Replace 295x2 with Titan X?

[AtenRa]

As for the OP, i would really wait for the R9 390 and then decide.

 

[Spanners]

Sabotage Evolve cripples performance on Nvidia GPUs, we've seen it in Dirt Showdown, Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs and many other Sabotage Evolved games.

AMD does much more nefarious things with their Sabotage Evolved program.

I'm convinced, your witty renaming was what clinched it for me NVGPU.

 

[sketchus]

Wow that's a lot of responses!

Thanks all, still yet to make a decision. I also have a 290x to sell off if I need to so there's that too. At the minute its just sitting doing nothing underneath my 295x2.

 

[nvgpu]

You should wait until Nvidia Pascal to change your GPU, multi-gpu has its issues with gaps in profile support but it's not really worth swapping atm.

Just bear with it until next year.

 

[Headfoot]

Hi all,

I currently have a 295x2 in my PC. It's a great card, however I'm just sick of Crossfire. Too many games recently haven't worked for me, or have not had good scaling at all.

I know the Titan X is expensive for what it is, and less powerful than the 295x2, however it's the most powerful single card out there, and I'd like to avoid multigpu.

I game at 3440x1440 so it's pretty demanding and so I need pretty high performing kit unfortunately. The 295 is grand when it works, unfortunately after a good run of drivers it seems Crossfire support has been lackluster again.

Dying Light has no profile, Far Cry 4 has a shocking profile, Attila only just got Crossfire support etc etc.

Failing that I would consider SLI 980's. Can anyone speak to how SLI is at the moment? It might just be a grass is greener situation, but it does seem like they are slightly more on the ball.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Wait for the 390x. It's lunacy to buy the "top" card at $1000 when one that is widely rumored to rival it comes out in less than a few months. nVidia will likely counter with a cut down GM200 that doesn't cost $1000. Either way you go it will be 100x smarter to wait just the couple of months...

 

[xthetenth]

You should wait until Nvidia Pascal to change your GPU, multi-gpu has its issues with gaps in profile support but it's not really worth swapping atm.

Just bear with it until next year.

True, that will be a good time to pick up an AMD card and do my part to incentivize non-awful business practices, when they adjust prices to respond.

Incidentally what possesses somebody to take on a brand as their identity?

 

[AnandThenMan]

As far as AMD jumping on-board and closing source code to cripple NV's cards' performance in AAA titles, if that happens, I will ditch PC gaming and buy consoles only. I will not support PC gaming if it implies supporting closed/proprietary standards only and 2 GPU vendors engaged in winning based on "who throws more $ at developers to purposely cripple the competition." That would no longer be fair market competition but a situation where whichever firm has more $ wins.

I don't see how AMD has any choice but to fight fire with fire. Will they? I highly doubt it but it will be to their extreme detriment. AMD is getting completely destroyed in the PR war and many people are actually believing Radeon hardware is the reason games are slow in GW titles, and the lack of Xfire support is blamed on AMD's "poor" drivers.

All the while sites like [H] are (intentionally?) oblivious to the insidious nature of GW and compare it to AMD tech like TressFX. I find it really difficult to believe that Brent @[H] is unaware of how GameWorks functions and how it's clearly bad for PC gaming, so I have to wonder why he continues to make the incredibly flawed comparison.

 

[RaulF]

Wow.

He didn't even recommend a specific card in his post.

Whats the alternative, buy a card that can't do all you want it to?

Maybe i looked at it wrong, just feel jaded by his post. Just coming from him i see it as buy Nvidia.

Sorry for my previous post, it did seem harsh.