AMD To Slash Price Of R9 295X2 By $500

[tolham]

that's still not worth it. this card is only 2 tiers higher than the 780ti on tomshardware's hierarchy chart, and that card drops to 630 on a regular basis. at full price, the 295x2 is more than twice the cost of two 780ti's.

 

[CAaronD]

If only this discount applied in Malaysia and we didn't have 10% extra price 🙁 This is an AMAZING deal!!! I really want this!!! Sadly my budget for a PC is the cost of one R9295x2 discounted 🙁

 

[chaosmassive]

whoaa, that just mean whoever has bought GTX titan Z
nvidia has milked for at least a grand

well done nvidia...keep it up.., its really disgusting..

 

[IInuyasha74]

that's still not worth it. this card is only 2 tiers higher than the 780ti on tomshardware's hierarchy chart, and that card drops to 630 on a regular basis. at full price, the 295x2 is more than twice the cost of two 780ti's.

It has more performance than two 780ti's in SLI.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-review-benchmark-performance,3799-5.html

The only reason it is two places above the 780Ti and not more because faster cards between the two have not been invented to fill the space between them. The grid just lists cards in a straight order by which is better than which and which are equal or close to equal. It doesn't dhow the level of difference between any two points.

 

[hst101rox]

At any rate a few years from now it'll be more like $120, though less energy efficient as the latest tech

 

[somebodyspecial]

So this card, which performance-wise competes with the Titan Z, continues to be priced so much cheaper than that card that it's not exactly clear to me how Nvidia can still sell the damn thing. It seems to me that the Titan Z is just ridiculously overpriced.

Simple: PRO APPS. Titan Z while sold to gamers occasionally, is really sold to PRO APP users who occasionally game I don't understand why people don't seem to get this. Look up the price of the pro versions of the card and you'll get the picture. The difference being you can call for help for the extra few grand, where here you can't.

 

[Jsmooth1992]

Sigh....that moment when you thought the heading said "slashed TO $500"....only to find out it's been slashed BY. lol

 

[xizel]

this should tell you how much the markup for these so called "dual gpu" cards is....i would really like to know much it really cost to manufacture these cards

Manufacturing is pennies on the dollar, its the cost of the RAM and GPU. I guess it depends on how RAM and GPU you can buy bulk... I would even speculate the RAM on higher end cards may cost more then the GPU!

Like this gent said, Manufacturing is pennies on the dollar, the real cost is the years of high level engineers who developed the chip!

 

[eldragon0]

that's still not worth it. this card is only 2 tiers higher than the 780ti on tomshardware's hierarchy chart, and that card drops to 630 on a regular basis. at full price, the 295x2 is more than twice the cost of two 780ti's.

... Really? I mean... actually, really? The r9 290x trades punches and usually comes out on top when compared to the 780ti, the 290x is a 500-550$ card, The 780 ti is a 650 - 700 $ card. The 295 has 2x 290x's in it, on one card and is liquid cooled. You show me a single place where buying dual 780 TI's using more power AND paying for the water cooling on it justifies the 400+$ difference between a 295 @ 1000$.

 

[tolham]

It has more performance than two 780ti's in SLI.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-rev...

uh, did you actually look at that chart? the 295x2 is the same or worse at 1440 and only slightly better at 4k.

The only reason it is two places above the 780Ti and not more because faster cards between the two have not been invented to fill the space between them. The grid just lists cards in a straight order by which is better than which and which are equal or close to equal. It doesn't dhow the level of difference between any two points.

"I don’t recommend upgrading your graphics card unless the replacement card is at least three tiers higher. Otherwise, the upgrade is somewhat parallel, and you may not even notice any worthwhile difference in performance."

 

[tolham]

The r9 290x trades punches and usually comes out on top when compared to the 780ti, the 290x is a 500-550$ card, The 780 ti is a 650 - 700 $ card.

the 290x is one tier lower than the 780ti. the 780ti costs 630 to 715, and the 290x costs 500 to 800.

You show me a single place where buying dual 780 TI's using more power AND paying for the water cooling on it justifies the 400+$ difference between a 295 @ 1000$.

the 295x2 is only 1000 on discount for a limited time, its full price is 1500, and the dual 780ti doesn't need extra water cooling to match performance.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Sigh....that moment when you thought the heading said "slashed TO $500"....only to find out it's been slashed BY. lol

Unfortunately it would do you little good if it was slashed to $500 because they would sell out about as fast as if it was free.

 

[GObonzo]

cooling solution that either barely works or this card is just a bad idea from manufacturer. all the users I've read from are saying 70°C is normal for an average game, 40°+ is normal for idle. i barely reach 50° with my 770 running the most demanding games in the world and everything maxed out @ 1080p, idling @ 25°.

 

[IInuyasha74]

cooling solution that either barely works or this card is just a bad idea from manufacturer. all the users I've read from are saying 70°C is normal for an average game, 40°+ is normal for idle. i barely reach 50° with my 770 running the most demanding games in the world and everything maxed out @ 1080p, idling @ 25°.

Do you even realize what this product is? It uses two R9 290x GPU dies. One R9 290x gpu die uses more power and produces more heat than the GTX 770 to begin with. On top of that, there are two of them.

So imagine for a second you had two GTX 770 GPU dies on the same card with your current cooling solution. Your card would be running at 50C idle, and over 100C full load. The fact this card hits 70C at full load means its doing a much much better job cooling than your card to begin with. Not to mention the performance is several times higher than your card. Your comparison is really narrow minded.

 

[GObonzo]

cooling solution that either barely works or this card is just a bad idea from manufacturer. all the users I've read from are saying 70°C is normal for an average game, 40°+ is normal for idle. i barely reach 50° with my 770 running the most demanding games in the world and everything maxed out @ 1080p, idling @ 25°.

Do you even realize what this product is? It uses two R9 290x GPU dies. One R9 290x gpu die uses more power and produces more heat than the GTX 770 to begin with. On top of that, there are two of them.

So imagine for a second you had two GTX 770 GPU dies on the same card with your current cooling solution. Your card would be running at 50C idle, and over 100C full load. The fact this card hits 70C at full load means its doing a much much better job cooling than your card to begin with. Not to mention the performance is several times higher than your card. Your comparison is really narrow minded.

yes, 295 means 290 x2. doesn't matter what card you're comparing it to, hybrid water cooling shouldn't let it get this unbelievably hot. like i said, a bad idea by the manufacturer. should wait until they have the cooling down before selling an overpriced heater. this card has terrible reviews on Newegg and have never seen a 5/5 star rating anywhere. no wonder they're slashing prices