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Yeah, because oddly enough you've ignored the reviews so far...too busy shouting down any criticism of NV's pricing and VFM...
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I've read a few reviews it looks like a good card, one that I'd purchase had I not already bought 2 780's, whenever I have bought top end cards. 9800pro 7800gtx 8800gtx hd7970 to name a few, I haven't once worried about Value for money. Just the speed of the card.
I've read a few reviews it looks like a good card, one that I'd purchase had I not already bought 2 780's, whenever I have bought top end cards. 9800pro 7800gtx 8800gtx hd7970 to name a few, I haven't once worried about Value for money. Just the speed of the card.
love how all the charts do not list a 7990 when that can be had cheap as chips. Yes it is dual, but they show SLI titan.
love how all the charts do not list a 7990 when that can be had cheap as chips. Yes it is dual, but they show SLI titan.
Hardcop had the 290x pretty much on par or above the ti or i'm reading the charts wrong?![]()
HardOCP insist on testing at the highest possible resolutions as they think the >1440p or multiple monitors is the only reason to buy cards this high end. The other sites generally state 1080p is common and 1440p is the top widely available resolution.
There was a very nice set of graphs illustrating this on Guru 3d's review showing that 780Ti and Titan dominate up towards 4K resolution, with 290X lagging behind (presumably due to less raw processing power and slower memory transfer rates). However at 4K, or with 4xMSAA at resolutions >1440p, the 780 Titan / Ti performance tails off much faster than the 290X, and as the graphs cross over AMD pulls ahead. Presumably this is due to having 4Gb of memory overall / more of a focus on multi-monitor and 4K than Nvidia. The same pattern emerged in SLI vs Crossfire testing, although you could not complain about the 780 Ti SLI results at 4K.
Personally I can't afford a 780Ti, the 290X makes too much noise and heat for my HTPC (my CPU and RAM would cook) and my one big 50" 1080p monitor is big enough and sharp enough for my lounge where I game. So the HardOCP review doesn't apply to me or many of you, but it doesn't make them biased. Those of you who love multi monitor /4K should read and consider what they have to say in context.
The Hardware Canucks site has a nice factual review of Value.
No, it's not affordable to most but the 780Ti is only a little less value for money than the 290x and the 290 is not THAT much more value for money either, just under 30% more VFM with the 290 and about 10% more VFM with the 290X in Uber mode.
10% is not THAT much of a premium all things considered.
I'm still super stoked @ picking up the 7990 for peanuts. I want to see some numbers for 7990 OC vs 780Ti OC.
Shhhhh do not burst the bubble man.