There's only one review what shows that, Linus. No doubt using voltage control on a 780 vs a voltage locked 290.
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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory
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There's only one review what shows that, Linus. No doubt using voltage control on a 780 vs a voltage locked 290.
To be fair though, going from Gibbo's own review, the limitation really seem to be more on the stock cooler than the card and its components itself. But even with the stock cooler, he has managed to push the core clock to 1200MHz and memory clock to 6400MHz (so far), but of course the noise level would probably be deafening.
He also said its faster than the 1300mhz 780 they tested in case Broom missed that one, but never mind.
That was quick. 8pack lost his titan world record. Hopefully he'll regain it with 4x290X's soon.
What are you trying to prove? The card does not overclock well? None of these reviews had voltage control. Gibbo already got one up to 1200 core with a bit of voltage. Also 12% overclocking without voltage control is pretty good i think. None of those conclusions say a overclocked 780 is faster than a overclocked 290.
The comment i made was in the 290X thread, shock horror! I said a 290X scored the same as my 7950 crossfire setup. Then i compared a similar score from a titan. That was it. I don't see a problem there personally.
Why would i mention a 780 and a price drop? I didn't talk about prices anywhere. I never even mentioned the 290X pricing when i was comparing. You've lost me to be honest and it seems as though you're looking for an argument or reading into something that i didn't say.
I'd quite happily have a 95c part in my case. I'd just turn the fan up a bit and run it cooler. Easily done. I'd also enjoy titan beating performance at stock for £430. Each to their own and all that.
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Be interesting to see how it compares in games. I reckon the 290X might fall a bit further behind in games vs my stock 7950 crossfire setup but it will be interesting to compare.
I didn't even mean to quote you, which ive now gone back and removed. Must have quoted you on +quote by accident.
I never said the card is not devoid of fault. I've had plenty of AMD cards so know how hot they run and how loud they can be. Reference or otherwise, it doesn't bother me. I'll just enjoy the price vs performance of it. I had a 7970 reference for a long time and that thing was just as hot and loud as a 290X, only that didn't have a quiet mode. On quiet mode the 290X is running at 85-90c. I'd just put the fan up like i did with my reference 7970 to keep temps lower. I have excellent airflow in my case so id expect even lower temps. I'd likely change the paste as well to drop temps further. Then further down the line id stick an accelero on there and keep temps around 60c overclocked.
So as much as you like to point out faults, ill point out the other side of things as i see it.
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Good find.
Kaap take note of the 4k part.
This is going to be the same situation we had with the 7950/70 vs 670/680. When the going gets tough at high res/details/AA/supersampling the bus size makes the difference.
Saunce
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/23/amd_radeon_r9_290x_video_card_review/16#.Umj3FvkcSM9
Think thats the first time ive ever seen HardOCP and Pcper both give a Gold Award to an AMD card the 290X.
A 290X at 1300mhz is going to be tough to beat i reckon. You'd probably need a 780-titan to be at 1400-1450 to compete.
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The 290X at 55% sounds like my 7950 Ice-Q's at their higher speed settings. Not that bad tbh once inside a case.
At 100%, jet engine. Oh yeah, i remember that reference cooler now!
The 290X at 55% sounds like my 7950 Ice-Q's at their higher speed settings. Not that bad tbh once inside a case.
At 100%, jet engine. Oh yeah, i remember that reference cooler now!
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Lol i can see that Linus review becoming popular now as a counter to every other review out there.
To quote a rusty. Fag paper between them at 1080p. 290X pulls clear at 1440p or higher, but its still close. At 4k the 290x is clearly faster than 780/titan.
I'm sounding like a broken record, but the driver thing is very importantLaunch vs tuned mature drivers means AMD's results are at their worst possible now.
True. 99% of reviews say the 290X is faster than the 780/titan overall and much cheaper. Only cherry picked reviews or benchmarks will show otherwise. The 780/Titan also offer other benefits which have been well documented but on pure performance the 290X is now the fastest. The 290X will get faster as well as drivers mature and overclocking becomes possible.
Bring on the R290X2 dual gpu version
Lol yeah thats never gonna happen.
ASUS wants a word.
Haha i believe it when i see it Josh. It would be cool though. (obviously not cool in that sense of the word)
Dg going green
You're welcome to him. It brings great shame that he owns the same gpu as me.
Guys no offence, but your airflow discussion is boring.
So in quiet mode the 290X is only 1db louder than the 780. That doesn't seem too bad to me. I'd probably run it in quiet mode if i had one and user uber with fan at 100% (jet engine) for benching.
Lol, Oranegy!
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7970 was built to operate up to 90c at stock speeds. However if you were overclocking you had to keep it below 80c. Larger overclocks below 75-70c. Extreme overclocks often 65c or lower.