| HollyGamer said: It will make my electricity bill spike in one month and it will take a large casing and water cooler system to make the gpu running properly. |
The card is water cooled out of the box, with warranty. It runs cool and quiet and doesn't throttle GPU clock spees like its direct competitor, the Titan Z.
The biggest issue is the power consumption but considering it's as fast as 980 SLI at multi-monitor and 4K gaming for nearly HALF the price, this is a moot point.
Anyone who is considering 980 SLI or 295X2 should probably wait for Q1 2015 as R9 300 series should launch and we will see stronger competition. Now is a bad time to spend so much $ on either NV or AMD. If you want a stop-gap solution, you could find 2 of nearly the best cool and quiet after-market 290s for $500. Since after-market R9 290 = 290X, this is by far the best bang for the buck in the US right now compared to $660 970 SLI, $650 295X2 or the wallet cringing $1100 980 SLI:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-202-080-_-Product
4K and multi-monitor (3x 1080P / 3x 1200P) performance speaks for itself:
