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**AMD Radeon 390X Graphics Card WCE**

ChrisPye999 said:
I have a question about either of these two cards (the 390X and the Titan X). Will they run Star Citizen at 4k Ultra settings and still get at least 60FPS average?
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Well according to some people the 390x will be ushering in a new era in power and performance, simply being in the same country as someone running one will allow you interact with god himself. ;)

./sarcasm off

No, I very much doubt a single card of either will be able to run newer titles at 4k ultra at a consistant 60fps. Maybe if your willing to sacrifice on some of the really 'flashy' settings and have a gsync/freesync monitor it will be OK.

That being said it really is hard to be accurate with the 390x, but my gut feeling is while it will be a top card the tech still isn't quite there, although possibly a lot closer when AMD's new card actually arrives.
 
humbug said:
"Things like HBM will give very little in performance boost as once the memory is fast enough you won't get anymore performance as it will be bottlenecked by the GPU core."

I think your going to have egg on face with that Kaap, AMD themselves have said Memory Bandwidth is a Bottleneck for them, thats why they are going HBM.
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AMD themselves have proved the above statement does not stand up with top notch memory performance on the 290X which manages it despite using slow memory chips. This of course will change in the future as GPU cores get faster and demand more from the memory which is where HBM comes in.

:D:p:D
 
Kaapstad said:
AMD themselves have proved the above statement does not stand up with top notch memory performance on the 290X which manages it despite using slow memory chips. This of course will change in the future as GPU cores get faster and demand more from the memory which is where HBM comes in.

:D:p:D
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How?

The 290X Memory Bus is 512Bit, @ 1350Mhz it has more Bandwidth than the 780TI does at 1750Mhz.
 
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humbug said:
How?

The 290X Memory Bus is 512Bit, it has more Bandwidth than the 780TI.
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Slow memory chips.:D

As for the bus, it is like a road.

If your car is not fast enough for a motorway, it won't go any faster by using one.
 
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PayneUK said:
Well according to some people the 390x will be ushering in a new era in power and performance, simply being in the same country as someone running one will allow you interact with god himself. ;)

./sarcasm off

No, I very much doubt a single card of either will be able to run newer titles at 4k ultra at a consistant 60fps. Maybe if your willing to sacrifice on some of the really 'flashy' settings and have a gsync/freesync monitor it will be OK.

That being said it really is hard to be accurate with the 390x, but my gut feeling is while it will be a top card the tech still isn't quite there, although possibly a lot closer when AMD's new card actually arrives.
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That is... Kinda disappointing actually. So I currently have an AMD R9 290x Sapphire 8GB Vapour-X. If I wanted to play games like Star Citizen at 4k Ultra settings would it be better to buy another one of the cards I have and crossfire them or buy a new single GPU like the 390X or Titan X (and use slightly lower settings)?
 
ChrisPye999 said:
I have a question about either of these two cards (the 390X and the Titan X). Will they run Star Citizen at 4k Ultra settings and still get at least 60FPS average?
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Thats a bit of a null and void question to be honest as we dont know what the card is capable of or what the true specs are for SC
 
Bonjour said:
You would get similar performance to a TitanX with an additional 290X, assuming a working Crossfire profile.
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I only have one card, a 290 with 2560 Shaders. not 2816, not 3072, certainly not 4096 Shaders.

What will happen?
 
Kaapstad said:
You will get a black screen ?

:D
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I don't Black Screen until 1460Mhz on a 24/7 clock, 1520Mhz for Benching.

Crappy Elpida IC's.

I know what will happen, my performance will increase, which is why i run it at 1400Mhz 24/7. the performance is about 5 to 7% higher on average with that 13% overclock.

I only have 2560 Shaders, what do you think 4096 Shaders with 220% higher Memory Bandwidth will result in?
 
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Kaapstad said:
I am looking forward to giving the 390X a good testing when it launches.

Is anyone else going to get one ?
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I think its time I gave AMD another go, my last three experiences with them have been poor but the TitanX doesn't tickle my fancy.

They do need to hurry up though, I suspect the 980ti will be very appealing, especially as a single card.
 
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