What is the best card in the market?

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I am currently looking for the best Graphics Card in the world. Money is not an obstacle, nor is power to that card.

Also: GIVE PROOF. I want benchmarks, and anything that would prove it is the best.
 
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If you are talking single card:

R9-295X2 is still the best single card you can buy right now. But it is really two video cards.

Titan Z would be comparable, also a dual GPU, but it also costs $1500 versus the $600-700 of an r9-295x2, so not much of a comparison in my mind.

Raw performance wise the Titan Z (essentially a pair of GTX780Ti) wins by a small margin in most applications, but is more geared towards professionals that need a lot of VRAM.

Most powerful configuration right now would be 4 GTX980 at about $2500. A pair of R9-295x2 would be more cost effective at ~$1500.
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If you are talking single card:

R9-295X2 is still the best single card you can buy right now. But it is really two video cards.

Titan Z would be comparable, also a dual GPU, but it also costs $1500 versus the $600-700 of an r9-295x2, so not much of a comparison in my mind.

Raw performance wise the Titan Z (essentially a pair of GTX780Ti) wins by a small margin in most applications, but is more geared towards professionals that need a lot of VRAM.

Most powerful configuration right now would be 4 GTX980 at about $2500. A pair of R9-295x2 would be more cost effective at ~$1500.
 
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That is exactly what I needed. If you could lead me to a couple benchmarks, I would be grateful. Also, what kind of cooling systems would dominate.

And, if you want to, you can create a list of the best parts (in your opinion)
 
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Benchmarks on these products are variable on what you are doing. As is always the case. Some applications favor Nvidia, some AMD. The huge memory bus on the Radeons helps a lot at higher resolutions, but at lower resolutions the better efficiency on Nvidia's GPUs gets better frame rates sometimes. Toss the GTX980 in the mix and that basically wins every time, but it is also the latest architecture. AMD will be firing back shortly with their 300 series. (Leaked results look promising if accurate)

I pretty much stick to Nvidia since they absorbed 3DFX, though. Fastest AMD card I have owned is a radeon 6670.

If you want a parts list, going to have to start talking money. Unlimited budgets are nice experiments, but a reasonable build hardly ever results.

Kind of dated without GTX980:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-review-benchmark-performance,3799.html

This has both on it, but you get weird results depending on settings and resolution:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/13

 
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I have a $100,000 budget, but is flexible. I personally prefer NVIDIA, but I am open to either.
 
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Not possible to spend that much on a single PC unless we talking getting gold plated and diamond encrusted components.

Most you can conceivably pack into a standard computer is 2 CPUs and 4 GPUs, 128 or 256GB of memory, and it provides no substantial benefit to do so unless you have software that can utilized it.

Beyond that you are talking 3-phase power supplies, server racks, and pieces of equipment that all run special software (and can't play games) and can only be bought directly from OEM IT infrastructure designers.

Might be able to approach 50,000 by going all out on storage, memory. 4 Teslas would run you about 16,000, Fastest Xeon usually hovers around 4,000, so that would be 24,000. A ludicrous amount of memory, and a pile of 1TB SSDs. Still completely impractical, but could play games.
 
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Just for funs, if I had the money.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WpHKGX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WpHKGX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($581.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($466.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($1575.38 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($631.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($629.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($614.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($614.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($614.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($614.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Air 540 Silver ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($128.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor ($599.99 @ Adorama)
Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor ($599.99 @ Adorama)
Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor ($599.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $8861.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 17:41 EST-0500
 
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