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Devil13 295X2?

 

[Final8ty]

PowerColor Radeon R9 295X2 Devil13 requires four 8-pin power connectors

Is this the first ever card to require four 8pin power connectors? The amount of power that can be delivered through them is absolutely insane. Of course this will affect two things, the overclocking capabilities and ? your wallet, when it comes to paying for the power.

PowerColor?s R9 295X2 is triple-slot design, but it also has a backplate, so it?s even thicker. There are three fans, each of the same diameter (100mm?).

Radeon R9 295X2 Devil13 features two Hawaii XT GPUs with a total of 5760 Stream Processors. Each GPU has it?s own 4GB GDDR5 memory and 512-bit interface. At this point we have no information about the clock speeds, but I would be surprised if this card is not factory-overclocked.

Whether you like it or not, you are probably looking at the fastest graphics card on the planet.

Is Inno3d GTX TITAN-Z with custom HerculeZ cooler going to beat it? Let?s wait few more days, as both cards should be released this month.

http://videocardz.com/50434/powercolor-radeon-r9-295x2-devil13-requires-four-8pin-power-connectors

 

[wand3r3r]

Interesting.

I doubt it can compete with the AIO water cooling of the 295x2, but I bet it can compete with price!

I'll be interested in seeing how it tames the 290/x.

 

[3DVagabond]

So, the reference card is watercooled and the custom card is aircooled? Maybe it'll be cheaper?

Ugly as backplate, though.

 

[NTMBK]

It's got a three slot cooler, and a backplate so thick that it takes up a fourth slot... Why on earth would anyone buy this, instead of just buying two 290X and calling it a day?

 

[Silverforce11]

I don't get it, reference hybrid cooler dumps all the heat out the case, this one dumps it all in your case.

Step backwards, no?

 

[3DVagabond]

Cheaper maybe? Suppose it's closer to $1000 than $1500 and performs the same. Does it make sense then?

 

[AntonioHG]

My God.

 

[wand3r3r]

I think this card comes down to 2 things: Cooling (can it handle dual gpu well), and price. Otherwise competing with the 295x2 doesn't make sense (imo).

Another thought, maybe they started this before getting word of vesivius (295x2) but I highly doubt it.

 

[Gloomy]

This seems like a downgrade :\

They need to make a single slot waterblocked 295X2. And have it come with a 240mm rad with an integrated pump, prefilled etc. :thumbsup:

 

[RaistlinZ]

I like the water cooling setup of the reference 295x2 better. Hopefully this card will come in at $1000 or so.

 

[SlickR12345]

I think if its $1000 to $1100 it can compete easily with the $1500 water cooled version.

For a bit more noise and probably slightly higher temperatures you have ease of install(many people can't install water cooling/don't know how it operates) and obviously $400/500 cheaper than the reference it will be a good purchase.

If its same/similar price though at $1400/$1500 it won't be competitive and a water cooled is always better.

 

[Kenmitch]

If nothing else it should be able to break the power draw record.

2nd thought....Might have a shot at the heaviest gpu record also.

Seems like a strange card to release after the ref 295x2 to me.

I'll read the reviews when they come out. I'm not expecting anything earth shattering at this time....Guess I'll wait and see how it turns out.

 

[skipsneeky2]

A 500w card with a custom air cooler? I recall my old gtx295 and a 6990 both sounding like a blow dryer, maybe this card can do it right.

 

[SKORPI0]

http://videocardz.com/50434/powercolor-radeon-r9-295x2-devil13-requires-four-8pin-power-connectors
http://www.overclock.net/t/1487200/vdz-powercolor-teasing-radeon-r9-295x2-devil13
D:

 

[rtsurfer]

The best thing for this card would be EK making a Water Block for it.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

4x8pin????? :O
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What?! "Once my 295x2 hits 88Teraflops you see some serious stuff! It only takes 1.21 gigawatts!" (Ignore my terrible butchering of the quote, I've never seen bttf)

 

[Stuka87]

Ignore my terrible butchering of the quote, I've never seen bttf)

WHAT?! Stop whatever it is you are doing right now, and go watch it. What you just said is a travesty!

