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FRONTPAGE AMD R9 295x2 Video Card Review
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Very nice review.
The price is a little hard to swallow though.
You could get 2 X 290X with waterblocks for less money.
That being said I bet that they sell well and become very hard to find.
The price is a little hard to swallow though.
You could get 2 X 290X with waterblocks for less money.
That being said I bet that they sell well and become very hard to find.
Thanks!
And yes, the price is hard to swallow, no doubt. Don't forget you need to buy the rest of the loop as well (rads/pump/fittings, etc)...
2 290x reference cards = $1K
2 blocks = $230
1 360 rad = $65
1 pump = $70
fittings/tubing = $50
That is $1415. And while its a better cooling solution, there is also the effort/time to set it up. I am not defending the price, I would like to see it lower, no doubt, but seeing it out like that puts things into perspective a bit I think...Most have parts of the loop built so a better case would be taking the pump out which takes it to around $1350 or so.
And yes, the price is hard to swallow, no doubt. Don't forget you need to buy the rest of the loop as well (rads/pump/fittings, etc)...
2 290x reference cards = $1K
2 blocks = $230
1 360 rad = $65
1 pump = $70
fittings/tubing = $50
That is $1415. And while its a better cooling solution, there is also the effort/time to set it up. I am not defending the price, I would like to see it lower, no doubt, but seeing it out like that puts things into perspective a bit I think...Most have parts of the loop built so a better case would be taking the pump out which takes it to around $1350 or so.
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Awesome review ED. I've been waiting for someone here to do their review on this card. It really looks like it's a beast.
I could be mistaken, but I believe I saw somewhere that EK has/is making a waterblock for this card that slims it down to a single card slot (assuming they have some sort of replacement slot solution).
Ah, found it. Link
I could be mistaken, but I believe I saw somewhere that EK has/is making a waterblock for this card that slims it down to a single card slot (assuming they have some sort of replacement slot solution).
Ah, found it. Link
Plus fans. Very nice review ED. It's outta my league but I still gotta wonder...Is the AIO component style i.e. can you upgrade the rad to say a 240 or 360 or even 60mm thick rad or are you stuck with the stock equipment? Also how does the Asetek pump and block compare to say a XSPC ?
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What a <power hungry> beast...wow!
Nicely done
Nicely done
You can upgrade anything with enough effort. That said, there are no 'barbs' that traditional custom loops have on it so this would be a heck of an effort to mod and add radiator to the existing Asetek pumps IMO.
Thanks! ANd it really did do a better job than I expected.Nice work Joe, that cooler did better than I expected
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Jack it up to $1600 and give me a H110 instead of that dinky 120mm thing
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great review earthdog. I've bit the bullet and ended up getting the card. And I do plan on modding the aio loop and using the asetek pumps in a custom loop with 2 120mm rads.
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Is it going in your green monster?
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Yep that's right its going into the little red monster
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Very nice review. You had fun!
I'm hoping to see some one-upmanship next year by AMD and NVidia. Their labs must be twitching with ideas.
I'm hoping to see some one-upmanship next year by AMD and NVidia. Their labs must be twitching with ideas.
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Wow, this is insane.
Do dual GPU vid cards at least end up using less power than two, discrete
GPU's of the same type (at idle and load)? Or more?
888 Watts power usage = 8 amps at the wall socket? What happens if you
only have a 6 amp circuit breaker?
At the last LAN party I went to, there were power outages, this despite
the fact the host had upgraded his circuit breakers specifically for this
LAN party.
Do dual GPU vid cards at least end up using less power than two, discrete
GPU's of the same type (at idle and load)? Or more?
888 Watts power usage = 8 amps at the wall socket? What happens if you
only have a 6 amp circuit breaker?
At the last LAN party I went to, there were power outages, this despite
the fact the host had upgraded his circuit breakers specifically for this
LAN party.
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"I bet a lot of people are curious as to how the Asetek built 120 mm AIO worked on getting rid of up to 500 watts of heat"
Not really. Because it is only cooling the 2 cores of the card, and not the whole card. So I would guess that it is more like 200-250 watts that it is cooling, which given the temps under load seems about right. Sorry, but I just had to point that one out, it's the smart *** in me
Not really. Because it is only cooling the 2 cores of the card, and not the whole card. So I would guess that it is more like 200-250 watts that it is cooling, which given the temps under load seems about right. Sorry, but I just had to point that one out, it's the smart *** in me
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Considering the core(s) is going to be 90+% of the heat, it isnt far off. Think of the video card like you would a cpu and motherboard, the overwhelming majority of the heat and power use is the cpu.
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