AMD launches Radeon R9 295X2

In few hours AMD will unveil its fastest Radeon graphics card.

AMD Radeon R9 2952X2 specifications and performance

The AMD Radeon R9 295X2 is a dual-GPU graphics card equipped with two Hawaii XT GPUs. Card features 5632 Stream Processors, 352 Texture Mapping Units and a total of 128 Raster Operating Units. Both GPUs are tied with 4GB GDDR5 memory and 512-bit interface. The R9 295X2 has a default clock of 1018 MHz, which will vary depending on the use. The memory is running at the same speed as other R9 290 series cards — 1250 MHz.

Thanks to rather highly clocked GPUs we have the first consumer graphics card to reach 11.5 TFLOPs in single precision computing power.

AMD equipped its new video card with two 8-pin power connectors. R9 295X2 has been rated at 500W typical board power. Their direct competitor, NVIDIA, would lower the clocks and lower the TDP at the same time, but AMD has different philosophy. They said: nope, we will actually increase the clocks!

Some preliminary benchmarks I’ve seen undoubtedly show which card is currently the fastest on the market. In fact, in most games it beats 780 Ti SLI in in terms of framerates and frametimes altogether. The only problem is power consumption. If you expect it to consume less power than 780 SLI then you might be disappointed.

AMD Radeon R9 295X2 will be available starting from April 21st. The MSRP is $1499.

AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Specifications
	AMD Radeon R9 295 X2	AMD Radeon R9 290X	GeForce GTX TITAN Z	GeForce GTX 780 Ti
GPU Codename	Vesuvius		–	–
GPU Model	2x Hawaii XT	Hawaii XT	2x GK110-400	GK110-425
Unified Cores	2x 2816 (5632)	2816	2x 2880	2880
TMUs	2x 176 (352)	176	2x 240	240
ROPs	2x 64 (128)	64	2x 48	48
Memory	2x 4GB (8GB)	4GB	2x 6144 MB	3072
Memory Bus	2x 512b	512b	2x 384b	384b
Core Clock	1018 MHz	1000 MHz	–	875 MHz
Memory Clock	1250 MHz	1250 MHz	–	928 MHz
Power Connectors	8pin + 8pin	8pin + 6pin	8pin + 8pin	8pin + 6pin
TDP	500W	250W	–	250W
Launch Date	April 8th, 2014	Oct 24th, 2013	April 2014	Nov 7th, 2013

AMD Radeon R9 2952X2 cooling

AMD Radeon R9 2952X2 is the first reference video card to feature hybrid cooling solution. Card is equipped with an external radiator, two pumps and 30cm long rubber tubes. If you had the opportunity to see Arctic’s Accelero Hybrid, then you know what to expect.