Hail to the King: Introducing the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

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As a member of AMD’s graphics division, I’m surrounded by cool technologies each and every day: pre-release Mantle games, AMD TrueAudio tools and demos, UltraHD displays, liquid cooled rigs, wicked fast GPUs and more. I love each and every one of these technologies as an employee and a PC gaming enthusiast, but it’s not every day that these technologies come together at the same time or in the same place. The simultaneous intersection of these things would be a great occasion for me, often a tradeshow like E3 or GDC. But it just so happens that today is one of those “great occasions,” as I’ve received the honor of unveiling in this blog the coolest, quietest, fastest and most advanced graphics card we’ve ever built: the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2.

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linus from linus tech tips has just got one and they compare it to dual 780tis.

AMD R9 295X2 TRULY Enthusiast Grade Graphics Card: http://youtu.be/JEgsG_wl0kc
 

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Aqua Computer, a maker of liquid cooling solutions from Germany, on Tuesday introduced the world’s first full-cover water-block for AMD Radeon R9 295 X2 graphics card. The kryographics Vesuvius water-block is designed for custom-built liquid-cooled systems and is aimed at experienced enthusiasts who are seeking either additional performance from AMD’s dual-chip graphics board, want to reduce then noise of the model R9 295 X2 compared to the reference cooler, or both.
Source: Aqua Computer unveils full-cover water-block for Radeon R9 295X2 | KitGuru
 

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The industry wants us to keep spending! Go buy that new 4k monitor so you need the 295X2:D
 

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yeah but even then it cant exactly get amazing frame rates on demanding games at 4k. 40ish fps isnt exactly future proofing.

plus 4k wont impact the pc market that much imo, the latest range of 21:9 ratio monitors is where it's at!!
 

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