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Best benchmarking site?

tommybhoy said:
:p

BM stable isn't an indication of game stable by a long shot.

Most of the results are using gpus that were a baw hair away from destruction.;)
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Lol. Its a good point. Also a lot of those scores are under water cooling. Probably best to just look at a couple of different review sites that bench cards under the same conditions and clocks and take your guidance from there.
 
tommybhoy said:
:p

BM stable isn't an indication of game stable by a long shot.

Most of the results are using gpus that were a baw hair away from destruction.;)
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It is still a good relative guide, obviously for gaming you would back off on some of the overclocks used but the cards would still be relative to each other.
 
Kaapstad said:
I don't take any of the review sites that serious, I find OCUKs bench threads a much better guide to what cards can actually do. The thing to remember though is most of the entries are overclocked.

Links to useful benches.

3dmark11

3dmark11 Extreme

3dmark Firestrike

3dmark Firestrike Extreme

3dmark Vantage

Unigine Valley

Unigine Heaven 4

Unigine Heaven 3

Catzilla 1.0 Benchmark Scores

Sleeping Dogs

Tomb Raider Benchmark

Sniper Elite V2 Benchmark
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Good point Kaap.

You get to see what goes fast and what suits your budget in most cases by comparing all these bench results :)
 
LtMatt said:
Lol. Its a good point. Also a lot of those scores are under water cooling. Probably best to just look at a couple of different review sites that bench cards under the same conditions and clocks and take your guidance from there.
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I will remember the above the next time you comment on a 290P review and say about the review site being hopeless at overclocking.
 
simon.deighton said:
I keep finding varied benchmarking reviews for (GTX 780 Vs R9 290x)

Where do you guys go for the best reiviews?
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Kaapstad said:
I will remember the above the next time you comment on a 290P review and say about the review site being hopeless at overclocking.
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That's not really helping the OP though. The fact a review site does not use voltage control makes no difference here. He wants consistent results that shows the difference between the cards. If we throw in overclocking, water cooling and god knows what else in to the mix he's going to find even more mixed results. In this case its just easier to look at a couple of different review sites (anand etc) and make your choice from there.
 
simon.deighton said:
Thank you all, seems like they are all mostly swaying to the 780, although Anandtech says otherwise :D http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1036
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The 290X vs the 780? In most of those OcUk threads the 290X is on average beating the 780 (Note: Yes, quite a few have 8 pack near the top with an LN2 cooled 780, but even including it the average for the 780s is lower). The 780Ti is beating the 290X, but that's not what you linked on Anandtech.

Why not compare the 290 (non-x) with the 780?
 
LtMatt said:
That's not really helping the OP though. The fact a review site does not use voltage control makes no difference here. He wants consistent results that shows the difference between the cards. If we throw in overclocking, water cooling and god knows what else in to the mix he's going to find even more mixed results. In this case its just easier to look at a couple of different review sites (anand etc) and make your choice from there.
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Lots of those results are done with Air cooling and knock a 100Mhz off most, and it should be very game stable. If I was in the market for a GPU, I would love to see something like this and work from that.

Top 25 Tomb Raider results have a mixed bag of water and air cooled results.

1. MjFrosty - 780Ti @1316/3920, 334.89 87.6
2. zia - 780Ti @1293/1965, 331.82 86.9
3. Gregster - Titan @1372/3703, 331.93. 84.7 R.I.P
4. whyscotty - Titan @1332/1877, 331.82. 82.8
5. Sin_Chase - 780Ti @1270/3761, 331.82. 81.4
6. Dicehunter - 780Ti @1208/3600, 331.82. 80.4
7. chaparral - 780Ti @1230/3760, 331.82. 80.1
8. Geeman1979 - 780 @1385/1900, 331.65. 78.9
9. Eulogy - 780Ti @1076/3924, 331.82. 78.8
10. uksoldierboy - 290X @1235/1500, 13.11 b9.2. 78.5
11. Duvar - 290 @1235/1666, 13.2. 74.3
12. straxusii - 780 @1254/3504, 331.65. 74.2
= 14. Tonester - 780 @1300/1650, 331.65. 73.8
= 14. Rasch - 290X @1155/1625, 13.11 b8. 73.8
15. Kaapstad - Titan @981/1788, ???. 73.2
16. RavenXXX2 - 780 @1280/1837, 331.82. 73.1
17. Phixsator - 780 @1300/1650, 331.65. 72.6
18. Noxia - 780 @1271/1752, 331.65. 72.5
19. Venares - 780 @1163/1851, 331.65. 71
20. sin - 290 @1150/1500, 13.11 b9.2. 69.9
21. MoodyB - 780 @1215/7012. 331.65. 69.4
22. jrmanders - Titan @1176/1750, 331.82. 69
23. Kei - 780 @1228/1801, 331.65. 68.9
24. whyscotty - 780 @1150/1901, 331.65. 68.6
25. Shocky-FM - 780 @1215/6600, 331.82. 68.2
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The same with Sniper Elite V2 bench results

