R9 290X Owners Thread

[Kaapstad]

MSI Radeon R9-290X Lightning review at Guru3d placed in OP

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_radeon_r9_290x_lightning_review,1.html

 

[Kaapstad]

Doing my bit for the red team.

4 x 290Xs @1240/1325
4930k @4.8

Spoiler

 

[gpuerrilla]

^ Hardcore!

 

[opethdisciple]

The 290x is faster than the 780?

 

[humbug]

The 290x is faster than the 780?

Yes of-course it is, its faster than the GTX Titan, you look surprised?

 

[opethdisciple]

Yes of-course it is, its faster than the GTX Titan, you look surprised?

I was just asking the question. Because I was looking at the cards prices and the 290x can be had for £400 which puts it in competition with the 780.

 

[humbug]

I was just asking the question. Because I was looking at the cards prices and the 290x can be had for £400 which puts it in competition with the 780.

Yup

 

[opethdisciple]

Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?

 

[humbug]

Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?

A bit yeah, £400 for 1200P is a bit much, it will run at a gazillion FPS and you don't need that.

Go for the 290, its a cut down 290X, clock for clock there is only about 5 to 7% difference. and great future proofing.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-348-SP

Or something a little smaller. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-017-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-334-AS

 

[LtMatt]

Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?

It would in some games but not in others. A single card is not capable of maxing out everything, even at 1200P yet. You'd need two cards for that.

The 290 makes better sense as it delivers 95% of the 290X performance at a much lower price. However if you won't be going multi gpu and want one powerful card then the 290X/780TI is the way to go, assuming you don't mind paying the extra.

 

[thefogo]

Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?

No such thing

 

[humbug]

No such thing

Actually this man has a point, what was i thinking?

But i still think the 290 makes more sense, its close enough to the 290X that it makes no common sense difference and yet costs more than £50 less.

 

[thefogo]

Actually this man has a point, what was i thinking?

But i still think the 290 makes more sense, its close enough to the 290X that it makes no common sense difference and yet costs more than £50 less.

Yeah there definitely isn't enough between the two for it to be worth the difference.
Though saying that I bought a 780 Ti

 

[Kaapstad]

Sapphire Radeon R9 290X TRI-X 4GB OC Overclocked Video Card Review placed in OP

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6142/sapphire-radeon-r9-290x-tri-x-4gb-oc-overclocked-video-card-review/index.html

 

[Kaapstad]

PowerColor Radeon R9 290X PCS+ review placed in OP

http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/29901-powercolor-radeon-r9-290x-pcs-im-test.html

 

[WalderX]

Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?

Depends what refresh rate you want to run too, you should get 60fps at 1200p from any game but not 120 or 144!
With my 290 overclocked and AA turned down 1 notch I get around 120fps and higher on BF4 @ 1080p

 

[Kaapstad]

Club 3D Launches Radeon R9 290 Series royalAce Graphics Cards

Club 3D launched a pair of top-spec factory-overclocked Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 graphics cards branded "royalAce," part of its Poker series. Based on a TUL-made custom-design PCB, the two feature a meaty new triple-slot and triple-fan cooling solution that doesn't look too different from that of the PowerColor R9 290X PCS+, under the hood (shroud). The R9 290X royalAce offers GPU clocks as high as 1050 MHz, and memory clocks of 5.40 GHz; while the R9 290 royalAce offers 1040 MHz GPU clocks, with 5.40 GHz memory clocks. The company didn't announce pricing.

http://www.techpowerup.com/198691/club-3d-launches-radeon-r9-290-series-royalace-graphics-cards.html

Spoiler

 

[humbug]

Sapphire Radeon R9 290X TRI-X 4GB OC Overclocked Video Card Review placed in OP

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/61...b-oc-overclocked-video-card-review/index.html

Interesting, about 10 to 20% SLOWER than the Reference 290X

 

[Kaapstad]

Interesting, about 10 to 20% SLOWER than the Reference 290X

It is all in the drivers

For reference they are using 13.11

For Sapphire Radeon R9 290X TRI-X 4GB OC they are using 14.2

IIRC 14.2 is not good for non Mantle performance.

 

[humbug]

It is all in the drivers

For reference they are using 13.11

For Sapphire Radeon R9 290X TRI-X 4GB OC they are using 14.2

IIRC 14.2 is not good for non Mantle performance.

Its PEBAC, BF4 DX performance on 14.2 is better than 13.12 / 13.11. they have it at 20% less. Its not just me saying that, other reviews show this.

They probably didn't unistall the previous drivers. idiots. either that or the 290X is 25 / 30% faster than the 780TI on 13.11. So which is it?

DX On 14.1/2