AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

LtMatt · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:33

flopper said:
Fuel for fun

I'll never forgive H for telling me that a 680 was faster in sleeping dogs than my 7970. Yes i hold a grudge.

EDIT

RE the debate above me...

AMD very much marketed the 7990 vs a titan as it was cheaper and faster, now considerably so. Putting aside the fact its a dual gpu of course.

We normally address what we call the ultra-enthusiast segment with a dual-GPU offering like the 7990. So this next-generation line is targeting more of the enthusiast market versus the ultra-enthusiast one.

MAINGEAR proved that CrossFired 7990s is a perfectly viable option for enthusiast gamers. It’s a solution they’ve been shipping to the market for awhile. With regards to performance, we’ve already released the AMD Catalyst 13.8 driver which addresses the frame pacing concerns outlined in that article. I think we’ve done an excellent job of addressing everything in that article. Today the 7990 is unequivocally the fastest video graphics card on the market.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...eon-cards-next-gen-consoles-7990-criticism/2/

Jono8 · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:37

Diagro said:
Oh you were? Ok so i must have psychic powers then.

It doesn't matter, When its in a price bracket that's moronic then it simply doesn't matter.

Lol

flopper · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:37

LtMatt said:
I'll never forgive H for telling me that a 680 was faster in sleeping dogs than my 7970. Yes i hold a grudge.

They "H" said 7970 was faster than a 770 also.
Just for those nvidia fans to take note

I would assume if AMD says so, we will se an AMD chart with Titan that does it with some % and still, if its that fast and prices at 650 or whatever the 780 goes for in the world, well, talk about buzz and a winner and change of perception for amd.

LtMatt · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:42

flopper said:
I would assume if AMD says so, we will se an AMD chart with Titan that does it with some % and still, if its that fast and prices at 650 or whatever the 780 goes for in the world, well, talk about buzz and a winner and change of perception for amd.

I'll never forget Orangey's quote.

Orangey said:
I think they will have "corporate weasel benchmarks" that proclaim masses of bungholiomarks in some proprietary/custom demos (TressFX), possibly featuring the classic polygonal pinup Ruby (as per invite card )

I look forward to seeing what flaws paid arm of Nvidia marketing can find with Hawaii ala pcper.

Final8y · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:47

LtMatt said:
I look forward to seeing what flaws paid arm of Nvidia marketing can find with Hawaii ala pcper.

Yep.

Scougar · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:52

Diagro said:
Oh you were? Ok so i must have psychic powers then.

It doesn't matter, When its in a price bracket that's moronic then it simply doesn't matter.

lol... come one... he said outright 'single GPU' in his post. Psychic's need not apply

Been so long out of the gpu market that I know nothing about the performance for these. My GTX 480 is doing absolutely fine at 1920*1200 :-)

It's my CPU that holds it back. I'll be defo interested in reading the reviews though.. my inner geek is out again.

flopper · 24 Sep 2013 at 10:59

LtMatt said:
I look forward to seeing what flaws paid arm of Nvidia marketing can find with Hawaii ala pcper.

Nvidia: oh no its faster than Titan?
CEO: goes on a rage and flings all the woodscrews around in his office.
Special Meeting: Black Ops Ninja squad the dwarfs rule forever in session.
Points: Its faster than Titan but AMD use their own chart we will print a different chart replace their chart with our superb Ninja dwarf are short squads help.
Headlines in hawaii: A black Ops team was captured at the airport after being mistaken for actors in a new fantasy show and when they turned into ninjas the five-0 team with commander Mcgarret took them down hard.

The weather is sunny and shiny in Hawaii.
All red and go.

One day to go

4737Joker · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:13

Thought it was the 25th today, wasted an hour looking for some info haha

I hope these cards are as good as what they say they are, and at a reasonable price.

Jerry64 · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:16

Scougar said:
lol... come one... he said outright 'single GPU' in his post. Psychic's need not apply

Been so long out of the gpu market that I know nothing about the performance for these. My GTX 480 is doing absolutely fine at 1920*1200 It's my CPU that holds it back. I'll be defo interested in reading the reviews though.. my inner geek is out again.

gpuerrilla · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:19

4737Joker said:
I hope these cards are as good as what they say they are, and at a reasonable price.

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Gripen90 · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:21

I'm glad if AMD Radeon R9-290X ends out being faster than 780/Titan, because then I know there will be a reason to get Maxwell !.

flopper · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:27

Gripen90 said:
I'm glad if AMD Radeon R9-290X ends out being faster than 780/Titan, because then I know there will be a reason to get Maxwell !.

a year from now and then amd beats them again.

oh have faith as we dont want people to be quoting star wars again.

On a more serious note, drivers might been improved and held back to the show.
the suspense is ongoing

Jono8 · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:40

flopper said:
a year from now and then amd beats them again.

8 months later

LtMatt · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:46

Jono8 said:
8 months later

2 months later.

Titan 21st Feb
7990 24th April

You might argue dual gpu, but with 'titan price' a faster, cheaper dual gpu card will always get compared by the majority when its on a single pcb.

Gripen90 · 24 Sep 2013 at 11:56

flopper said:
a year from now and then amd beats them again.
oh have faith as we dont want people to be quoting star wars again.

Heheh yea

... my point was only that I'm happy with progress is being made and companies drive each other further - and it doesn't matter if it is AMD or nVidia. It's just these types of "threads" we have with every release, X will beat Y etc.

I hate to see what happened to the CPU market happen to the GPU !. :cool:

Kaapstad · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:06

Gripen90 said:
I hate to see what happened to the CPU market happen to the GPU !.

CPUs are a joke now for multi GPUs

If anyone has a SB or SB-E i7 it would be a very good move to hang onto it for when 20nm gets here for GPUs. The low clockspeeds on the latest 4770k, 4930k and 4960x will bottleneck a couple of next gen GPUs even if they run a little bit more efficient than SB.

LtMatt · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:08

I just left a comment. Whoop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bHfmM6QYWNM

StonedPenguin · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:09

Kaapstad said:
CPUs are a joke now for multi GPUs

If anyone has a SB or SB-E i7 it would be a very good move to hang onto it for when 20nm gets here for GPUs. The low clockspeeds on the latest 4770k, 4930k and 4960x will bottleneck a couple of next gen GPUs even if they run a little bit more efficient than SB.

How so? I thought clock for clock Haswell is about 10-15% quicker than SB, Making a 4.6 haswell OC comparable to a 4.9-5.0 SB oc..

I noticed a small bump in performance in a couple games, bf3 & crysis3, going from a 2500k 5.0 to a 4770k at 4.6

zoomee · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:11

StonedPenguin said:
How so? I thought clock for clock Haswell is about 10-15% quicker than SB, Making a 4.6 haswell OC comparable to a 4.9-5.0 SB oc..

I noticed a small bump in performance in a couple games, bf3 & crysis3, going from a 2500k 5.0 to a 4770k at 4.6

Thats a best case scenario your talking about where software is optimised.

The gains you seen going from a 2500k to 4770K is going to be down to hyperthreading and not clock speed

LtMatt · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:14

In gaming terms is it like this?

[email protected] = 3770k @4.7ghz = [email protected]

Or is it double that? I know in optimised software stuff the difference might be larger and your typical benchmarks. As far as i understand it though in your typical games that use 4-8 threads the difference is much smaller. Yay or Nay??