The R9 295 thread - Reviews are in - Quiet, cooler, fast, $1500

[piesquared]

Bottom pic is obviously real, the top doesn't look legit to me. The PCB looks like it's sitting right on the desk. How is that possible with a back plate and a number of other components on the back of the board. I would think there would be a much bigger gap between the PCB and table. Either way, kind hope it's real, I like it.

 

[Atreidin]

Assuming it's real it looks OK to me.

 

[TreVader]

So any predictions on price? My guess is ~1100. If it can give 90% the performance of Titan Z for 1100 nvidia won't sell many.

 

[sushiwarrior]

So any predictions on price? My guess is ~1100. If it can give 90% the performance of Titan Z for 1100 nvidia won't sell many.

More than 1100, because more performance than Titan Z....

 

[x3sphere]

So any predictions on price? My guess is ~1100. If it can give 90% the performance of Titan Z for 1100 nvidia won't sell many.

$2000 is my guess, they charged like $1400 at release for the official 7990 and that came very late. Most likely this is going to be a very limited run card so they can get away with charging an exorbitant price for it.

 

[Grooveriding]

$2000 is my guess, they charged like $1400 at release for the official 7990 and that came very late. Most likely this is going to be a very limited run card so they can get away with charging an exorbitant price for it.

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Official 7990 was $1000 afair, it was the custom Asus/Powercolour model that preceded the launch of the official 7990 that was $1400.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

It's confirmed, just wait a bit more. I think we will be seeing kits come out to put your own rad on.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I hate dual GPU cards. Had to do so many RMAs on the 7990s because they were running 100c + and crashing.

 

[x3sphere]

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Official 7990 was $1000 afair, it was the custom Asus/Powercolour model that preceded the launch of the official 7990 that was $1400.

Err yeah you're right $1000 was the MSRP, retailers started gouging on day one though. It didn't hit MSRP prices until a month or so after launch.

 

[Silverforce11]

Each of my R290 only draw ~210W under mining loads with a 25mV undervolt and water cooling.

Pretty sure if they undervolt it and keep it cool, 375W for a dual card in gaming load is easy. Hawaii is actually a lot more power efficient than Tahiti, when its not running at 94C.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Each of my R290 only draw ~210W under mining loads with a 25mV undervolt and water cooling.

Pretty sure if they undervolt it and keep it cool, 375W for a dual card in gaming load is easy. Hawaii is actually a lot more power efficient than Tahiti, when its not running at 94C.

Hawaii really reminds me of what the initial Fermi were like. Ive used a GTX480 before.. and this card was actually pretty decent once you undervolt a little along with keeping it cooler which resulted in 20~40W reduction in power consumption. But this doesn't hide the fact that the card is power hungry just like Hawaii is.

And doesn't the card look like its longer than 11inches?? it looks like a very very long card.

 

[moonbogg]

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/radeon_r9_295x2_photos_and_specs_leak_in_asia.html

Sorry if you've seen this link already, but there it is. Rumored to cost $1,500.00

Oops, already shown. Oh well. Nice Card!

 

[Vesku]

Pictured card looks about 12-12.5 inches to my eyeballs if that's a ~120MM fan on the radiator.

 

[Headfoot]

If its watercooled they can offload the cooling power requirements to a molex plug, and they can pick top binned chips and undervolt to reach 375w.

 

[guskline]

Looks like a winner!

 

[RaulF]

More than 1100, because more performance than Titan Z....

How do you figure that out!

 

[VulgarDisplay]

How do you figure that out!

Isn't 290x crossfire faster than 780ti sli due yo xdma's insane scaling and great smoothness? Should be a no brainer that this card will be faster if nvidia is relying on their traditional method of sli.

 

[rtsurfer]

Isn't 290x crossfire faster than 780ti sli due yo xdma's insane scaling and great smoothness? Should be a no brainer that this card will be faster if nvidia is relying on their traditional method of sli.

780ti SLI is still faster,
It was when you go above 2 cards, AMD's superior xdma runs away with the crown.

 

[Face2Face]

The Briefcase!

http://videocardz.com/50114/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-briefcase-day



Radeon R9 295X2 will be clocked at 1018 MHz with a memory clock at 1250 MHz. It has 8GB total memory and dual 512b interface. It is not confirmed whether R9 295X2 has full-fledged Hawaii cores or cut-down version, but latest leaks suggest it’s most likely Hawaii XT on board.

 

[wand3r3r]

That's one heck of a case. I hope they have put that much attention to the cooling!!

 

[thilanliyan]

How do you figure that out!

IIRC, sushiwarrior gets inside info sometimes.

 

[parvadomus]

Looks like its faster than 780Ti SLI Link
Maybe faster VRAM and better CF drivers?

 

[Arkaign]

Looks like its faster than 780Ti SLI Link
Maybe faster VRAM and better CF drivers?

That looks really shady.

I can't think of a single dual-GPU card that's EVER been faster than a quality CF/SLI setup of contemporary cards :

Eg : Radeon 6990 was slower than CF 6970OC, GTX690 was slower than 2X 680OC cards, etc.

Dual-GPU cards honestly suck, unless you :

Have a SFF case or a single PCIe slot to work with

or

Have a need for quad-GPU and only two PCIe slots to work with

For everyone else, they're MUCH better off with separate cards. If anyone told you they'd rather than a 295 in comparison to a quality 290X aftermarket CF rig, they're trolling, or stupid, or both (unless they meet the exemption above).

It's also nice to have a spare card down the line in case you want to sell one, repurpose the other, one dies, whatever.

The first dual-GPU card I think I had was a weird SLI on a card Voodoo1 that I got from an Id employee in 96 or so. The next one was a Rage 128 something or other (or similar, it's been too long), and it was almost unusably terrible.

 

[Subyman]

Clocked at 1018Mhz? I have a hard time believing that, maybe thats the max boost clock?

 

[sushiwarrior]

Clocked at 1018Mhz? I have a hard time believing that, maybe thats the max boost clock?

That's the max DPM state, which the card stays in very easily and constantly due to water cooling removing temp-related throttling issues which 290/290X had. Main goal of this card is to be faster than the equivalent CF/SLI setup.