AMD R9 Fury X2 PCB Pictured

[Kushiro]

Dont see why people seem so surprised. Even the 295x2 used 2 8pins on the reference design drawing more than 150 from the 8 pins.

 

[Kaapstad]

That dosent necessarily mean it needs all of that power you can get 750ti's with a 6pin conector's that dosent even need anymore power than the pci slot can give it -75w-(as tom allready proved in a overclocking 750ti video)

My view with dual cards is if you can not get the same performance as two single cards then don't mess around with them.

The old GTX 690 could hold it's own with 2 single GTX 680s and in Quad SLI often topped the benching tables when compared to 4 single GTX 680s.

If AMD are going to cut down on power usage/performance then it is best to use single GPU cards and forget the dual cards.

 

[The_Gump]

My view with dual cards is if you can not get the same performance as two single cards then don't mess around with them.

The old GTX 690 could hold it's own with 2 single GTX 680s and in Quad SLI often topped the benching tables when compared to 4 single GTX 680s.

If AMD are going to cut down on power usage/performance then it is best to use single GPU cards and forget the dual cards.

With the R9 295x2 pulling 500w through its 2x8 pin connectors, I cant see any reason why the Fury x2 would need more than that...The 295x2 use's two fully featured AND overclocked 290x GPU's on it...

Reports suggest the Fury X will use 250-275 watts of power and run at 50°c under load, with the 2x8 pin connectors there to allow for huge overclocking headroom.

 

[Kaapstad]

With the R9 295x2 pulling 500w through its 2x8 pin connectors, I cant see any reason why the Fury x2 would need more than that...The 295x2 use's two fully featured AND overclocked 290x GPU's on it...

Reports suggest the Fury X will use 250-275 watts of power and run at 50°c under load, with the 2x8 pin connectors there to allow for huge overclocking headroom.

One of the failings of the 295X2 is you have to be very choosy with the PSU you use due to it only using 2 x 8 pin connectors.

It is also not that great at overclocking due the to cooler limiting things.