MSI Radeon R9 295 X2 - Fastest Graphics Card For The Gamer

The Graphic Card R9 295 X2 follows in AMD usual tradition of bringing out a high-end chip, and then crafting a dual-GPU option that blows a new hole through the existing ceiling.

The memory complement has been raised, so the X2 comes with two banks of 4 GB, making up a sizeable 8 GB. The texture fill rate jumps significantly, from 176 GT/sec on the 290X, to an astounding 358.3 GT/sec. That 176 GT/sec of the 290X was already comfortably ahead of the 165.7 GT/sec of the GTX 780, so the X2 really does incinerate the existing competition.

The 295 X2 can't do much about the power consumption. This card comes with a TDP of 500 watt - double that of the 250 watt for the 290X and 780.