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290X OC Vs 7950 OC Clock For Clock Comparison

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290X Vs 7950 OC Clock For Clock Comparison@1080p

Performance comparison on everyday oc's that both can comfortably achieve:

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Hitman AB-290X ~51% avg faster.

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Sleeping Dogs-290X ~47% avg faster.

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Tomb Raider-290X ~48% avg faster.

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BioShock Infinite-290X ~29% avg faster.
 
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You should also run this at 1440/1600 :P
The 290x will probably pull further ahead.

Would rather not see the 7950 taken out of the game completely. Nice to see it at a resolution most people would use a 7950 for (I'm assuming these results are on 1080p).

BTW very nice comparison, always like to see minimums as well as most sites never show them.
 
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Kind of makes CF 7950's pointless then doesn't it? I'm looking a 2nd to add to my rig but looking at these the 7950's seem well off the pace.

I don't think Matt for example found his CF7950's to be pointless.
Judging by what I'm seeing with a 7990, I don't think my upcoming CF7970's will be pointless either.

Definitely not. 7950 crossfire was great bang for buck. I wouldn't go back to it over my 7990 though now.
 
I've got a couple of good clockers here, so I can't wait to see what they do with a bit of water on 'em. Should hopefully smash the 7990, not that it needs to be smashed or anything :D
 
I've got a couple of good clockers here, so I can't wait to see what they do with a bit of water on 'em. Should hopefully smash the 7990, not that it needs to be smashed or anything :D

I should think so too under water. My only real competition is the 690 as the Asus Mars 760 is even further behind. Slim pickings on the dual gpu front tbh. :p
 
Kind of makes CF 7950's pointless then doesn't it? I'm looking a 2nd to add to my rig but looking at these the 7950's seem well off the pace.

My mins in BF4 for a single 7950 is 52 with 1x7950 or 70fps 2x7950's

Just add a 7990 and trifire job done.

Like I said in BF4 my lowest fps is 70fps in Paracel Storm (Occurs briefly), but mostly hit 115-120 averages. I'd recommend 2x7950's ice q turbo's over a single 7990 (although 2x7990 is tempting) all day long as they run much cooler and vent to atmosphere so dont throw heat into your case.

My next upgrade is a 7950 (trifire) or a 7990 (quad fire).

I predict that 3x7950's or 2x7950's and a 7990 will virtually hold the game at 180-200fps which is more than enough. :)

The OP results seem low. Plus the single 7950 in certain circumstances above has higher mins and max's. Previous bench marks below.

25. Besty - 7970 @1340/1850, 13.11 b1. 64.3
26. Uncle Petey - 7970 @1310/1900, 13.6 b2. 61.3
27. shatoank81 - 780 @902/1502, 331.65. 60.1
28. Mike306 - 7970 @1230/1775, 13.11 b7. 57.8
29. protoo - 7950 @1230/1700, 13.11 b1. 53.4
30. Clov!s - 780 @902/3004, 331.82. 52.5
31. Something Else - 7970 @1160/1605, 13.11. 51.4
32. LtMatt - 7990 (single core) @1000/1500, 13.11 b9.4. 49.5
33. UKDTweak - 7950 @1150/1400, 13.9. 48.9
34. LtMatt - 7990 (Single core) @1000/1500, ???. 48.6


Obviously if you have the cash then 2x290's (flashed to 290x's) with decent coolers is the way.
 
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Sure, but I'll have to see about getting my cpu up a bit higher first.

Btw, your 52 min on BF4 with a 7950... What clocks, map and settings is that with?

Oh, and I think Tommy's TR result is about right.
 
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Sure, but I'll have to see about getting my cpu up a bit higher first.

Btw, your 52 min on BF4 with a 7950... What clocks, map and settings is that with?

Oh, and I think Tommy's TR result is about right.

Thats at 4.7Ghz (ivy i5) GPU 1200Mhz and 1600Mhz mem in seige of shaghai 1200p full ultra. (ice q turbo).

(I can try tonight on Paracel Storm with a single 7950, as this is the map with the biggest challenge)
 
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To those querying the results, if ones low/high, the other is too as they were both done in the same system/driver.

H AB, SD and BI were on max settings, I can't remember if I changed TR settings from maxed out settings or used the TR BM settings(not maxed out) from the thread here.

Kind of makes CF 7950's pointless then doesn't it? I'm looking a 2nd to add to my rig but looking at these the 7950's seem well off the pace.

I don't think Matt for example found his CF7950's to be pointless.

Definitely not. 7950 crossfire was great bang for buck.

Spot on, I went from 7950 CrossFire to the 290(X) as I just got the new toy itch along with wanting to try out True Audio with Thief.

7950 CF@1100/1300MHz Score 12059
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1685603?

290X@1150/1450 Score 10744
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1693034?

12% slower on Firestrike on those clocks, but both could go faster with the 7950's pulling way ahead on higher clocks:

290X maxed out, SCORE-11136

7950 CrossFire maxed out-17038
 
To those querying the results, if ones low/high, the other is too as they were both done in the same system/driver.

H AB, SD and BI were on max settings, I can't remember if I changed TR settings from maxed out settings or used the TR BM settings(not maxed out) from the thread here.







Spot on, I went from 7950 CrossFire to the 290(X) as I just got the new toy itch along with wanting to try out True Audio with Thief.

7950 CF@1100/1300MHz Score 12059
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1685603?

290X@1150/1450 Score 10744
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1693034?

12% slower on Firestrike on those clocks, but both could go faster with the 7950's pulling way ahead on higher clocks:

290X maxed out, SCORE-11136

7950 CrossFire maxed out-17038

Good post tommy. Surprised the Ice q turbo's only hit 1100 core and 1450mem.

Can you go onto a 64 player paracel storm server and log your mins/mean fps when the storm kicks in. That map seems to give cpu's/gpu's a right arse kicking.
 
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