The AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Review
by Ryan Smith on April 8, 2014 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- AMD
- Radeon
- Radeon 200
Synthetics
As always we’ll also take a quick look at synthetic performance. These synthetic benchmarks do scale with multiple GPUs, but since we’re just looking at a scaled up version of AMD’s existing Hawaii architecture, we will not find any surprises.
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ruggia - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
I'm looking at results from pcper and toms too and I see nothing "broken". In most cases variances are better than 780 sli or low enough to not be an issuemagnusmundus - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
With a closed loop cooler for both GPU and CPU, you might as well go for a full custom loop and get better cooling and nicer aesthetics.kyuu - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
Er... no? Two CLCs are still quite a bit different from setting up a custom loop.cknobman - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
Your gaming test suite kinda sucks, please update it.Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
The gaming test suite is a constant work in progress, so we're always looking for new games to add to it.Do you have anything in particular you'd like to see? (Keeping in mind that it needs to be practical to benchmark it)
Earballs - Thursday, April 10, 2014 - link
Titanfall at or above 1440 would be most lovelyjkhoward - Thursday, April 10, 2014 - link
I still think that WoW should still be included in these benchmarks..devione - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
Is it really impossible to cool this card without using an AIO cooler, like the Titan Z?mickulty - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
That would require either huge amounts of binning that drives price right up (like the Titan Z), and/or significant reductions in clock speed to accommodate reduced voltage (almost certainly like the Titan Z), resulting in a card that's both overpriced and underpowered (like...). Of course, it's not really fair to compare a card that's with reviewers now and on the shelves in 2 weeks with a card that has only ever been seen as a mockup on one of nvidia's slides =).devione - Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - link
Fair points.I just have an irrational dislike for AIO coolers. I would hope to see custom aire cooled via 3rd party variants, but for a variety of practical reasons I doubt that is going to happen.