Club 3D has hopped on AMD's train and has launched its own Radeon R9 295X2 graphics card. Based on the reference design, the Club 3D R9 295X2 is, according to Club 3D, built for performance, and aimed at those looking for maximum levels of performance and the highest possible frame rate "out of the box".

As mentioned earlier, the R9 295X2 is based on two 28nm AMD Hawaii GPUs, the same one that were behind the R9 290X graphics card, soldered together on a single PCB and interconnected via PLX bridge chip. This adds up to a total of 5632 Stream Processors, 8GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a dual 512-bit memory interface and 11.5TFLOPS of single precision compute performance. Clocked at 1018MHz for the GPU an 5.0GHz for 8GB of GDDR5 memory, the new R9 295X2 features a 5+1-phase VRM design whcih draws power from two 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors.

While the single-GPU R9 290X, based on the same Hawaii XT GPU, could be kept at as low as 68 degrees under full load on Club 3D's R9 290X royalAce graphics cards with triple-fan CoolStream cooler, the R9 295X2 needed some more serious cooling, called Project Hydra. Co-developer by AMD and Asetek, the Project Hydra is a hybrid liquid+air cooler which features dual waterblock/pump for each GPU, connected to a 120mm radiator as well as a single 92mm fan which takes care of the VRM, memory and the PLX bridge chip.

Aimed for gamers looking for ultra-resolution gaming or multi-screen gaming with every setting slider at max, the R9 295X2 is definitely the proper flagship graphics card.

Club 3D expect its R9 295X2 to be available soon with a suggested retail US $1,499 or €1100 ex. tax in Europe (around €1330 with 21% sale tax).





Source: Club-3d.com.