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So after opening a thread with the question of "Do i get two Fury x cards" here is a review of some data that i have been working on...
Originally i was going to get two R9 Fury X cards, however, a lot of people said no, or its not worth it yet as there is better cards coming soon, so i thought that instead of getting two, i would get a single R9 Fury X and do some bench testing.
So just like the battle of the bands, there are two teams, the blue team being the standard clock speed and then there is the red team being the overclocked speed.
I never had the chance to compare the cards via games but i have successfully collected data for some of the main bench testing applications out there.
The computer is question and the hardware inside is as shown:
I5 2500k at 4.2Ghz (a more realistic speed then 5.0Ghz)
32GB HyperX Fury 2400Mhz memory
Asus P8Z77-V Premium Motherboard
OCZ 1250W Gold Power Supply
A note that i have to add is that my machine has custom water cooling so the temperatures are not going to be used as a bench test.
The R9 290X Crossfire Setup:
The R9 Fury X Setup:
So the battles begin!
I decided to do a standard clock speed run as well as a overclock speed run to see the difference as well as improvement.
First off i threw 3D Mark 11 into the mix:
A decent result for a card single card, compared to the 290x's especially.
Then arrived FireStrike:
Again a decent result, but you can see the 290X's pull ahead with the overclocking.
After a quick punch up, Unigine Heaven arrived
First off was the score:
Having Crossfire really hit hard against the Fury X.
Then came the FPS difference:
The Fury X holds a much better score with the lower FPS!
After a heavy round, the finishing blows arrived with Unigine Valley!
Again the score:
Again the Crossfire really pulled ahead....
Then finally the FPS difference:
The Fury X was almost the same for low FPS, but you can see how well a single card has done!
My conclusion being, the R9 Fury X is a really good card, overclocking is a little bit off as the card is so new, i managed to get a stable clock of 1155 and then 560 on the memory but the coil whine was annoying as hell!!
At this current time, i would stick with two 290X cards until better overclocking abilities come out for the Fury X, as we all know the card can do so much better, especially the memory....
I think thats about it, oh and the card looks awesome!
Originally i was going to get two R9 Fury X cards, however, a lot of people said no, or its not worth it yet as there is better cards coming soon, so i thought that instead of getting two, i would get a single R9 Fury X and do some bench testing.
So just like the battle of the bands, there are two teams, the blue team being the standard clock speed and then there is the red team being the overclocked speed.
I never had the chance to compare the cards via games but i have successfully collected data for some of the main bench testing applications out there.
The computer is question and the hardware inside is as shown:
I5 2500k at 4.2Ghz (a more realistic speed then 5.0Ghz)
32GB HyperX Fury 2400Mhz memory
Asus P8Z77-V Premium Motherboard
OCZ 1250W Gold Power Supply
A note that i have to add is that my machine has custom water cooling so the temperatures are not going to be used as a bench test.
The R9 290X Crossfire Setup:
The R9 Fury X Setup:
So the battles begin!
I decided to do a standard clock speed run as well as a overclock speed run to see the difference as well as improvement.
First off i threw 3D Mark 11 into the mix:
A decent result for a card single card, compared to the 290x's especially.
Then arrived FireStrike:
Again a decent result, but you can see the 290X's pull ahead with the overclocking.
After a quick punch up, Unigine Heaven arrived
First off was the score:
Having Crossfire really hit hard against the Fury X.
Then came the FPS difference:
The Fury X holds a much better score with the lower FPS!
After a heavy round, the finishing blows arrived with Unigine Valley!
Again the score:
Again the Crossfire really pulled ahead....
Then finally the FPS difference:
The Fury X was almost the same for low FPS, but you can see how well a single card has done!
My conclusion being, the R9 Fury X is a really good card, overclocking is a little bit off as the card is so new, i managed to get a stable clock of 1155 and then 560 on the memory but the coil whine was annoying as hell!!
At this current time, i would stick with two 290X cards until better overclocking abilities come out for the Fury X, as we all know the card can do so much better, especially the memory....
I think thats about it, oh and the card looks awesome!
shame they don't do some full sized pcbs
