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I feel like shooting myself for saying it but the stock 7990 provides a faster and smoother experience than my 7950's at 1100/1500. Not to mention the 7950's were like a jet engine almost at that speed where as the 7990 is silent, apart from a bit of coil whine.
I do wonder if having it on a single x16 pci-e slot makes any difference as opposed to two different cards on a x8 slot each. Probably doesn't make any major difference i suppose.
I like to think my GTX 690s are a bit special but thanks to you providing the graph above I now know I am not alone. It's great to see the 2gb GTX 690 beating out the 4gb R9 290X @1600p.
I think I said some time ago that my two GTX 690s were faster than two of my 290Xs @1600p.![]()
You should test 1x690 vs2x290's. They cost about the same.![]()
Lol I knew I spelt it wrong after seeing the banter the other day regarding all the map names![]()
Ah hah! You've had my kegs down then.
You have special 690's the fastest gpu's in the world, even faster than Broomsticks gpu thats how special they are.![]()
You should test 1x690 vs2x290's. They cost about the same.![]()
The difference is I have had 18 months use out of my GTX 690s and they can still run BF4 faster than a pair of 290Xs @1600p, now that's what I call value for money. I don't think my 290Xs will have such a long and useful life.![]()
If you run 4 290x you should get the same life span as they won't be limited by memory any time soon and 4 will probably match 2 x 20nm cards.
That's lucky.
Now if only OCUK can hurry up and get my new RIVE black edition mobo in stock.![]()
The difference is I have had 18 months use out of my GTX 690s and they can still run BF4 faster than a pair of 290Xs @1600p, now that's what I call value for money. I don't think my 290Xs will have such a long and useful life.![]()
Bit-tech said:the impact of stepping up to this resolution is immediately noticeable, as cards that were previously averaging close 60fps are now closer to 30fps. In fact, the only card here that can hit 60fps now is the HD 7990, which again scales excellently at 96 percent faster than the R9 280X. Given that it's currently just £400, it looks like a fairly good value high end card here considering how many more expensive cards it beats.
The GTX 690, on the other hand, has about 80 percent scaling over the GTX 680, and is easily surpassed by AMD's dual-GPU effort.
If you run 4 290x you should get the same life span as they won't be limited by memory any time soon and 4 will probably match 2 x 20nm cards.
How longs that been now? Must be frustrating waiting on the final piece of the jigsaw. Just as well you got lots of other nice hardware to keep you going until it arrives.
Well looks like the 290's have better scaling now (95%) vs the 690 (80%) since the BF4 patch so maybe you should re-run your test.Though i have no doubt in your test the 690 will still have better fps.
Nothing will ever be faster or last longer than Kaap's 690's. 2gb 4 life dawg.![]()
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So would it be safe to say you now agree that the GTX 690s can run BF4 @1600p and the debate has moved on to how fast they are.![]()
Wait, what's this? Matt had an Nvidia card? lol
I got to try BF4 on a 690 recently.![]()
Safe to say ill be keeping my 7990 though. The coil whine was much better on the 7990.![]()
After 18 months hard use my GTX 690s can whine with the best AMD has to offer.![]()
At least I do the fanboy bit openly![]()