Radeon R9-290X Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 780 SLI review 1440p & 4k

Gibbo · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:19

sin said:
Gibbo when can I pre order 2 290s?

290X now.

290 is in stock but under NDA until 5am 31st.

LtMatt · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:20

Rroff said:
^^ I'm talking stock cooling v stock cooling - once you start putting volt mods and aftermarket cooling into the question you've got people hitting what ~40% overclocks over the reference boost clock on the GTX780? - 1200MHz _so far_ seems to the top end of whats attainable of the 290X on stock not the average though that might change as more get into people's hands.

Pretty sure 780/Titan will need to be higher clocked on the core to compete vs a 290X. That's how it was with the 680/7970 anyway. Time will tell i guess.

sin · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:24

290 is in stock but under NDA until 5am 31st

If I buy 2 that date will I get them for 1st?

TheRealDeal · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:29

Rroff said:
^^ I'm talking stock cooling v stock cooling - once you start putting volt mods and aftermarket cooling into the question you've got people hitting what ~40% overclocks over the reference boost clock on the GTX780? - 1200MHz _so far_ seems to the top end of whats attainable of the 290X on stock not the average though that might change as more get into people's hands.

I think it's to early to say how the r9 290x will overclock but with Gibbo reaching 1200 without artifacts and some runs at 1250 with then it's looking like the core's are in line with release 7970's. At launch the gtx780 was overclocking about the same so it's a waiting game for better model's to appear and for programs like ab to support the cards.

Locky · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:34

No no all wrong, TTL and Linus told me It's slower than a 780 - I'm not having it.

benjii · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:38

sin said:
If I buy 2 that date will I get them for 1st?

If you use next day delivery.

Deleted member 66701 · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:51

From that, the 7990 @ less than £400 looks like a bargain!

Kaapstad · 25 Oct 2013 at 23:02

LtMatt said:
The first Multi gpu review and it is a comfortable and flawless victory for the 290x crossfire setup. Guru3d went easy by disabling TressFX on Tomb Raider and using DDOF on Bioshock.

1440P

4K

Full Article
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_crossfire_vs_sli_review_benchmarks,1.html

Just running a few benches using a pair of stock Titans, will post the results in a bit.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 00:10

Just ran a few benches to compare a couple of stock Titans to what Guru3d got for 290X CF

My system
3930k @4.6
Two Titans @stock
16gb Ram @1600mhz 9-11-11-25-1T 96 (Guru3d were a bit vague on how their memory was setup so I ran mine very slow to be fair)

3dmark11 P Score

My Titan = 14004 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373360
Their 290X = 13685
My 290X Uber = 14439 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376495

My SLI Titans = 21838 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373391
Their CF 290X = 19343
My 290X CF Uber = 22492 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376751

3dmark11 X Score

My Titan = 5110 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373478
Their 290X = 4693
My 290X Uber = 4647 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376528

My SLI Titans = 9547 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373447
Their CF 290X = 7839
My 290X CF Uber = 8904 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376787

3dmark Firestrike

My Titan = 9559 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1044020
Their 290X = 9808
My 290X Uber = 9787 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1046586

My SLI Titans = 15314 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1044041
Their CF 290X = 16030
My CF 290X Uber = 16535 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1046752

Tomb Raider

My Titan = 85.7

Their 290X = 87

My SLI Titans = 165.1

Their CF 290X = 145

I will run these tests again tomorrow when I get my 290Xs running in two way CF

whyscotty · 26 Oct 2013 at 00:15

Kaapstad said:
Just ran a few benches to compare a couple of stock Titans to what Guru3d got for 290X CF

My system
3930k @4.6
Two Titans @stock
16gb Ram @1600mhz 9-11-11-25-1T 96 (Guru3d were a bit vague on how their memory was setup so I ran mine very slow to be fair)

3dmark11 P Score

My Titan = 14004 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373360
Their 290X = 13685

My SLI Titans = 21838 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373391
Their CF 290X = 19343

3dmark11 X Score

My Titan = 5110 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373478
Their 290X = 4693

My SLI Titans = 9547 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373447
Their CF 290X = 7839

3dmark Firestrike

My Titan = 9559 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1044020
Their 290X = 9808

My SLI Titans = 15314 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1044041
Their CF 290X = 16030

Tomb Raider

My Titan = 85.7

Their 290X = 87

My SLI Titans = 165.1

Their CF 290X = 145

I will run these tests again tomorrow when I get my 290Xs running in two way CF

Nice work Kaaps

Gripen90 · 26 Oct 2013 at 00:58

Then I can throw in some results with two reference MSI GTX 780s and Ci7 [email protected], 16GB 1600MHz CL8-8-8-25 1T.
Not directly comparable but should indicate where you'd place some stock reference 780's.

