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Help! R9 295x2 2 or gtx titan black 2

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So here it goes.... what would be better to get? two r9 295x 2 or 2 titan blacks???

2 r9 295x 2 will mean i will have 4 way crossfire.

and 2 titan black is dual sli.

what is better?

 

heat and power and size isnt a problem for me at all..

this will be built in a 900d with a Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0GHz on a ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME

 

 

***** most likly to watercool the system... not 100% sure yet

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R9 295 X2

 

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2 295s. I'd buy a Corsair AX1500i to power that. Enjoy raping every game made for the next 7 years!

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2 295s. I'd buy a Corsair AX1500i to power that. Enjoy raping every game made for the next 7 years!

 

 

R9 295 X2

 

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Why do you even need to ask that question? 2 295x2s is four GPUs it will be SO much better. But you are going to need at a minimum of a 1200W PSU for them.

 

 

Actually it would be better if you get three R9 290Xs, but it's going to need some good heat dissipation.

 

but how about the scaling, and video game compatabilty since its 4 gpus?

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but how about the scaling, and video game compatabilty since its 4 gpus?

It'll still be faster than 2 titan blacks. Crossfire profiles are pretty good these days. If you're dropping $2k on GPU's, there is no reason to buy anything but a pair of 295s

CPU: Intel i7 4770k w/Noctua NH-D15, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97 Ultra Durable, RAM: Patriot 8Gb 1600Mhz (2x4Gb), GPU: MSI R9 390x Gaming,


SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 1Tb, HDD: Caviar Black 1Tb, Seagate 4Tb Hybrid, Case: Fractal Design Define R4, PSU: Antec Earthwatts 750w 


Phone: LG G2 32Gb Black (Verizon) Laptop: Fujitsu Lifebook E754 w/ 1TB Samsung 840 Evo SSD Vehicle: 2012 Nissan Xterra named Rocky

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No it wouldn't 2 295x2 is four 290xs

On a synthetic benchmark sure, on a real world scenario 4 GPU configurations are barely supported, and on the majority of games that have support going with 4 GPUs actually performs worst than with 3. Scaling sucks after the second GPUs. I can link you a butt-ton of benchmarks if you want :)

If you can succesfully cool all three GPUs, the clocks achieved are even better than the ones on the dual GPU card. OP said he was contemplating watercooling the whole system, on that case scenario you can unleash the R9 290Xs and have quite a difference with R9 295x2.

 

 

but how about the scaling, and video game compatabilty since its 4 gpus?

Scaling with 4 GPUs suck, that's why I suggested 3 R9 290Xs

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