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290X Vs the Titan X bench tested

Gregster

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As I like to do some benching, I thought I would just do some comparison benches with the 290X @ stock (1010/1250) and overclocked (1150/1400). That was my maximum stable overclock on the MSI Gaming 290X LE and that was with +165mV. Anything more on the core resulted in the occasional crash and anything more on the memory resulted in some pretty disco lights. Nice card, even if it is a poo clocker and at £250 with Saturday delivery, I was very impressed.

All the results were with maximum settings, all except for Far Cry 4. Turning MSAA on resulted in an absolute killer frame drop and hitting 30 fps wasn't possible in places, so I dropped it to SMAA, which gave the 290X a fairer run and a playable experience. Also using the latest 15.3 Beta drivers and running on Windows 8.1 Pro, 3930K @ 4.4, 16GB Avexir Memory @ 2333Mhz and at the very nice resolution of 1440P. All the tests were done via the in-game bench where available and when it wasn't an option, I ran Fraps to record the min/max/avg.

Stock Vs stock results are in.



OC Vs OC

 
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Gregster said:
Now all I need is the Titan X to arrive to complete these bench runs and to see how much faster the TX is over the 290X at stock and then a stable overclock.
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Are you planning on flashing the 1.5GHz custom BIOS? People seem to be breaking 10K Firestrike Extreme scores with that /drool.
 
Good work Greg, thanks for putting so much effort into this. Looking forward to seeing how the TX does in comparison.

I think it might beat the 290X :D
 
Cheers guys and I will be doing a review for the TX and hopefully a video review for my youtube channel. I just need to try and make it a little interesting, or my boring voice will send everyone to sleep :D
 
Greg do you mind adding all my R9-290 and GTX970, SLI GTX970 and R9-290 CFX benches to the thread ? Or should I do my own ?

I will be doing my own review (on my website) but as it's not permitted to add personal links. At least I can give the info to people that want it.
 
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africanos23 said:
Greg do you mind adding all my R9-290 and GTX970, SLI GTX970 and R9-290 CFX benches to the thread ? Or should I do my own ?
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I wouldn't mind bud but this lot are a hard bunch and then you get "but they were not tested on the same system" or similar. Probs best to do your own thread bud and I look forward to seeing the results :)
 
Gregster said:
I wouldn't mind bud but this lot are a hard bunch and then you get "but they were not tested on the same system" or similar. Probs best to do your own thread bud and I look forward to seeing the results :)
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We have similar systems but yeah I think it will be easier to read through for others :)

I will be doing a review but will post just the results here.
 
Dave2150 said:
I have a sneaky suspicion the £900 GPU will be faster than the £240 GPU, though I could be wrong :D
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It might just edge it :D It is more about showing how much faster really and then people can decide if price and performance is justifiable to themselves. I know I like to see real users results and not some paid off sites.
 
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