Read more.Getting tasty with a £500+ budget.
Read more.Getting tasty with a £500+ budget.
Very interesting results indeed.
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Huh, that shadow of mordor result shows nvidia was right with memorygate - you'd think that game would really let the 295x2 make the most of the wider memory bus, but it doesn't.
The 970 sli and 295x2 seem to be about equal, with the 970 sli running you about £50 more.
However, that's two expansion slots and lots of heat being pumped into your case. 295x2 is slightly cheaper and gives you it all in one card with liquid cooling.
I'd give the nod to the 295x2.
Titan X looks very solid, but then it's about twice the price of dual gpu solutions so yeah...
Mind that most people will need a new PSU for the 295x2, which puts it over the cost of the 970x2 - a 550W PSU and a couple of molex to 6-pin converters should suffice for the green solution. It's also louder, despite being liquid cooled. It'd be nice to see a sensibly priced titan X, that'd settle the argument quickly
Makes me not too unhappy with my R9 295X2 purchase but as per usual with AMD its being let down with under par Crossfire drivers.
Please AMD sort it out!
Where?Available from £250 in reference form
I couldn't find one that was EXACTLY £250 but I found:
Zotac GTX 970 - £259 | £259 @ Amazon | Dabs
Gainward GTX 970 - £256 @ Pixmania (though that retailer is a little on the dodgy side)
Palit GTX 970 - £255 | £258 @ Overclockers | Amazon
£255-259 is within 2-4% of £250 so it's a pretty accurate statement!
That would have been quite interesting if a pair of reference 2Gb 960s had been added too. Probably might not cut the mustard at the highest settings. I'm in the market this year to upgrade my 6950. A 970 is looking like the sweet spot if it comes down in price a bit. Waiting for AMD to get their finger out.
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Makes me laugh you use throttling stock 290's but overclocked 3rd party 970's...
Also 970 = 1664 cores (enough with the wrong specs..)
SLI 970's for the win! Fast and efficient and for a great price too.
I'm running evga 970's FTW+ and could not be happier with the prices, heat and the running of my games. Could have got any of the above mentioned.
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You need a really beefy PSU to give the 50A on the 12V rail that the 295x2 wants while still powering the rest of your system - since AMD are playing loose with the 8-pin plug specifications, A 750W PSU is not likely to cut it. Looking at corsair PSU specifications, the only PSU's to leave ~20A clear over the 50A requirement are 850W and above. When I look at the first page of system reviews on HEXUS, OTOH, the highest wattage PSU around only has 750W on offer so you'd be cutting it very close to the max wattage with the majority of pre-built systems - I don't have data on PSU sales, so that's the best I can do.
970 = 4GB GDDR5 since when? it has 3GB GDDR5 + 1GB DDR3 (not good GPU for more than 2k res.)
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It has 4GB of GDDR5 chips, and 3.5GB of this works at GDDR5 speeds - as the SoM results show, this is not an issue for actual gameplay performance
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