295x2 or Fury X?

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I have the opportunity to buy a 1-month old MSI 295x2 (with warranty, box, accessories etc.) For $475. I can, of course, also get Fury X for around $665 all in. Is Fury X worth $190 more than a 295x2? A couple mitigating points...

- I have the new mg279q Freesync 1440p monitor which I love so an AMD gpu is strongly preferred I.e. 980 to is not an option
- I already own a solid 900w PSU and am only gaming 4-6 hours/week nowadays so power and power costs not a big concern
- I understand the "Crossfire/SLI is literally Hitler" argument, but I have had reasonably good Crossfire experience s in the past, know how to handle profiles, and rarely buy games on day one.

Edit: Freesync DOES work with Crossfire as the latest modded drivers and, from what I understand, works pretty well. Official betas should be out shortly.

Any opinions, especially from those who have/ have owned 295x2, are appreciated.
 
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As far as I know, Freesync doesn't work with Crossfire yet. It's supposed to later this year I think, but I haven't been following it as closely as OLED, 4k 21:9 and other more exciting monitor stuff.

Since you already have the monitor, it's a no-brainer: Fury X, with crossfire later whenever they fix Freesync support for it
 
Crossfire does not currently support Freesync and last I knew there is currently no ETA on it being implemented. Personally I would just go with the Fury X and take advantage of what Freesync offers.
 
I would wait to see what the plan air cooled Fury can do in the next few weeks, before pulling the trigger on the 295x2. The pricing should be closer to the $475 and you won't have the headaches on most newer games with crossfire.
 
depends what games but Fury X is the better option overall.
support of games are better, cooler silent and newer tech.
 
Depends on how important FreeSync is to you. A 295x2 is 20-30% faster than a Fury X and that's a very sizeable jump in performance for a crazy price of $475 assuming that MSI is still basically new and not defective. Me personally, I'd rather have the 295x2 instead. FreeSync is cool and all but I'd rather have the faster frame rates especially on a high Hz monitor.
 
Thing is, like many others I was 100% sure I'd be getting Fury on release, but reconsidered once reviews were out. It's just so disappointing to see its performance where it is, lack of OC headroom etc. especially at 1440k vs 980 ti and even 290x/390x. It's not a bad card per se, just doesn't beat the competition as was expected, is overpriced IMO, and 295x2 is such a good package comparatively.

I really have no confidence that driver improvements or a cheaper air-cooled model will improve Fury's situation -- we've all heard this line before. And now that Freesync is possible on Crossfire, I'm swayed even more towards 295x2. Then there's the $190 extra I'd be paying for effectively less performance in most situations (although the is still the reduced frame speed variation on the Fury X).
 
I would go with 295x2, which I have right now.

Sure Fury X brings excellent single GPU performance, but $475 is literally a steal.
 
My vote is for 295X2. I am kind of partial to them. I am running 2 of them right now. And yes I hear if you download and install 15.15 drivers on the 295X2 then install the 15.5's over the top of them then Freesync is working in Crossfire. I haven't done it myself yet. Just read about it the other day. I am running the Benq 2730Z Freesync monitor at the moment.

That all said... my current system is going to my son and my new system I am going quad Fury X's with EK waterblocks.
 
Crossfire and SLI are equivalently difficult to deal with. I think the advice still stands that you should go with the highest single GPU that you can afford and if necessary upgrade more often.
 
sli has been essentially problem free from nvidia for the last year, crossfire however hasn't been ready for any aaa game on launch and typically arrive buggy a few months later so keep that in mind.
 
oldmanbal said:
sli has been essentially problem free from nvidia for the last year, crossfire however hasn't been ready for any aaa game on launch and typically arrive buggy a few months later so keep that in mind.
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Uber$hit I mean Ubisoft games would like to have a word with you.
 
oldmanbal said:
sli has been essentially problem free from nvidia for the last year, crossfire however hasn't been ready for any aaa game on launch and typically arrive buggy a few months later so keep that in mind.
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LOL:rolleyes:
 
Thanks guys. I've done some additional research (spreadsheet and all) and think I'm going to jump on the 295x2. In general, my reasoning is as follows:

- most of the games I'm playing seem to have good Crossfire support and have reasonable frame variances
-the games where there are still issues/lack of support that I play e.g. witcher 3, a single 290x I.e.Crossfire disabled provides adequate FPS
-295x2 provides higher FPS in general than Fury X which will allow me to take better advantage of my 144hz monitor for longer
-as mentioned Fury X is too expensive currently vs what I would pay for the 295x2 and Fury Pro won't likely provide the horsepower I want as it looks like it will be neck and neck with a single GTX 980

Update: Considering 15.7 is out now with official Crossfire Freesync support and new profiles, I went with with the 295x2. Was even able to get the price down to $450 ;)
 
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