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Scorpius
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Is it worth it?

 

In particular this card: http://amzn.com/B00CJ4KALE

 

I've been looking at getting a R9-280X just haven't gone ahead with it yet. And then this caught my eye.

 

Now definitely not for the price that it's listed at, but it's going to drop quite a bit today, not sure how much yet though. Just want to get a feel if I should go for it.

 

It's essentially 2x 7970s so in turn 2x R9-280Xs.

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It is still a kicking card. I would take two 280X's in crossfire (the actual cards) for better cooling. 

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I'd go for two 280X's, simply because they will run a little bit cooler, maybe just a tiny bit less powerful, but yeah, you get my point. Still a beast of a card though.

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I'd go for two 280x's for one, better cooling and for two it's cheaper.

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Well this card is going to be getting a decent price cut today which is the only reason I was even looking at it. Obviously if it's not cheaper than 2x R9-280X's I wouldn't do it. I was looking at the MATRIX Platinum 280x originally then saw this one is gonna be getting a good price cut today so we shall see. For anyone else interested it'll be in about 10-20 minutes on that link I posted.

 

Another question: At what price point do you think it'd be worth it?

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