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R9 290X Owners Thread

opethdisciple said:
Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?
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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
 
opethdisciple said:
Im guessing a 290x would be complete over kill at 1920x1200 resolution?
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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.
 
humbug said:
Actually this man has a point, what was i thinking? :o

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.
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Yeah there definitely isn't enough between the two for it to be worth the difference.
Though saying that I bought a 780 Ti :o
 
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.
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http://www.techpowerup.com/198691/club-3d-launches-radeon-r9-290-series-royalace-graphics-cards.html

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Kaapstad said:
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.
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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. :p either that or the 290X is 25 / 30% faster than the 780TI on 13.11. So which is it? :D

DX On 14.1/2

 
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