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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory
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Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen folks!
TL : DR- 290X wins in games, Titan wins in synthetic benchmarks. I know which i prefer, games. What about you?
Also seems to indicate the 290X has a second bios with faster clocks and better overclocking?
Source
http://www.3dcenter.org/news/genaue...enchmarks-zur-hawaii-basierten-radeon-r9-290x
so evil of you so evil.
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As interesting as the performance results above is, we still missing the most important pieace of information- the price.
Sink or swim, that would be the determine factor...
Sink or swim, that would be the determine factor...
Nice find Matt. Shame it is from September the 22nd
Fair point. That means it was likely before the 13.11 290X drivers then. 13.11 definitely offers more performance than any previous driver ive tried.
Not to say those charts are wrong and they could well be spot on. Just seems too early for any kind of genuine chart to me.
I don't think they will be too far off, especially when you consider these results which show something similar.
The elephant in the room would be the Chinese benches which have it as a draw, maybe the smallest advantage to the 290X. The problem with those is the 40% fan profile and 95c temps. Throttling could well be occurring on those which is going to affect benchmark scores. A look at a stock 7950 boosts benchmark scores will tell you that.
Seems odd considering it was the other way around for the 670/680 and 7950/7970. The 7000 series's better specs made it shine in synthetics but things were more even in games.
Seems very odd seen as synthetic benches normally respond to better actual specs...
Gpu boost working its magic no doubt.
Also possible the 290X was benched on 13.10. 13.11 (290X driver) offers gains on synthetic scores.
3dmark 2011 still favours Nvidia cards. Firestrike more to AMD. Heaven and Valley maybe a slight favour to the AMD cards mentioned because they're simply faster than their Nvidia counter parts.
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Like someone else said, but whether it's faster or slower it all depends on price, if the 290X is -5% ~ +5% of the Titan but cost £350 it would be a huge hit, it it is 10% faster than Titan but cost £550 I think it wouldn't be as much of a hit as still priced out of the reach of the majority of gamers.
Look forward to some English reviews and pricing.
Look forward to some English reviews and pricing.
Lol titan beating performance at £350? What planet are you living on. If it beats titan performance all AMD need to do is price it slightly higher than a 780 and that's fair enough. If the 290X beats the titan i bet the 290 will beat the 780 and then they can price that slightly cheaper than the 780.
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Ah I was meant to write -5% ~ -15% slower than Titan. Tired, long day lol.
Yeah I think a tad slower card priced nicely would be more popular than a card that's a tad faster and costing around £550.
See to most people if a card is priced at £550 it might as well be £1000, because it is just out their reach, whereas £300+ is more attainable.
If you want titan beating performance at £300-£350 you need two AMD 7950's. Otherwise you can buy a 770 for the same price.
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Yeah, one way of looking at it is these cards (780, Titan, 290, 290X) are for enthusiast so I guess they can all be overpriced. Most gamers @ 1080P would be satisfied with a single 7950 / 7970 or GTX 670 / 680, and those cards are far cheaper. Crazy to think this time next year, GTX 780 / 290X will be being sold on the cheap to make space for whatever comes next.
Computer says no i think. The core is slightly differently shaped (512bit bus i guess?) and i think its at a different angle from the 7970 core.
Going to say it now, for the performance gains over my 7970 at 1080p if the card is over £500 I'm cancelling my order.
If it's £450 I'll have a good think, still not sure if I would go for it (child in me would probably twist my arm).
£400 is the sweet spot for me, guaranteed buy.
The alternative is a laptop which I've really wanted for a while.
edit: awesome sig wazza
If it's £450 I'll have a good think, still not sure if I would go for it (child in me would probably twist my arm).
£400 is the sweet spot for me, guaranteed buy.
The alternative is a laptop which I've really wanted for a while.
edit: awesome sig wazza
