Radeon R9 295X2 - Why so scarce in market place?

[rcald2000]

Why is this card so scarce? I see two listings on NewEgg and only one on Amazon.

 

[sirstinky]

It's the fastest card you can get now and it's a really good price for it. It was $1000+ when it was released last year, and now you can find it for around $800 or a hair under even. You can bet at that price point, everyone and their uncle with $800 to burn on a graphics setup will want one. NVIDIA's Titan X isn't as good for the same price.

 

[chenw]

There was also a sale a while back that got them to even $650, so I reckon any remaining stock would have depleted and could already be EoL'ed

 

[sizzling]

Its cheap for a reason. It runs very hot and eats watts, it comes with all the issues of crossfire which include driver problems whenever games are released. At this point in time I would wait for the 980ti or new AMD cards, most should have more VRAM as well as the 295x2 actually only has an effective 4gb.

 

[kwa-e]

AMD wants to get rid of all as much of their stock of the R9 2xx series before they release the 3xx series.

The cards aren't being produced anymore.

 

[Cristi72]

Its cheap for a reason. It runs very hot and eats watts, it comes with all the issues of crossfire which include driver problems whenever games are released. At this point in time I would wait for the 980ti or new AMD cards, most should have more VRAM as well as the 295x2 actually only has an effective 4gb.

Well, this is not the case: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-review-benchmark-performance,3799-17.html

 

[sizzling]

Its cheap for a reason. It runs very hot and eats watts, it comes with all the issues of crossfire which include driver problems whenever games are released. At this point in time I would wait for the 980ti or new AMD cards, most should have more VRAM as well as the 295x2 actually only has an effective 4gb.

Well, this is not the case: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-review-benchmark-performance,3799-17.html

For a non OC'd watercooled system a stable 65c after warming up is 'Hot' when compared to other dual card setups that are not watercooled.

 

[kwa-e]

Then it isn't hot at all, you weren't comparing it to dual setups at all.

(Pretty impressive for a single AIO rad.)

 

[sizzling]

Then it isn't hot at all, you weren't comparing it to dual setups at all.

(Pretty impressive for a single AIO rad.)

So we disagree about one piece of my statement, you haven't changed my opinion yet. I take it you agree with the rest? Would you buy one of these cards if it were your money, I wouldn't.

 

[sizzling]

Lol, looks like Tom's agree with all my thoughts about the 295x2 in the conclusion for the new 980Ti http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti,review-33214-11.html

Quote "It’s big, it’s hot, it’s power-hungry and as The Witcher 3 illustrates, it’s still subject to the limitations of CrossFire and the expediency of a company that’s slow on driver updates as of late"

 

[Cristi72]

Its cheap for a reason. It runs very hot and eats watts, it comes with all the issues of crossfire which include driver problems whenever games are released. At this point in time I would wait for the 980ti or new AMD cards, most should have more VRAM as well as the 295x2 actually only has an effective 4gb.

Well, this is not the case: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-review-benchmark-performance,3799-17.html

For a non OC'd watercooled system a stable 65c after warming up is 'Hot' when compared to other dual card setups that are not watercooled.

Actually the 65C is the PEAK temperature for a non OC'ed pair of R9-290x, which is quite impressive given the 95C temps on the original 290X cards. In the same 10-min time bracket, my single non Oc'ed GTX570 is reaching the same 65C temperature (20C ambient) by using the Asus' Direct CUII cooler, which is a tree-slot monster, all in a fairly big case with lots of airflow, and the fans became very annoying.

An R9-295x2 card is the way to go for cases with limited space and sub-par airfow, or for someone in need for a powerful GPU in a single PCI-e x16 slot (a mainstream motherboard).

 

[Cristi72]

Lol, looks like Tom's agree with all my thoughts about the 295x2 in the conclusion for the new 980Ti http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti,review-33214-11.html

Quote "It’s big, it’s hot, it’s power-hungry and as The Witcher 3 illustrates, it’s still subject to the limitations of CrossFire and the expediency of a company that’s slow on driver updates as of late"

Now I'm waiting for the GTX990 in the same form-factor, to make a fair comparison

 

[kwa-e]

Given the performance you can get in AAA titles compared to what a similarly priced nvidia card can do the 295x2 provides great value,

And Id rather wait 3 weeks for a driver update rather than spend an extra $400 (Cost as of now, anyway. Expect prices to drop.) on a 980 SLI setup that does the same thing, but I know there are those who are willing to disagree.

 

[sizzling]

3 weeks, optimist. 3 months more like

But yes it is a great power to price ratio, just has to be weighed up with the downsides. Each to their own but I think the alternatives more than justify the cost difference