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*** AMD Radeon R9 290X Reviews Thread ***
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Trouble is, doing a review and swearing in it, is just plain un professional. And like it or not if he's being honest about the product in his review. Then sorry Tom but were being honest about your review. Simple as that!
Armchair engineers make me lol.
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But it's not a following as such, I know a lot of people that have met TTL at events and just said hes a really nice guy and tells it like it is for the consumer, People defend him as hes in line with the ordinary person, Has nothing to do with a following.
Ok I have just watched his entire review and there is so much misinformation it's untrue.
Hes results are not what we have seen from other reviewers, hes comparing a stock cooled 290x with aftermarket cooled 780's (and overclocked) hes got the pricing wrong in some instances.
His comments on the stock cooler are subjective and the only thing I seen him get right was the heat output which we all know is true.
Hes results are not what we have seen from other reviewers, hes comparing a stock cooled 290x with aftermarket cooled 780's (and overclocked) hes got the pricing wrong in some instances.
His comments on the stock cooler are subjective and the only thing I seen him get right was the heat output which we all know is true.
I'm impressed, I expected GTX780 performance at closer to £500, not Titan performance at £420!
Still too expensive for my wallet, i'll be going for an R9 290 most likely.
And as for heat and noise - if it bothers you that much wait for non-reference. I can't believe, given the price/performance, some of you are letting it put you off the card!
Still too expensive for my wallet, i'll be going for an R9 290 most likely.
And as for heat and noise - if it bothers you that much wait for non-reference. I can't believe, given the price/performance, some of you are letting it put you off the card!
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750w PSU not gonna cut the mustard with 2 290x's and a 4770k?
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I have decided to go with 2 x GTX 780s in my build.
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) of these in crossfire water cooled please. Well heat you can always manage, but if something makes enough noise to come through the headphones and disturb the gaming experience, it is a real problem and you do need to wait for aftermarket stuff.
I am not saying that is the case with the 290x as noise is subjective. But it can put people off and that 44db in reviews is high.
Great performance but I will be asking for a refund on my pre order. I wanted something quieter, cooler with less power for not much performance loss over my sli 670's. This doesn't really fulfill those criteria! Also I'm still at 1080p and it seems it only is 780 performance at that resolution.
Can't deny the performance at high resolution, looks like a great card if you don't mind noise and heat.
Can't deny the performance at high resolution, looks like a great card if you don't mind noise and heat.
Been reading TTL's review and frankly for once I think he's opinions are quite valid.
95°c - yes that is stupidly hot ! If you asked any 1 year ago every one would agree on that, but because AMD now "green lights" this temperature it's suddenly ok ?. Not for me, it's still way too hot. I'd say 85°c tops.
Performance on par with GTX 780 ? - yea that is true. It's usually 7~10% faster.
Seems rushed quality wise ? - I suppose this goes with the plastic case and the inadequate cooler. Yes... compared to GTX 780/Titan reference cooler, there's no comparison.
But a bad card ? not at all - and I don't see TTL write this.
So this time, I won't bash TTL's conclusion.
95°c - yes that is stupidly hot ! If you asked any 1 year ago every one would agree on that, but because AMD now "green lights" this temperature it's suddenly ok ?. Not for me, it's still way too hot. I'd say 85°c tops.
Performance on par with GTX 780 ? - yea that is true. It's usually 7~10% faster.
Seems rushed quality wise ? - I suppose this goes with the plastic case and the inadequate cooler. Yes... compared to GTX 780/Titan reference cooler, there's no comparison.
But a bad card ? not at all - and I don't see TTL write this.
So this time, I won't bash TTL's conclusion.
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SLI GTX670 is good performance no doubt, however its low memory bandwidth (because of its narrow 256-bit bus size) would mean you would get much greater performance hit when using settings such as SuperSampling, and playing memory intense titles such as Metro, or...any games that uses high res texture, and this apply for 1920 res, not just higher res.
If I was in your shoes, I would probably do the same in keeping the SLI GTX670, but I'd make do with not using settings like SuperSampling etc. If you not crazy about games like Metro, the SLI GTX670 would still be fine in the short term, and should last you till next gen 20nm upgrade.
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lol looking at these graphics...the pricing for the two top Nvidia cards are like out in space or something...You have to say AMD have got it all covered on Price vs Performance from top to bottom. Every single card is not only faster, but cheaper.
I'd like to see Jono overclock those 670's and get some Firestrike+Firestrike Extreme and Valley/Heaven benches up for comparison to some 7950's.
