295x vs 390x

[SevereDevil]

Price/performance and with the 390x requiring less power will that be a cheaper choice via let's say 6mon? I have only one 1440p monitor but I plan to get 2 more and have 7680 x 1440p. Would I need dual 295x or dual 390x and which would be more cost effective power wise? I play all games. ESO bf4 cod mordor dying light tes dota. Also will i5 4690k be bottlenecked at 16gb ram? Sorry for long post.

[EarthboundHero]

We have no idea what the 390x is going to look like or cost...?

This, no one here has a crystal ball (AFAIK)

[1Scotty1]

Another thread like this... people need to learn that it is hard to know the performance and cost of a GPU that isn't even out yet!

[MegaDave91]

Another thread like this... people need to learn that it is hard to know the performance and cost of a GPU that isn't even out yet!

One doesn't even exist either.

[Briggsy]

Earlier this year AMD were showing off the performance of Fiji and Liquid VR with the Oculus rift, but they wouldn't let anyone look inside the computer case (because fugly early engineering samples no doubt, plus the whole future launch hush-hush thing). 

[alphaproject]

Well... it does exist. Someone has run benchmarks on it...it's more or less "unavailable" right now so why bother talking about it.

[SevereDevil]

Ok So everything I've read about the 390x is just a rumor then? Well then, will a single 295x handle 3 1440p monitors or will I need 2?

[Orblivion]

Ok So everything I've read about the 390x is just a rumor then? Well then, will a single 295x handle 3 1440p monitors or will I need 2?

 

For gaming?  That setup is almost 50% more pixels than 4k, even the 295x2 will have trouble driving that on any modern games.  However, Quadfire doesn't scale well so you're probably better of waiting to see how the 390X performs.

[SevereDevil]

For gaming?  That setup is almost 50% more pixels than 4k, even the 295x2 will have trouble driving that on any modern games.  However, Quadfire doesn't scale well so you're probably better of waiting to see how the 390X performs.

how so? my single 290x does fine with 1 1440p monitor maxed settings, if the 295x is 2 290x cards then it should do 2 monitors easy with higher clock and watercooled for oc

[Orblivion]

how so? my single 290x does fine with 1 1440p monitor maxed settings, if the 295x is 2 290x cards then it should do 2 monitors easy with higher clock and watercooled for oc

 

He wants 3 1440p monitors, not 2.  That's a significantly higher number of pixels to render than even 4k, I don't expect you'd be able to get a smooth gameplay experience on any new titles with a 295x2 at that resolution.

[IMPERIUS]

Sigh

[Sauron]

We can't guess specs, pricing or performance of cards that are not out yet. Come back after the hypothetical 390x launches and we have reliable benchmarks.

[vembutech]

We can't guess specs, pricing or performance of cards that are not out yet. Come back after the hypothetical 390x launches and we have reliable benchmarks.

Yes he is right we cant decide without reliable benchmarks.

[-iSynthesis]

how so? my single 290x does fine with 1 1440p monitor maxed settings, if the 295x is 2 290x cards then it should do 2 monitors easy with higher clock and watercooled for oc

3686400 pixels more to render for that one monitor.. Id expect 2 390x's to handle it no problem but a 295x2 will have its problems with AAA Games and such