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GTX 970 SLI vs R9 295X2

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September 29, 2014 1:56:19 AM

Hey.
i want to buy one of this cards, i can to buy the 295X2 in just 900$
and 2 of the GTX 970 in 700$
what is more powerful?
i going to get the new ASUS PG278Q or the SAMSUNG UHD 4K 28' Monitor.
i have 5820K With MSI X99 GAMING 7
and i have water cooling, H110.
what the best graphics card for me?
i am going to use it for games and Hard video editing.
thank you guys :) 

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September 29, 2014 2:02:39 AM

r9 295x2 is bacially r9 290x2 in a single card so as gtx 970 is better than r9 290 then gtx 970 SLI will be aslo better than r9 295x2 and will draw about 300 watt with 2 cards installed where as the r9 295x2 will draw about 500 watt of power.
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a c 173 U Graphics card
September 29, 2014 2:03:08 AM

GTX970 x 2.

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September 29, 2014 2:04:16 AM

R9 295x2 is indeed better,because 2x GTX 980 are slightly weaker than the 295x2.
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September 29, 2014 2:07:08 AM

LukaBoki said:
R9 295x2 is indeed better,because 2x GTX 980 are slightly weaker than the 295x2.


Do you have a benchmark? I am interested in the results as that is different to what I would have expected
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September 29, 2014 2:10:52 AM

I am not at home right now,I'm at school,but I can tell you that the 295x2 gets about ~115 FPS at BF4 at ultra t 4K while 2xGTX 980 get about ~100 ior something.
I'll make sure to give you the benchmark when I get home. :) 
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September 29, 2014 2:15:21 AM

I am not disputing as I had not looked into, would just like to read any articles. I have linked to one I have just found which does support what you are saying. Seems odd though as in theory you would expect the 980's to be faster
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September 29, 2014 2:15:47 AM

But the R9 295X2 have a liquid cooling so is more cooler than GTX 970 no? and because of this he gets more FPS
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a c 173 U Graphics card
September 29, 2014 2:16:14 AM

SLI is superior to Crossfire in many ways.

If the performance is similar, then always choose the better dual GPU solution.

Not to mention the GTX970s are so much cheaper.
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a c 329 U Graphics card
September 29, 2014 2:20:06 AM

Here is a review, And as a whole the R9 295X2 performs better. At 4k resolutions, the R9 295X2 defiantly proves itself as the better option, dominating the GTX 970 in areas.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_970_sl...

Is it worth the extra $100? That is up to you to decide, for me it defiantly is.

Thought that said SLI is better then crossfire, but the R9 295X2 does pack it's might.
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September 29, 2014 2:34:32 AM

unknownofprob said:
Here is a review, And as a whole the R9 295X2 performs better. At 4k resolutions, the R9 295X2 defiantly proves itself as the better option, dominating the GTX 970 in areas.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_970_sl...

Is it worth the extra $100? That is up to you to decide, for me it defiantly is.

Thought that said SLI is better then crossfire, but the R9 295X2 does pack it's might.

but maybe i will go with the 1440P ASUS ROG with the G-SYNC.. so what now more powerful for 1440P Monitor?
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September 29, 2014 3:52:19 AM

If you want G-Sync then you need N-Vidia

Also the difference in the benchmarks at 4k is small IMO, also seeing as the 970 has only just released I would expect performance gains in the near future as updated drivers are released.
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September 29, 2014 3:56:30 AM

sizzling said:
If you want G-Sync then you need N-Vidia

Also the difference in the benchmarks at 4k is small IMO, also seeing as the 970 has only just released I would expect performance gains in the near future as updated drivers are released.


Since its Maxwell 2.0, you may be right. Which would be awesome, it hasn't really happened significantly since the GTX580.

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October 8, 2014 9:15:53 AM

Hey Oxprime,
I have a 5820k on a ASrock x99 Killer MB with 16 megs of gskill 2400 ram. I am using a powercolor R9 295x2 and a 34inch LG 34um95 which has a Ultra wide 34440 x 1440 native resolution and win 8.1, a 840 evo 1 tb SSD and a 1,300 watt EVGA PSU. I have had great luck with this set-up and the graphics look just awesome. I have not benchmarked any games, but everything runs just perfect at the highest possible settings. My system is not overclocked and it runs very cool no matter how long I am gaming or what I am running. Just a great combo for the time being until 4k is more of a standard. Good luck
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