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Perhaps, but cost/performance wise my 295x2 is still gold to me.

AMD Fury X far cry 4 game performance from AMD - Tech News and Reviews - Linus Tech Tips

Still need to await real benchmarks next week but if those numbers are true it would be nice. I still wouldnt buy one till the x2 version but pretty sweet.

Hmm drivers always an issue - but eyefinity seems to work better than the nvidia variant did - i had dual 780s before this and id always run into issues. So far ive had no issues running anything on ultra 1440p and a friend of mine picked up dual 980s and loves it so in the end you just get whatever brand you like. I loved my 780s for my triple monitor setup but for now i prefer the quieter 295x2 and the LG 34inch.

I was considering a Titan Z but now im going to wait.

Intrinsic_sl said:

One thing I never even bothered searching, and won't because I'm lazy, but will ask here... The x2 cards are basically just SLI (or Crossfire) on a single board, right? But does itsufferfrom the same things standard SLI (or Crossfire) does, like driver updates for game support, micro stutter, etc...?

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Yes , it is still at the mercy of the game/engine spring multi card use, or trying to brute force it through the card manufacturers software suite (far from ideal)

LTT did a review of the G1 980Ti and it shat all over the Titan X. It's not up on their YouTube channel yet, but even with that card not running its OC profile, it was better than the Titan across all benchmarks.

First legit(non-AMD) benchmarks of the 390x are starting to be released

Radeon R9 390X im Test: Vor allem wegen Treiberarbeit flotter - muss sich die GTX 980 fürchten?

tl;dr the 390x is close to an Nvidia 980, but just a hair behind it, and well behind the 980Ti(and even behind the 780ti in a couple games) at both 1440p and 4k

More 390x benchmarks(with newer games than the one I linked earlier). 390x does unusually well with GTA5, 980Ti-ish

Overclock3D :: Review :: MSI R9 390X Gaming 8G Review :: Introduction and Technical Specifications


And here's a Witcher 3 benchmark, where the 970 outperforms the 390x



Seems like a decent card for someone that wants better performance than a 970, but doesn't want to go all the way up to the point of spending $650+ on a 980ti

I'm just not sure how much of a market there is for people in that range. Seems like the vast majority of PC gamers are either value-conscious, staying in the $200-$300 range for video cards, or bleeding-edge riders who will happily plunk down $650 for a 980Ti(or two)

390x wouldnt be a match for the ti to begin with really - the Fury is the competitor for that and the titan. Those reviews should show up hopefully early next week if not sooner. Also those bench's showing the 295x2 getting low fps under a single 290 when i get over 60 in 1440p makes these benchs a bit suspect.

Going to have to wait till some other sites toss up benchmarks and better drive optimization (well with AMD could be a while!)



Fury X vs Ti

Behold the beast: Full AMD Radeon R9 Fury X tech specs and design details revealed | PCWorld



Still too early to claim legit, need mass reviews.

I pre-ordered a FuryX from NCIX.. all indications point to it being a beast. People have gotten Dirt 3 and Sniper Elite III both running on three 4K monitors (12K effective) with a single card. The memory technology is proving especially interesting, I really had my doubts that 4GB would be enough but it looks like they're working some pretty crazy texture compression.

AMD R9 Fury X Playing Sniper Elite III at Resolution (Over Three 4K Monitors) and 60 FPS
AMD R9 Fury X Demoed at 12K 60FPS with Dirt Rally

HBM and effective memory utilization, as AMD themselves has said, could be the more appropriate answer to that of higher resolutions rather than just increasing the available video memory.

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Middle out. Nice.

Onboard audio on my motherboard is dying it seems, getting constant feedback from both front and back mic ports across multiple pairs of headphones. USB headphones/mic seem to work fine, anyone got any recommendations for a good USB set? Not super concerned with price, just need something with good voice quality that can also play music at decent volume/clarity.

The Corsair pair I grabbed as temporaries from Microcenter seem fine for voice, but the audio playback on them seems middling as best. Far, far worse than my Logitech G230s via the regular audio plugs.

This one has pretty good reviews :
Amazon.com: ASUS Xonar U7 Sound Card: Computers Accessories

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X review - Introduction

AMD's Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card reviewed - The Tech Report - Page 1

Not quite the titan killer but for 7.5 inches its pretty good. However in the end nothing still beats 295x2 for price/performance.

It's really weird that the it performs so much better at 4k than it does at 1440p. I'm hoping there are some driver improvements in the works that are going to improve the performance, but I'm not crossing my fingers.