Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 Regular vers. or OC vers. ?!?!

[CharlesDarwin]

Hey, I'm getting myself this beast and I'm not sure if the "OC" version from sapphire is worth the extra 50 bucks?! (Yeah I know, its silly if one is ready to buy something like that, but still every buck's a buck)

Ref:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b2904/sapphire-r9-295x2.html

Oc:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b2914/sapphire-r9-295x2-oc.html

Greets!

 

[Embra]

I would say no, you could do it yourself if you like, Linked are the benefits of OCoing.
Good review overall:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_r9_295x2_review,34.html

 

[Laytonoid]

OC is the same as you doing it yourself. Also, I would get two 290s for way cheaper and better,performance..

 

[kalijaga]

Not really worth the extra 50 bucks. Most of the time you could overclock yourself using ABurner up to 1100Mhz without much problem, as long as the heat dissipation is taken care of.
Yes 2 290x is cheaper, but no backplate, no watercooling, pumps, radiators and able to fit a one PCIe slot.

good luck

 

[T3PShooter]

I would agree with everyone else. Just get the Sapphire R9 295X2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JS8JRHW non-OC version. It's pointless to pay that much extra for an OC'ed card out of the box when you can easily do it yourself.