 
 
besides, 35 bucks is like nothing in real money >_>;;

To buy a brand new one seems out of the question, but I wouldn't trust second-hand computer hardware either.

as its from a friend, i doubt theres anything wrong with it

" as its from a friend, i doubt theres anything wrong with it "

maybe hes gonna upgrade to the new cards and has no need for two of them now

I decided to wait and get a GTX 480 for graduation :D

" I decided to wait and get a GTX 480 for graduation :D "

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" I decided to wait and get a GTX 480 for graduation :D "

Good call. The 275 actually isn't that much slower and the fact that it's a single GPU product leads to less issues overall. "