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Is the 290 non X version not better performance than the 780?

Want to get something that will last me for a bit.
 
Your welcome, but the reality is I don't know much. My interest beyond the basics wanes pretty quickly. :)

Take a look at the anandtech link I posted in #16. The difference there isn't much.

Put it this way, if you didn't have a frame rate counter running, and someone swapped between the two cards, I very much doubt you'd notice the difference. :D


Edit : I'd rate the 290 and 780 as equal, and the 780ti and 290X as equal (though technically most people seem to agree that the 780TI is the fastest gpu available - by a fraction. One card might out perform the other by a frame or few frames, sometimes much less.


Edit : 2 - Out of interest, why did you sell your 280X? Are you running a very high resolution? :)
 
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Vakas said:
Is the 290 non X version not better performance than the 780?

Want to get something that will last me for a bit.
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The two are around on par, but 290 still has 1GB more vram and cost quite a bit lesser than the GTX780...but it'd probably be wise to avoid the MSI Twin FrozR cooler/Gaming models as there seem to be quite high probability with fan problems; for the GTX780 you get less vram and cost quite a bit more, but it is probably more likely that you might not run into issue that might require you to fiddle around to solve.
 
I see where your coming from even the 290x is round the same ish price as the 780 so what do you rekon 780 or 290x
 
Marine-RX179 said:
The two are around on par, but 290 still has 1GB more vram and cost quite a bit lesser than the GTX780...but it'd probably be wise to avoid the MSI Twin FrozR cooler/Gaming models as there seem to be quite high probability with fan problems; for the GTX780 you get less vram and cost quite a bit more, but it is probably more likely that you might not run into issue that might require you to fiddle around to solve.
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I doubt the 1 gb if vram is anything to worry about tbh. It you want powerful gpu get 780ti.I would go with EVGA their rma is amazing and the best in the UK.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
The two are around on par, but 290 still has 1GB more vram and cost quite a bit lesser than the GTX780...but it'd probably be wise to avoid the MSI Twin FrozR cooler/Gaming models as there seem to be quite high probability with fan problems; for the GTX780 you get less vram and cost quite a bit more, but it is probably more likely that you might not run into issue that might require you to fiddle around to solve.
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This.

The 290 is actually a bit faster but there isn't much in it. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1068

its about the same difference as the 290X vs 780TI.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1068
 
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On average the 780ti is roughly 20% faster than a 780. Also, with the new 337 drivers, they simply laugh at the 290's.
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If you want to get into that the 290 simply laughs at the 780TI with Mantle.

Lets not get into AMD's custom low level API vs Nvidia's DirectX Duck-Tape Hacks.
 
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