R9 290 or GTX780 ??

[guskline]

Great video card. I got it for $559 less a $20 rebate.

 

[Nged72]

Great video card. I got it for $559 less a $20 rebate.

Would LOVE to pick it up...but I wish there was a percentage off deal right now -.-

Hard for me to spend that much on a GPU (although sick of my 560ti hawk)

Would it run on a TX650w PSU?

My Hardware:
i5-2500k
16GB Ram
5 Case Fans
2 Internal HDD
1 SSD

Thanks, not trying to thread jack

 

[thilanliyan]

Would LOVE to pick it up...but I wish there was a percentage off deal right now -.-

Hard for me to spend that much on a GPU (although sick of my 560ti hawk)

Would it run on a TX650w PSU?

It would DEFINITELY run fine on that PSU.

 

[Nged72]

It would DEFINITELY run fine on that PSU.

Thanks,

I'm trying to justify it although I only game at 1920x1080. "future proofing" ;D

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I can get an R9 290 for about $360. Is it worth the noise and heat?

 

[IEC]

I can get an R9 290 for about $360. Is it worth the noise and heat?

At that price, definitely! Can't get better bang for the buck for $360.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

At that price, definitely! Can't get better bang for the buck for $360.

Im guessing my power supply would be fine as well? Looks like the 290 and the 5870 draw about the same amount of power, 350w ish.

 

[Nged72]

I can get an R9 290 for about $360. Is it worth the noise and heat?

Darn...Where at?!

 

[LagunaX]

Lordy, Lordy! The EVGA GTX780 Classified came and WOW!!! Hubba Hubba. It's a BEAST! Glad I bought it. At stock significantly faster than 2 GTX660s (The EVGA Superclock and MSI Twin Frozer III).

When I got mine I was totally unprepared how big of a card it was. I was wondering if I could get the side panel of my case back on but of course it did. Mine seems to boost to 1140 at stock with Hynix ram.

 

[LagunaX]

I can get an R9 290 for about $360. Is it worth the noise and heat?

Reference does hit the max temp was it 92?
I had a reference XFX one that I bought for $387 and sold for $492.
It definitely was hot but actually wasn't terribly loud as the reviews said.
But then again it was in a case and under the desk.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Darn...Where at?!

My job. I can get them near cost.

 

[Nged72]

My job. I can get them near cost.

Reference or no?

For that price it obviously is...but that's an amazing price. <-- Jealous

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Reference or no?

For that price it obviously is...but that's an amazing price. <-- Jealous

Its a PowerColor reference cooler. I can get a 280x for about $260-280 as well but I want a card that'll last me 3-4+ years like my 5870 has.

 

[3DVagabond]

I can get an R9 290 for about $360. Is it worth the noise and heat?

Your rv02 is ideally suited for the reference design. It should run cooler/quieter in your case. $360 is fantastic value. :thumbsup:

 

[Gloomy]

Its a PowerColor reference cooler. I can get a 280x for about $260-280 as well but I want a card that'll last me 3-4+ years like my 5870 has.

I'd get the 290 or 290X. AMD essentially cribbed a bunch of requested changes Sony made for the PS4 GPU and made Hawaii. Things like the 8 ACEs and TrueAudio. It's the most forward-looking (I really don't want to say "future-proof") designed card out right now.

It's not a certainty by any stretch of the imagination, but we should see games move toward utilizing the 290/X's hardware better since Sony is essentially pushing its 'clone' with the PS4.

Off-topic, but slightly relevant is the news that Tomb Raider's next-gen port runs twice as fast on the PS4 as it does on the Bone. I'm sure a chunk of that is the 30-40% greater muscle the PS4 has, but I bet a more significant chunk of that is just due to the change's Sony has made resulting in the PS4 handling the 'next-gen'-ness of compute accelerated effects like TressFX better than the Bone.

http://www.redgamingtech.com/playst...eon-volcanic-island-gpu-compute-similarities/

Times are changing. Simultaneous compute and graphics are becoming more common. It's changed a bit even for Nvidia folks, who have had Physx for a while. It used to be that people recommended a dedicated Physx card. Now the landscape is such that people run advanced Physx on a single GPU just fine, and even recommend it. So even Nvidia cards are getting better at it. It's going to be an interesting next few years, I think.

Back on topic: the cooler on reference cards is terrible, and I wouldn't put up with it for four years.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Back on topic: the cooler on reference cards is terrible, and I wouldn't put up with it for four years.

I've been sort of out of the scene for a while. No one makes aftermarket coolers for video cards anymore?

I remember putting this on my 7800 GTX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118006

 

[Nged72]

I've been sort of out of the scene for a while. No one makes aftermarket coolers for video cards anymore?

I remember putting this on my 7800 GTX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186068

 

[Purgatory-Z]

Throwing my vote in there for a GTX 780. I got the EVGA classified for $560, and while I know the prices are falling, this card is pretty phenomenal.

Out of the box the LN2 bios didn't show anything on the screen (yet the computer booted), so I put version4 of skynet's bios on there. Running 1.212v, 1200/1700 and it stays under 70c under normal gaming load.

One weird thing about it. The stock bios (which I did not flash) is 80.80.31.x.x, which would seem to indicate a B1 revision, yet GPU-Z is showing it as A1. Doesn't really matter as the card is OCing a good 20% higher already, but worth mentioning.

 

[Pandamonia]

Throwing my vote in there for a GTX 780. I got the EVGA classified for $560, and while I know the prices are falling, this card is pretty phenomenal.

Out of the box the LN2 bios didn't show anything on the screen (yet the computer booted), so I put version4 of skynet's bios on there. Running 1.212v, 1200/1700 and it stays under 70c under normal gaming load.

One weird thing about it. The stock bios (which I did not flash) is 80.80.31.x.x, which would seem to indicate a B1 revision, yet GPU-Z is showing it as A1. Doesn't really matter as the card is OCing a good 20% higher already, but worth mentioning.

Is that your boost clock when in games or benchmarks.

If it is that's not very good for the voltage. I'm at 1.15v. 1280mhz and 60c while in sli. On one of my cards.

 

[Yreka]

One weird thing about it. The stock bios (which I did not flash) is 80.80.31.x.x, which would seem to indicate a B1 revision, yet GPU-Z is showing it as A1. Doesn't really matter as the card is OCing a good 20% higher already, but worth mentioning.

Nvidia apparently hasn't changed the flag that GPU-Z reads on the 780 B chips, currently it always reads A1 even with B1 stamped GPU's

 

[Purgatory-Z]

Is that your boost clock when in games or benchmarks.

If it is that's not very good for the voltage. I'm at 1.15v. 1280mhz and 60c while in sli. On one of my cards.

My case is lined with foam and built for quiet, not air flow, unfortunately.

Also, boost is disabled with all skynet's bioses.

I have 1228 @ 1.187 now and it seems stable, but my temps are pretty high. As for my relative performance to yours, well that's the silicon lottery.