£600 to spend on a single Graphics card ! What one should I get ?

[Avenged7Fold]

Nothing will come close to Xfire 290pro's at that price!

But if you are that against SLI or Xfire, I personally would grab a 290 or a 780 and keep the rest for beer money.

 

[SC0TTRS]

Sorry to jump on the thread, but would a single 290 run games on MAX at 2560 x 1440 without issues?

Thanks

 

[PhysicsMan94]

Sorry to jump on the thread, but would a single 290 run games on MAX at 2560 x 1440 without issues?

Thanks

No, in the most intensive titles like Crysis 3 you'd be getting just over 20fps maxed out at 1440p (i.e. unplayable). My single 780 didn't cut it with C3 at 1440p maxed out, and to be honest even with 2 780s in SLI I still only get ~38fps maxed out on this game (it's the AA which is the performance killer here).

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Do you play with AA on max?

I am sure there are plenty of GPU BF4 2560 x 1440 benchmarks out there.

 

[Diagro]

No, in the most intensive titles like Crysis 3 you'd be getting just over 20fps maxed out at 1440p (i.e. unplayable). My single 780 didn't cut it with C3 at 1440p maxed out, and to be honest even with 2 780s in SLI I still only get ~38fps maxed out on this game (it's the AA which is the performance killer here).

I disagree sorry.
One of my 290x will run crisis 3 at 2560x1600p fine, around 40 fps on max.

The extra vram shines at the sort of res.

 

[James J]

Because they exhaust the heat? (Reference)

I'm just wondering how much noise difference and cooling to expect between a reference design and a custom cooler? Which is better at Both?

Yeah. I went for 2x 780ti reference designs (although EVGA superclocked) as the cooler design suits SLI far more than one that dumps heat into the case. I'd also have the issue with CPU temps rising due to my radiator placement (factory watercooled cpu) if both gpus dumped heat into the case instead.

Food for thought perhaps

 

[BinnsY]

I disagree sorry.
One of my 290x will run crisis 3 at 2560x1600p fine, around 40 fps on max.

The extra vram shines at the sort of res.

I find that hard to belive? Given that in this review at 2560*1440 even overclocked it's only able to manage an average of 33FPS, and that's only with 4*AA! If you started cranking that up to 8 or 16 your FPS is going to plummet.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-r9-290x_7.html#sect3

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Seems playable:

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/software/battlefield_4_performance_amd_vs_nvidia/1

 

[ShivP]

Wait for the release of GTX 790? Though I'm not even sure how long it will be until it releases/whether it'll be ~£600

 

[ndaar]

Wait for the release of GTX 790? Though I'm not even sure how long it will be until it releases/whether it'll be ~£600

I think the 790 will be more like £799 at launch but we will see. Should be a good card though.

 

[Gregster]

I disagree sorry.
One of my 290x will run crisis 3 at 2560x1600p fine, around 40 fps on max.

The extra vram shines at the sort of res.

Sorry but that just won't happen. With full settings and at 1600P, no chance and why does the extra VRAM help? I have 6GB of VRAM but it doesn't make a bit of difference over people with 3GB 780's/Ti's.

@ the OP, if you have a decent CPU, grab the 780Ti for the best GPU out

 

[nicnik]

single card, it'll be 780TI or 7990 if you're lucky.
Personally I chose to get 290X as it has more RAM for 1440p.
With the change I grabbed myself a 480GB ssd.

 

[Diagro]

Sorry but that just won't happen. With full settings and at 1600P, no chance and why does the extra VRAM help? I have 6GB of VRAM but it doesn't make a bit of difference over people with 3GB 780's/Ti's.

@ the OP, if you have a decent CPU, grab the 780Ti for the best GPU out

Turn AA off and what I say is true.
at 2560x1600 AA isn't exactly required.

It does happen. If I had time to **** about installing Crysis 3 and benching i would prove it.

 

[Diagro]

I find that hard to belive? Given that in this review at 2560*1440 even overclocked it's only able to manage an average of 33FPS, and that's only with 4*AA! If you started cranking that up to 8 or 16 your FPS is going to plummet.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-r9-290x_7.html#sect3

Why would you on gods given earth use more than 2xaa at this res??

 

[Kaapstad]

Why would you on gods given earth use more than 2xaa at this res??

To keep the fps down on my Titans in Crysis 3.

@1600p maxed my 4 290Xs only manage 50 fps as the drivers for quadfire in Crysis 3 are broken.

 

[Wizzfizz]

That's quite depressing that lol

 

[nicnik]

To keep the fps down on my Titans in Crysis 3.

@1600p maxed my 4 290Xs only manage 50 fps as the drivers for quadfire in Crysis 3 are broken.

I'm surprised you're not on a higher resolution

 

[MOOGLEYS]

I have a 780ti and a 290x and I find the 780ti a much better all round experience over the 290x. I also use 1440p and run everything perfectly fine but I do not monitor FPS.

 

[humbug]

For BF4 IMO the 290X is the best card.

BF4 + Mantle = awesome.

 

[Kaapstad]

For BF4 IMO the 290X is the best card.

BF4 + Mantle = awesome.

That graph is incomplete with no minimums for Mantle and the hardware is nerfed to show Mantle in the best possible light. 3770k @stock, resolution 1080p lol.