R9 295x2 or Titan Black?

[I/O]

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/physx/games

Rhetorical question bud I already know all the games that don't have Physx. The only good ones still worth a play Batman games, Mafia 2, BL games, Creed 4, Metro games. Big deal.

[Red Harbinger]

R9 295x2, speaking as owner and coming from a titan, and would never go back, a freaking amazing card

[GuideMe002]

r9 295 x2 all the way

[chicksoup]

honestly if he isn't running a resolution higher than 1920x1080p I would get a 780 or 780ti, both are more the over powered for 1080p and if he really wants to spend that much more I would get the 295x2 since the AMDs have a higher memory bus and are better at 4k, but then again Linus doesn't like 4k on windows right now anyways

[mark201200]

295x2, obviously

[Just...Asus]

JUST R9 295X2, I love this card :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[elvper]

I'd suggest the Titan.

Because the next time he'll be looking for a new GPU maybe he'll make a better decision and learn how stupid PhysX actually really is at this moment .

[elvper]

honestly if he isn't running a resolution higher than 1920x1080p I would get a 780 or 780ti, both are more the over powered for 1080p and if he really wants to spend that much more I would get the 295x2 since the AMDs have a higher memory bus and are better at 4k, but then again Linus doesn't like 4k on windows right now anyways

I really hate it when people say this, it's so shortsighted. That's to run current games, but I'm sure he ain't gonna buy a new card next year. So he should make sure he has some headroom.

 

5 years ago when I bought HD5970 people also said overkill and blablabla but in reality it wasn't at all, because games and gaming requirements evolve!

[chicksoup]

I really hate it when people say this, it's so shortsighted. That's to run current games, but I'm sure he ain't gonna buy a new card next year. So he should make sure he has some headroom.

 

5 years ago when I bought HD5970 people also said overkill and blablabla but in reality it wasn't at all, because games and gaming requirements evolve!

the 5970 is a different tier of card than the 780ti and I have a gtx 660 and so far I haven't had to turn settings below high for BF4,titanfall, Bioshock Infinite, but my personal problem with getting the most expensive card is that the price to performance ratio is a lot lower than on other cards once you get a card like that you'll want to get the next better and newer card too

[elvper]

the 5970 is a different tier of card than the 780ti and I have a gtx 660 and so far I haven't had to turn settings below high for BF4,titanfall, Bioshock Infinite, but my personal problem with getting the most expensive card is that the price to performance ratio is a lot lower than on other cards once you get a card like that you'll want to get the next better and newer card too

That was also true 5y ago when I bought my card! Back then the HD5970 was somewhat compareable to a 780ti now.

 

And I do not agree with "you'll want to get the next better and newer card too" and I don't understand people who do.

 

You could now buy a 500 dollar card, let's say 780 and after 2 years buy a new 500 dollar card... Or you could buy a R9 295X now (1000 dollar) and keep it for 4 years.

 

Well, i very very very strongly doubt that the 500 dollar card after 2 years would be better than the R9 295X, more likely it would max be of similar performance.

So the R9 295X would obviously be the better choice, as you get 2 years of better performance and 2 years of equel performance for the same price.