Not sure how that matters. Take all those numbers and average them out. It's not valid to cherry pick out the outliers. Taken as a whole it's always overall faster than the 780 and at times overall faster than a Titan or on parity. Along with costing $100 & $450 less respectively.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X/27.html
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/...r9-290x-im-test/5/#rating-2560-1600-4xaa16xaf
Did we read the same reviews? At 2560x1440 and 2560x1600 the 780 and titan both beat the 290x in various benchmarks. Notably battlefield 3 and crysis 3.
Neither one beats the other one across the board.
Point is...it doesn't always beat nvidia cards. If someone is playing a specific game they don't care about the other games they don't play. I'm pointing out the flaw in the argument that is "beats a 780" when it only wins in certain instances or certain games. By the same token I cannot say a 780 beats a 290x either. It is not really much different than gtx680 vs hd7970 before. Win some games, lose some games.
Point is...it doesn't always beat nvidia cards. If someone is playing a specific game they don't care about the other games they don't play. I'm pointing out the flaw in the argument that is "beats a 780" when it only wins in certain instances or certain games. By the same token I cannot say a 780 beats a 290x either. It is not really much different than gtx680 vs hd7970 before. Win some games, lose some games.
what the hell are you talking about? People most certainly b**** about the CPU temps and you know it. It's one of the most talked about things when it comes to those CPUs. and the 290 X is way way way louder than the 680 so don't be ridiculous.You guys a re being ridiculous now. Ivy-Bridge and Haswell run just as hot, but nobody has a problem with that. It's only has as loud as a GTX680.
It's the Fastest single GPU around even with the crappy stock cooler. It's faster than the U$1000 Titan and half the price. It becomes even faster as the load increases. 2560x1440 and 5760x1080 it starts to make Titan and GTX780 look like lower tier cards. Crossfire scales better than anything seen before and is just as smooth as SLI. Yeah sure it uses 30-50W more than 780. But When the games and settings get demanding the performance difference is worth more than the power difference.
It's been getting awards from every site around. This is with it's worst foot forward. It will only get better in coming weeks. This Forum has really reached a new low.
Hearing loss, boiling temps, crazy power consumption. Talk about exaggeration. I guess you guys enjoy paying more for slower cards.
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I've now got 290 Pro beating X, Titan and 780 HOF (1310MHz) in all the benchmarks I ran with Asus BIOS. EPIC Card!Originally Posted by sieze2 View Post
Wow so the 290 OC is within 6% of the 290X OC (on normal firestrike). Thats amazing. When Gibbo said its performance when overclocked was "very, very, very close to the 290x" he was not kidding.
Point is...it doesn't always beat nvidia cards. If someone is playing a specific game they don't care about the other games they don't play. I'm pointing out the flaw in the argument that is "beats a 780" when it only wins in certain instances or certain games. By the same token I cannot say a 780 beats a 290x either. It is not really much different than gtx680 vs hd7970 before. Win some games, lose some games.
what the hell are you talking about? People most certainly b**** about the CPU temps and you know it. It's one of the most talked about things when it comes to those CPUs. and the 290 X is way way way louder than the 680 so don't be ridiculous.
let's get real. If someone is looking at the 290 X then the 780 is also a consideration especially once the price lowered. the reality is that the 780 is actually faster than the 290 X once both are overclocked which is exactly what most people do that buy those cards.and the reference cooler is a joke and who knows when the better cooler will come out.780 is not even a contender, but the Titan manages to hang in there.
Conclusion; A Titan Slayer Is Born
Point is...it doesn't always beat nvidia cards. If someone is playing a specific game they don't care about the other games they don't play. I'm pointing out the flaw in the argument that is "beats a 780" when it only wins in certain instances or certain games. By the same token I cannot say a 780 beats a 290x either. It is not really much different than gtx680 vs hd7970 before. Win some games, lose some games.
Yeah I agree. I don't know how people can be so accepting of a gpu that operates near boiling temperatures and runs loud enough to cause hearing loss. And the excuses are pitiful "just wait, someday a third party cooler will make it tolerable" lol.
El Nvidia fanos es mucho butto hurtoYou guys a re being ridiculous now. Ivy-Bridge and Haswell run just as hot, but nobody has a problem with that. It's only has as loud as a GTX680.
It's the Fastest single GPU around even with the crappy stock cooler. It's faster than the U$1000 Titan and half the price. It becomes even faster as the load increases. 2560x1440 and 5760x1080 it starts to make Titan and GTX780 look like lower tier cards. Crossfire scales better than anything seen before and is just as smooth as SLI. Yeah sure it uses 30-50W more than 780. But When the games and settings get demanding the performance difference is worth more than the power difference.
It's been getting awards from every site around. This is with it's worst foot forward. It will only get better in coming weeks. This Forum has really reached a new low.
Hearing loss, boiling temps, crazy power consumption. Talk about exaggeration. I guess you guys enjoy paying more for slower cards.
let's get real. If someone is looking at the 290 X then the 780 is also a consideration especially once the price lowered. the reality is that the 780 is actually faster than the 290 X once both are overclocked which is exactly what most people do that buy those cards.and the reference cooler is a joke and who knows when the better cooler will come out.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25174841&postcount=55
There were people here claiming that AMD will not go out with big die, and will not match titan with single gpu card. Some even said they will eat their hats - did that happened? Have I missed something
If someone is looking at the 290 X then the 780 is also a consideration especially once the price lowered.
Lowered? The cheapest 780 @ Newegg is $650.
Maybe look at the verb tense next time.
and the 290 X is way way way louder than the 680 so don't be ridiculous.
what the hell are you talking about? People most certainly b**** about the CPU temps and you know it. It's one of the most talked about things when it comes to those CPUs. and the 290 X is way way way louder than the 680 so don't be ridiculous.
The R9 290X and R9 290 will support AMD's frame pacing on multi-display Eyefinity and 4K resolutions, and resolutions above 2560x1600 with the current Catalyst 13.11 Beta V5 driver. The reason why R9 290X and R9 290 support frame pacing now, while current CrossFire does not above 2560x1600, is because getting frame pacing to work on R9 290/X is actually easier to do with the new DMA engines. With the previous generation hardware, it is more complicated.
RIP Titan.
Don't get me wrong, I won't be getting a referenec 290X just cause It's really hot in Namibia and it's summer now and I like my PCs quiet so I feel like I would be leaving performance on the Table.