AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Owners Thread

Uncle Petey · 24 Mar 2015 at 18:06

Not sure that's gonna work, Smrtka. Not unless the particular 300 series card is a straight rebrand of a 290/x.

Smrtka · 24 Mar 2015 at 22:03

Uncle Petey said:
Not sure that's gonna work, Smrtka. Not unless the particular 300 series card is a straight rebrand of a 290/x.

well in that case I will wait until the 290x drops mega low

rossiboy001 · 25 Mar 2015 at 08:45

Smrtka said:
well in that case I will wait until the 290x drops mega low

I doubt they will drop much lower than they are, and will eventually just become unavailable as the rebrands and new cards take over If thats your plan might as well buy now, I cant see a 380 or what ever the rebrand is being cheaper than a 290x now.

nails666 · 25 Mar 2015 at 10:47

rossiboy001 said:
I doubt they will drop much lower than they are, and will eventually just become unavailable as the rebrands and new cards take over If thats your plan might as well buy now, I cant see a 380 or what ever the rebrand is being cheaper than a 290x now.

No but if you're willing to go second hand then hopefully the prices will drop down nicely

Bonjour · 25 Mar 2015 at 11:21

Already pretty low.

I sold a 290 for £130 last month.

Superb value to be had in getting a 290 Crossfire (or even tri-fire) setup, assuming your PSU can hack it.

Ayahuasca · 25 Mar 2015 at 11:22

I've probably already lost about £50 on the one I bought from Matt, not even selling for £420 now in the MM.

nails666 · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:30

Bonjour said:
Already pretty low.

I sold a 290 for £130 last month.

Superb value to be had in getting a 290 Crossfire (or even tri-fire) setup, assuming your PSU can hack it.

Yeah I'm absolutely kicking myself that I only got the 850w psu with my 295x2 rather than spending the extra for the 1300w

VincentHanna · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:34

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Gregster · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:35

VincentHanna said:
What would I get for my 295x2/290x ref?

£600?

Not allowed to price check bud.

Geeman1979 · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:37

VincentHanna said:
What are 2nd hand 295x2 + 290x's going for

£600?

MM for price checks.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=102

TNA · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:48

Ayahuasca said:
I've probably already lost about £50 on the one I bought from Matt, not even selling for £420 now in the MM.

Yeah, I think with new tech on it's way and them only having 4gb is the issue. Not forgetting about drivers too. If they were proper 8gb then they would have held value a lot better.

Probably most I would pay right now is £360.

P4Clock · 25 Mar 2015 at 15:55

TNA said:
Yeah, I think with new tech on it's way and them only having 4gb is the issue. Not forgetting about drivers too. If they were proper 8gb then they would have held value a lot better.

for 1440 thay will be maxing games out for a long time to come and are perfect that use, the only real problem with 4gb memory is if you go to 4k monitor, but you need a lot more horse power for 4k gaming.

the one on the MM for £420 is struggling to sell because if you look in his posting history he mentioned in a few posts he was getting artefacts.

also the 295 is just two 290's and you can get 290's for £140 and i would always go dual card's over dual gpu card

rossiboy001 · 25 Mar 2015 at 16:19

P4Clock said:
for 1440 thay will be maxing games out for a long time to come and are perfect that use, the only real problem with 4gb memory is if you go to 4k monitor, but you need a lot more horse power for 4k gaming.

the one on the MM for £420 is struggling to sell because if you look in his posting history he mentioned in a few posts he was getting artefacts.

also the 295 is just two 290's and you can get 290's for £140 and i would always go dual card's over dual gpu card

Just to pick up on something here, the 295 is two 290"s not two 290x"s?

Bonjour · 25 Mar 2015 at 16:23

I think it's two 290Xs. It's advertised as having twice the number of streams as a 290X, anyway.

VincentHanna · 25 Mar 2015 at 16:25

295x2 is 2x 290x's

295x2 runs at 1018 Mhz core clock
290x runs at 1000 Mhz
290 runs at 947 Mhz and has less shader units.

NZXT30 · 26 Mar 2015 at 22:04

Hey guys I got a question for my incoming 295x2. Do I need to get any extra long screws to do push/pull setup for the rad?

Divine Pain · 26 Mar 2015 at 22:12

You would get one set with your purchase. But you will need another set of 4 if you want push+pull

NZXT30 · 26 Mar 2015 at 22:24

Divine Pain said:
You would get one set with your purchase. But you will need another set of 4 if you want push+pull

The case I ordered has one 120mm fan at the top pre-installed and I want to add the 295x2 radiator with its own fan underneath it. If that makes more sense.

Divine Pain · 27 Mar 2015 at 03:20

You would still need a set of long screws if you want push & pull though, the fan pre installed with the case will most likely be short screws.

Watlinguk · 27 Mar 2015 at 09:21

AMDMatt, do you have any of your videos or links to your 295X2 Quadfire setup please? would like to get a good gauge of how much an increase it is to take the plunge and buy another, especially at 1440p res. Do you think cooling would be an issue if they where sandwiched together please? the most temp ive seen on my current 295x2 is 65oc