GTX 780 Ti OC vs R9 290 OC (My benchmarks)

[GAK_Gaming]

Hello guys!

GAK here ...
I have done a few benchmarks between the two cards after I purchased a used ASUS R9 290 DCII. It performs pretty well for the price and has more VRAM than my old 780 Ti.
I got the used R9 290 DCII at a relatively cheap price (locally) and couldn't resist but buy it.
I thought the price was too good to be true, and I was half right about it, this card just loves to overheat. even with 100% fan at+100mV it can reach 95 C within a few minutes in Crysis 3. So there was no hope to try to push the voltage more, I have expected more of the beefy ASUS cooler. At the end I managed to OC the card at +44mV/+50PL/1100 Core/1450 Mem/ 70% fan. and managed to keep the card at reasonable temps, it sounds like a jet engine though, but what makes it worth it is that it was close to my 780 Ti in most games (there are a few expections, some Nvidia titles for example), and it costed me half the price.

Those are my OCs :-

780 Ti: 1188/1890 (347.52)
290 : 1100/1450 (14.12 Omega)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfT8oF8xslc

Recorded with MSI Afterburner. Please keep in mind there is about a ~9% performance hit due to software recording.

I might do more benchmarks if asked as long as I am willing to buy the game.

Bye!

 

[Deders]

What's the rest of your spec?

 

[GAK_Gaming]

What's the rest of your spec?

Core i7 870 @ 4214 MHz
8 GB DDR3 Mushkin Enhanced 4x2 2400MHz
Asus Maximus III Formula
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 PSU

 

[Deders]

are you running 1080p?

 

[GAK_Gaming]

are you running 1080p?

Yep and all the ingame settings are in the video btw.

 

[Silverforce11]

Well known problem with the ASUS & Gigabyte custom coolers for R290/X series, it's a hit-or miss due to 2 heatpipes making no contact with the Hawaii die. The heatpipe design was meant for a larger GPU (GK110 in fact) to make full contact.

 

[Sohaltang]

Free valley bench them. Unless your at 4K you might want the 780ti back.

 

[Jhatfie]

I have the DCII 290 and found that replacing the TIM helped with temps a decent amount. Stock fan profile and OC'd to 1100/5800 (+20mv) never goes over 80C and stays quiet.