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Matthew K.

Matthew K.

Joined on 10/23/08

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XFX Core Edition Radeon R9 295x2 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-295X-8QFA
XFX Core Edition Radeon R9 295x2 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-295X-8QFA

Pros: At least as fast as one 780Ti.

Cons: RMA'd the first card because it was hitting the temp ceiling of 75c and throttling the GPUs from 1018 down to 850 -900mhz. Replacment card has the same heat issue but less throttling for some reason. I have a corsair 1050w PSU. I tested the wattage from the wall with a Kill A Watt meter (can buy from radio shack for like 20 bucks) In Heaven benchmark Firestrike Extreme, BF4 max settings-full 64 player server for an hour, Crysis and Star Citizen. This with an AMD 8350 @ 4.7 and 6 case fans plus LED's. The wattage never went above 825 and averaged about 720-780 watts at load. I think the issue is my CPU and its lake of single threaded performance. AMD advertised this as a the ultimate gaming card but neglected to mention a 20-30 percent bottleneck in performance with thier most powerful CPU's. If you look at most benchmark and gaming review sites on this card the testers are all using $600-$1000 I7's to get the results we see with the R9-295x2. If you plan to get this card I would recommend wating until you can drop $1000 or more on an X series I7 and a new motherboard.