When it works the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 video card will be faster than the overclocked ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 980 Platinum video card. The most benefit will show through at 4K resolutions where the GPU demand needs dual-GPUs. At 1440p the overclocked ASUS ROG GTX 980 Platinum was fast enough in most games. However, at 4K the ASUS ROG GTX 980 Platinum isn't, and that is where the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 shines.
The real question comes down to price, and stock, which the Posedeidon has none as of writing this. The ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 980 Platinum video card sells for $639, but you still need to buy a closed liquid loop system to benefit from the potential overclock. Whereas, with the AMD Radeon R9 295X2, at $639 after $30 MIR is only $30 more expensive, but comes with everything you need, no fuss. In that sense, the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 might be the better "value" since it is all ready to go, is liquid cooled already, and you don't have to spend more money.
Just keep in mind if a game doesn't have a CrossFire profile you will drop down to the performance of one AMD Radeon R9 290X GPU, which is a lot slower than a GTX 980. AMD has totally dropped the ball recently in terms of Radeon driver and CrossFire profile support and that is inexcusable. The benefit of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 980 is that its performance is delivered 100% of the time.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015...x_980_platinum_vs_amd_r9_295x2/3#.VRTgreGrEyc
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-Rvenger
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