Now, back on topic. This card, with all that power available, be would be awesome with a water block. I am sure it will cool fine with the air cooler, PowerColor's air coolers have a good record for working well. But thats a lot of power to dump into a case. A large radiator would really let this thing sing.

 

[Kenmitch]

WHAT?! Stop whatever it is you are doing right now, and go watch it. What you just said is a travesty!

Now, back on topic. This card, with all that power available, be would be awesome with a water block. I am sure it will cool fine with the air cooler, PowerColor's air coolers have a good record for working well. But thats a lot of power to dump into a case. A large radiator would really let this thing sing.

What I find strange is they went air. Powercolor offers water blocked 290x cards already.

 

[3DVagabond]

It's not likely to be $1000. Not when released, anyway.

 

[Attic]

That's an outrageous card.

The fans have two sets of blades, one smaller and one larger.


I don't know about the card being cooled by an air cooler, even a HSF as substantial as we see hear. 3x100mm fans is best i've seen, Tri-x is 3x92mm AFAIK. 4x8pin is something given that the 295 is 2x8pin. Though with the 4x8pin, it is only allowed to draw 1x75w from the PCI Express graphics slot instead of a 2x290x getting to suck 2x75w from PCI Express slots. What's more stunning is the 295 on 2x8pin IMO, though we know it's drawing beyond the 150w from each 8pin.

 

[3DVagabond]

That's an outrageous card.

The fans have two sets of blades, one smaller and one larger.


I don't know about the card being cooled by an air cooler, even a HSF as substantial as we see hear. 3x100mm fans is best i've seen, Tri-x is 3x92mm AFAIK. 4x8pin is something given that the 295 is 2x8pin. Though with the 4x8pin, it is only allowed to draw 1x75w from the PCI Express graphics slot instead of a 2x290x getting to suck 2x75w from PCI Express slots. What's more stunning is the 295 on 2x8pin IMO, though we know it's drawing beyond the 150w from each 8pin.

There have been some issues with powering the 295X2 Crossfire by a couple of sites. [H] couldn't do it with the Enermax 1350W platinum. Now, I really have a hard time believing that PSU (if in good working order) couldn't supply the power needed. JonnyGuru, who works for Corsair now, says you need to turn off OCP on the new 1500W Titanium Corsair PSU. This says to me that they are drawing too much juice through each 8 pin for these PSU's protections.

By going with 4x 8pin this should fix the situation. On multi rail PSU's like the Enermax, it will allow for dividing the load across more rails. With a single rail supply, like the Corsair, it won't be drawing as much power through the single connector and triggering the OCP protection. Basically, by ignoring the 175W load restriction on the 8pin connector, even though they can handle it, the PSU's are seeing a load that they believe is a fault. Bad move by AMD IMO trying to avoid people labeling the TDP of the card in reference to it's connectors. I'm sure that we will see someone put in print that the Powercolor card has a 675W TDP because that's what the connectors are rated at.

It's funny how AMD always manages to come up with a SNAFU no matter how good of a job they do. The 295X2 is an awesome card, brutal in it's execution. There's always got to be some niggling little thing though that they overlook.

 

[Headfoot]

It's funny how AMD always manages to come up with a SNAFU no matter how good of a job they do. The 295X2 is an awesome card, brutal in it's execution. There's always got to be some niggling little thing though that they overlook.

Life on the enthusiast edge comes with its niggles though. Separates the men from the boys!

 

[Attic]

Life on the enthusiast edge comes with its niggles though. Separates the men from the boys!

Some niggles niggle more than other niggles.


Edit: niggle

 

[Denithor]

Wonder how this thing would do at Bitcoin mining?

LOL