3Dmark11 P Score
My SLI 780's = 19'183 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6984693

3Dmark11 X score
My SLI 780's = X8482 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6941865

3Dmark FireStrike
My SLI 780's = 13'578 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/644411

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 13:20

Kaapstad said:
Just ran a few benches to compare a couple of stock Titans to what Guru3d got for 290X CF

My system
3930k @4.6
Two Titans @stock
16gb Ram @1600mhz 9-11-11-25-1T 96 (Guru3d were a bit vague on how their memory was setup so I ran mine very slow to be fair)

3dmark11 P Score

My Titan = 14004 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373360
Their 290X = 13685
My 290X Uber = 14439 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376495

My SLI Titans = 21838 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373391
Their CF 290X = 19343
My 290X CF Uber = 22492 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376751

3dmark11 X Score

My Titan = 5110 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373478
Their 290X = 4693
My 290X Uber = 4647 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376528

My SLI Titans = 9547 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7373447
Their CF 290X = 7839
My 290X CF Uber = 8904 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7376787

3dmark Firestrike

My Titan = 9559 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1044020
Their 290X = 9808
My 290X Uber = 9787 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1046586

My SLI Titans = 15314 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1044041
Their CF 290X = 16030
My CF 290X Uber = 16535 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1046752

Tomb Raider

My Titan = 85.7

Their 290X = 87

My SLI Titans = 165.1

Their CF 290X = 145

I will run these tests again tomorrow when I get my 290Xs running in two way CF

Just updated these results with my own 290Xs.

System used was identical to the one used for my Titans except I was using a 3970X @4.6 instead of a 3930K @4.6 (they perform the same).

Could not do a Tomb Raider run as I could not get my screen to run @1440p with AMD Catalyst Control Centre.

There are some interesting results on my own 290Xs above running them at stock in Uber mode.

ashmanuk67 · 26 Oct 2013 at 16:12

Kaapstad said:
Just updated these results with my own 290Xs.

System used was identical to the one used for my Titans except I was using a 3970X @4.6 instead of a 3930K @4.6 (they perform the same).

Could not do a Tomb Raider run as I could not get my screen to run @1440p with AMD Catalyst Control Centre.

There are some interesting results on my own 290Xs above running them at stock in Uber mode.

Absolutely fantastic work there Kaapstad :cool:

a lot of work gone into that.

What is your take on these cards?? do you have an open case?

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 16:23

ashmanuk67 said:
Absolutely fantastic work there Kaapstad a lot of work gone into that.

What is your take on these cards?? do you have an open case?

I like them

I am running with an open case for the benches as I forgot to put the side panel on. With the cards fans turned up the cards don't get that hot for benching. I am using a RIVE mobo with a gap between the cards which helps. I think the way to go is waterblocks and hopefully soon I will have mine fitted.

whyscotty · 26 Oct 2013 at 16:39

Kaapstad said:
I like them

I am running with an open case for the benches as I forgot to put the side panel on. With the cards fans turned up the cards don't get that hot for benching. I am using a RIVE mobo with a gap between the cards which helps. I think the way to go is waterblocks and hopefully soon I will have mine fitted.

Is the noise as bad as some are saying?

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:29

whyscotty said:
Is the noise as bad as some are saying?

If the fans are at 100% it is like having a vacuum cleaner in the room. For normal use the cards are not too bad. The good news is two in CF don't sound any louder than one.

I think a lot of people who buy these will be using water anyway. I also think with 1.4v or more available in GPU Tweak there is little point in getting a non ref one for watercooling.

Fulax · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:31

Really looking forward to seeing what you can do with these on water

LtMatt · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:31

Its normally hard to argue with Kaap's two cents, tbh.

Unless hes benching BF4.

whyscotty · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:40

Kaapstad said:
If the fans are at 100% it is like having a vacuum cleaner in the room. For normal use the cards are not too bad. The good news is two in CF don't sound any louder than one.

I think a lot of people who buy these will be using water anyway. I also think with 1.4v or more available in GPU Tweak there is little point in getting a non ref one for watercooling.

Cheers for the feedback

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