New gfx. 290>780?

Rroff · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:42

Marine-RX179 said:
Not too sure about that, considering most GTX780's (except for reference) standard boost clock is above the core clock of the stock clock of the 290.

I have no idea as to the clocking potential of the 290 out the box - however my 780 boosts to 1188 out the box goes upto 1300 within the normal voltage range allowed and is a distinctly average clocker compared to 780s as a whole and thats not a terrible result compared to GPUs in general. (Reference boost clock being 900MHz).

whyscotty · 29 Dec 2013 at 19:01

Rroff said:
I have no idea as to the clocking potential of the 290 out the box - however my 780 boosts to 1188 out the box goes upto 1300 within the normal voltage range allowed and is a distinctly average clocker compared to 780s as a whole and thats not a terrible result compared to GPUs in general. (Reference boost clock being 900MHz).

I would say that's a above average clocker, my lads Evga 780 SC clocked to 1189 on stock bios/volts.

thefogo · 29 Dec 2013 at 19:03

whyscotty said:
I would say that's a above average clocker, my lads Evga 780 SC clocked to 1189 on stock bios/volts.

Yeah 1300Mhz is quite a bit above average I'd say.

Rroff · 29 Dec 2013 at 19:04

Yeah could be - I spend a lot of time looking at extreme cooled/max voltage results which might be skewing my perspective a bit.

matty114 · 29 Dec 2013 at 20:12

Got a Sapphire R9 290 myself, had nothing but problems with it. It is getting picked up tomorrow so I can get my money back. I will be getting the GeForce 780 SC ACX, not risking another 290.

Jobe · 29 Dec 2013 at 20:27

No one thinking of the Ti780?

JB

Geeman1979 · 29 Dec 2013 at 20:30

If you can justify the extra cost of the Ti over the normal 780 then go for the Ti.

PhysicsMan94 · 29 Dec 2013 at 20:41

I can recommend the 780 - it clocks pretty well, it's fairly quiet, it's reliable and it's just generally a great graphics card. It handles most games I throw at it on near max settings at 2560x1440 - except for some of the more intensive titles like Crysis 3.

From the problems I've seen people having with the 290, I would avoid it for the moment.

Rroff · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:00

Jobe said:
No one thinking of the Ti780?

JB

Had a hard time justifying to myself the extra cost, especially was kind of happy with my decision when I took out the (at stock speed) 780ti I'd borrowed to try and troubleshoot an issue I was having with my new build, stuck the 780 GHZ in and in BF4 there was only ~1fps less on the part of the testing range map I'd been using to compare framerates.

nitram100 · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:36

Well I'm sending back my faulty Gigabyte 780 GHz tomorrow by DSR. I know it's faulty, but can't be bothered waiting for them to test it etc

I was 100% certain that I was going to get a 290 Tri X Sapphire, but after hearing these reports on dodgy 290's I think I will go with another 780, maybe the EVGA 780 SC ACX.

Gregster · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:44

nitram100 said:
Well I'm sending back my faulty Gigabyte 780 GHz tomorrow by DSR. I know it's faulty, but can't be bothered waiting for them to test it etc

I was 100% certain that I was going to get a 290 Tri X Sapphire, but after hearing these reports on dodgy 290's I think I will go with another 780, maybe the EVGA 780 SC ACX.

Good shout on the ACX

Jobe · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:16

Gregster said:
Good shout on the ACX

Gotta say I'm torn between that one or the Ti.

jB

Geeman1979 · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:28

I'd go for neither and get the 780 Classified.

nitram100 · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:32

I just bought this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-218-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

But how is the classified worth the extra £36?

Jobe · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:32

Geeman1979 said:
I'd go for neither and get the 780 Classified.

£35 for not much tho. Wouldn't need the dual bios, don't intend to clock it.

JB

Jobe · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:32

Dang beaten like a ging..........oh you know

Geeman1979 · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:39

nitram100 said:
I just bought this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-218-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

But how is the classified worth the extra £36?

For me it's worth it due to it's huge overclocking potential. It all the depends what you would want from the card. If you're not planning on going mad on the overclocking side then the 780 SC ACX is perfectly fine.

Geeman1979 · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:39

Double...

alex_123_fra · 30 Dec 2013 at 02:16

Recently was in a similar situation debating what to replace my 7990 with. Wanted to go down the route of 290/X with custom coolers but the delays and issues with them made me go for a 780 classified. No regrets at all.

setter · 30 Dec 2013 at 02:25

alex_123_fra said:
Recently was in a similar situation debating what to replace my 7990 with. Wanted to go down the route of 290/X with custom coolers but the delays and issues with them made me go for a 780 classified. No regrets at all.

Interesting choice alex, iirc LtMatt switched from 7990 to x2 290's a few days ago. The 290 series ref cards do seem to be a bit hot running/power hungry, (bit like the nv 400 series). Ones with better coolers will help with the former, not the latter. But then non ref cards in sli/xfire arent ideal either as i can testify to. But with the current demand for high end amd cards for mining, you can make a few quid by selling them on. Its not just australia thats hit a mining boom.