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fatslob-:O said:
Captain_Tom said:

The 295X2 was the main competitor to the Titan Z, and by saying it didn't make "anything" look silly you are clearly defending it.

Sure the Titan Z is a disaster but can we move on from that ? Hell most Nvidia fans don't even acknowledge it ... We get it that a Titan Z is a colassal failure compared to the R9 295X2. 


Well than what are we talking about?  Yeah two 780 Ti's are generally more than a 295X2.  That is a fact, and there is no need to further that conversation either.  Hell the 780 Ti was always kinda a joke im my eyes too.  Now that I will talk about...



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Tachikoma said:

Because you're moving the goalposts to sidestep your initial claims.

780ti prices are dropping because the 980 replaces it, using the prices from stores that havent yet dropped theirs is about as accurate as working in stores like this one : http://www.amazon.com/Radeon-Dual-R9-295X2-Series/dp/B00KMCMMRU/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1411626350&sr=8-12&keywords=295+x2

when working out the average for the 295x2

Multiple vendors selling multiple versions of the 780ti at sub $500 prices is not an anomaly.

My initial statement was you can buy two 780ti's for roughly the same price as a 295x2, and get the same performance and in many cases better performance.

Both parts of that statement are true.

you CAN buy two for the same or less than the 295x2
you WILL get comparable or better performance

Doesn't matter if you can when a lot of customers can't ... 

That'd be like saying I can find a pair of GTX 680/770's for $200 each. It's trending towards sub $500 but it's far from over for being able to find GTX 780TI's for sub $500 easily. 



fatslob-:O said:

Doesn't matter if you can when a lot of customers can't ... 

That'd be like saying I can find a pair of GTX 680/770's for $200. It's trending towards sub $500 but it's far from over for being able to find GTX 780TI's for sub $500 easily. 

A lot of customers can't buy the 295 x2 for $1000 either. Most places in UK don't even stock it and the few that do are asking upwards of 800 GBP on average, which is $1300.

The average price on Amazon UK for a 295x2 is closer to 950 gbp, which is $1550+

Just because a persons location or choice of shopping doesn't let them buy things for a certain price doesn't mean it's impossible, at the same time it doesn't exclude alternative products such as the 295x2 from being hard to find or higher in price too.

Frankly anyone buying a 295X2 or Titan Z right now on in the near future, unless theyre snagging one that was mispriced for a crazy low price, don't have all of their dogs barking. Hell i'd genuinely question the legitimacy of buying a GPU at all this entire year, given how massively outclassed it's going to be by next year, more so than the progression of previous years.

We're fast approaching the bottlenecking point for GDDR5, the next time i upgrade my system i seriously doubt the cards of the day will be using GDDR5 at all.

And more on topic, I'm going to give the first generation of stacked DRAM gpu's a wide birth and let the early adopters iron out the kinks. ever since the advent of rohs, first gen surface mount components have been a clusterfuck.



CGI-Quality said:
Give me my GM200 GPU, NVIDIA! SLI in Feb if all is on and poppin'!

Otherwise, I'd prefer NOT to buy a GTX 990 (dual-GPU), unless we're looking at something more akin to the 690, rather than that major letdown known as the Titan Z!

Wow, I just read about the leaked specs for the GM200. Maxwell in full power will be unstoppable. Definitely first day buy. Gonna be a worthy successor to my 680.

I just hope it hits soon.



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Cool. This competition will yield good results for gamers. Personally I like AMD.



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This week just keeps on getting better and better.



Rumors are fun: first they said that the 390X would be a bigger version of the 290X, which is why they opted for a liquid cooling solution to tame that beast.

Now, not only it will be the first 20nm GPU (why the liquid cooling then?) but also the first that uses HBM.

Time will tell.



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I'm not particularly exciited about liquid cooled monsters, except for they foreshadow a not too distant evolution that will bring higher computing power also in the lower, cheaper and less power-hungry models.



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