1. Score 73.7 GPU 780ti @1315/1960, CPU 4960X @4.8, MjFrosty Link
2. Score 71.5 GPU 780ti @1310/1832, CPU 2600k @3.8, Parabellum Link
3. Score 70.7 GPU 780ti @1398/1950, CPU 4770k @4.6, khemist Link
4. Score 69.6 GPU nvTitan @1267/1884, CPU 3930k @4.625, Gregster Link
5. Score 69.1 GPU nvTitan @1280/1877, CPU 4770k @4.7, whyscotty Link
6. Score 63.7 GPU 780ti @1283/1900, CPU 4770k @3.5, jh30uk Link
7. Score 57.8 GPU 290X @1260/1625, CPU 4930k @4.7, Kaapstad Link
8. Score 56.3 GPU 780 @1280/1852, CPU i7 960 @4.2, triss Link
9. Score 56.0 GPU 290X @1240/1500, CPU 4770k @4.6, uksoldierboy Link
10. Score 54.8 GPU 780 @1246/1825, CPU 3570k @4.4, Ian Evey Link
11. Score 54.0 GPU 780 @1095/1706, CPU 4770k @3.5, Bart_Hunt Link
12. Score 53.2 GPU nvTitan @1097/1645, CPU 4770k @4.3, khemist Link
13. Score 52.5 GPU nvTitan @837/1502, CPU 3930k @4.0, Kaapstad Link
14. Score 50.9 GPU 290X @1150/1500, CPU 2600k @4.7, Puppetmaster Link
15. Score 48.4 GPU 290P @1225/1500, CPU 3570k @4.5, 4737Joker Link
16. Score 42.0 GPU 680 @1190/1800, CPU 3960X @4.9, Kaapstad Link
17. Score 38.0 GPU 7970 @1230/1660, CPU 3770k @4.8, wazza300 Link
18. Score 32.5 GPU 7950 @1100/1280, CPU 3570k @4.2, danny77 Link
19. Score 26.5 GPU 7870XT @1150/1575, CPU 1090T @3.2, humbug Link
20. Score 22.2 GPU 7850 @1230/1460, CPU 2600k @4.5, wazza300 Link
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and the same with Sleeping Dogs

1. Score 89.9, GPU nvTitan @1320/1901, CPU 2500k @5.0 khemist Link
2. Score 89.3, GPU 780ti @1250/1962, CPU 4770k @4.5 zia Link
3. Score 88.8, GPU 780ti @1295/1950, CPU 4960X @4.7 MjFrosty Link 322.21 drivers
4. Score 86.5, GPU nvTitan @1280/1802, CPU 3930k @4.8 whyscotty Link
5. Score 86.1, GPU 780ti @1208/1800, CPU 4770k @4.6 Dicehunter Link 331.82 drivers
6. Score 85.3, GPU nvTitan @1280/1879, CPU 3930k @4.625 Gregster Link 332.21 drivers
7. Score 84.8, GPU 780 @1400/1850, CPU 3770k @5.0 Geeman1979 Link
8. Score 84.5, GPU 290X @1200/1625, CPU 3970X @4.9 Kaapstad Link 13.11 beta 8 drivers
9. Score 83.5, GPU 780 @1424/1877, CPU 3930k @5.0 whyscotty Link 332.21 drivers
10. Score 82.9, GPU 780ti @1150/1750, CPU 4770k @4.4 zia Link
11. Score 82.6, GPU 290X @1200/1570, CPU 2500k @4.8 Marine-RX179 Link 13.11 Beta 9.4 drivers
12. Score 81.1, GPU 780ti @1101/1900, CPU 2500k @4.55 sejm Link 331.65 drivers
13. Score 79.3, GPU nvTitan @1007/1777, CPU 3930k @5.0 Kaapstad Link 326.80 drivers
14. Score 77.1, GPU 780 @1215/1801, CPU 3770k @4.6 Rusty0611 Link
15. Score 73.6, GPU 780 @1215/1750, CPU 3770k @4.4 oweneades Link
16. Score 65.5, GPU 290X @1000/1250, CPU 3770k @4.5 adwol48 Link 13.12 drivers
17. Score 63.0, GPU 7970 @1260/1900, CPU 2500k @4.5 Uncle Petey Link 13.6 drivers
18. Score 62.7, GPU 780 @1188/1802, CPU Phenom II X4 @3.7 Kei Link
19=. Score 62.4, GPU 7970 @1280/1850, CPU 3960x @4.8 Geeman1979 Link 13.4 drivers
19=. Score 62.4, GPU 770 @1333/2000, CPU 4670k @4.5 IbaneZ Link
21. Score 62.2, GPU 7970 @1250/1823, CPU 2700k @4.8 LtMatt Link 13.2 drivers
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The 3DMark benches are a little different, as you have 8 Pack in those and he uses LN2 to cool, so a little unrealistic for the gamers amongst us, but take him out and again, you have a mixed bag of water and air cooled results and from that you get a good idea of what cards are fast enough for the OP's money.

I like Kaaps way of thinking and this could be a fairer way of showing what is fastest or what is best bang per buck (I hate that phrase). :)
 
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