. You already saw the lists and theres 295's beating 280's and 285's....i think you can drop this already.
you need to go back and recheck the lists.
the 2x280/285 scores were better than the single 295's
From what ive seen the 295 is a better oc'er than both the GTX 280 and GTX 285, it just needs more voltage and better cooling.
your not looking in the right places.
the guy with 42k vantage quad sli 295's has the highest recorded core clocks for 295's at the evga forums with 773. only 2 others got to even 760core
810 was the highest recorded core clock for the 280 and 285 each there aswell(evga forums). while multiple people have achieved 770+ with their 280/285's
here is the top dual 285 sli score there
fjehlers-----------i7920 @ 4.189 GHz-------(2)285's 795/1764/1400 WC------P30,090
here is the top single 295 there
iride4u ---------------- i7 920@ 4.20GHz --- (1) 295 760/1670/1270 ----- P27,817
2k+ is hard to gain in vantage when you have allready nearly maxed out your system. both of these guys have their i7 clocked @ or near 4.2...the real difference is not only the shader clocks, but the memory clocks.
both of those guys are not rookies by any means.