Would adding a R9 295x2 be worth it?

[Doogles]

My R9 290 doesn't really do enough for me anymore when it comes to some games mostly BF4 and the now upcoming BF1 so would it be worth adding a R9 295x2? Would get a GTX 1080 but I would like to be able to use Freesync still.

 

[Doogles]

Thanks for the contributions I have thought of the VRAM and that doesn't bother me too much as I've never really gone above 3.5GB but in the future this will change.

The reason I am not interested in a Fury X is the price is still very high for them and the price to performance isn't high enough.

Does anyone hold out any hope that Vega will match a GTX 1070 because if so I am more than happy to wait.

 

[Doogles]

Let's hope it's between that and a 1080 so those of us with Fury cards can get a decent upgrade from the die shrink. If not I may go with a G-sync monitor which will then tie me to the team that at least has upgrade options.

It makes me wonder how they'll deal with the fact that performance requirements should eventually top out, What will they then do to get us to upgrade?

Nerf older cards?
Get heavily involved with game development so that we end up needing 24 gb's of ram for maxed 1080p gaming?

They'll obviously need to find a way to make people on 2020's Titan XXX and the Furious fury need an upgrade in 2022.

I imagine that AMD will end up with topping out power consumption then make it so they refine it for more performance awhile using the same amount of power.

Which R9 290 you have? They can easily overclock and wait until Vega. At 1080p with latest drivers chews anything, and has full support of DX12.

Saying that, if you can find a cheap 295X2, sell the R9 290 and keep the 295X2 only.

I have one with modded on Gelid Icy Vision as it is a reference design and I can't overclock it over 1050mhz core without adding voltage. I have seen a R9 295x2 in the MM for £270 so am really considering getting it, if it doesn't work out well with my R9 290 I can always sell this and keep the other card.