Leaked Radeon R9 290X Benchmarks?

Site seems to be broken.

But I've seen the leaked benchmarks elsewhere. 10-20% faster then Titan for 60% of the price (if launched at rumored 599) .. and this with immature driver support.. promising.. very promisnig.
 
ZOMG, if that is true it would cause a huge ripple effect in pricing.
 
I can't imagine Nvidia will be too happy about this if it is true. I can't see them dropping the Titan by $400-$450 overnight.
 
They may drop the titan but definitely not 400-450 since it still serves very well for CUDA tasks and workstation environments... either they have an ace up their sleeve or the 780 will take a tumble.. maybe 770 too.
 
While theres almost no need for ever faster graphics cards these days I hope these are true. A competitive AMD makes things better for consumers.
 
Im mainly excited for the x50 branded part... possibly around 780/titan performance for an even smaller msrp... which, with waterblocks and canadian pricing... comes in handy!
 
Yeah my 7950 works fine for 1920x1080. BF3 runs around 90-120 fps all day.

I would love to see faster cards around the $200-300 range early next year. Seems about the right time for me to upgrade. Be nice to see a giant killer this gen.
 
Tak Ne said:
While theres almost no need for ever faster graphics cards these days I hope these are true. A competitive AMD makes things better for consumers.
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Multimonitor 1440p and 4k starting to reach consumers... there definitely is a need.
 
LordEC911 said:
Multimonitor 1440p and 4k starting to reach consumers... there definitely is a need.
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Agree completely. People who say there is no need for more performance don't think outside of 1080. I run three 1440s and I could use all the performance I can get.
 
I'd like to see AMD become more competitive on pure performance, not just bang for the buck. Nvidia so far has been able to resist a price war because they've won on performance, and I think we're about due for a good price war in the GPU market.

That said, people can still get by with 500s and 6000s, so I'm not too sure how relevant this AMD generation will be.
 
Imo a 512 bit bus card seems a bit too complex pcb wise for that price point or anything besides a "halo" type niche product like Titan at this moment. I think they'll stick with 384bit bus & 3/6GB combos until 20/22nm.
 
Can we all call it UltraHD instead of 4k. UltraHD is what the 3840 x 2160 is called in the spec. 4k is a different format for cinema that has a different number of pixels.
 
Well, the question now is price. If it's same price as 780, it wll be hard choice for me to decide. Might just pick R9 because I haven't got AMD for a very long time. But all will come down to noise/power consumption

If it's like 10% cheaper or even more, I won't hesitate and get one. But it all depends on clever pricing ( I don't care about game bundles, I wish they would sell cards without game codes at lower price).

Right now, in Poland, the decent GTX 780 (Gigabyte Windforce) is at 2300 PLN - that's about $730 (with all the EU taxes added). I'd not mind R9 being $100 cheaper.
 
LordEC911 said:
Multimonitor 1440p and 4k starting to reach consumers... there definitely is a need.
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I said almost no need. I have 3x 1440p monitors myself so I know there is some need but most people are going to be using a single 1080p and thats where almost all game development will be aimed for at least the next few years.
 
If the gpu is as small as AMD seems to be saying WITH a (leaked) 512-bit bus, hitting a lower price point is quite possible... I'm getting very curious...
 
Mungojerrie said:
Agree completely. People who say there is no need for more performance don't think outside of 1080. I run three 1440s and I could use all the performance I can get.
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Hell, even with just 1080p I want a steady 120fps with everything cranked to max(can't get that in every game, even with some of the fastest hardware currently on the market unless you start dropping thousands just into multiple videocards, then there's the heat and power issues with that). Heck, even 60fps as an absolute minimum would be nice.
 
the site is broken anyone else have pics of the benches or what ever info we should be seeing
 
single card 60fps 1080p gaming with 4xaa would be nice, cant even come close with a 7970.
 
The Mac said:
single card 60fps 1080p gaming with 4xaa would be nice, cant even come close with a 7970.
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Huh??? In what game? BF3 can run 60FPS w/ 4x AA on ultra settings with a nice overclock @ 1080p.
 
naw i mean games like witcher2, DA2 (and 3 coming), Mass Effect 3 etc...

Very heavy AA games with HD textures, HBAO, SSAA, etc..

Hell, i can barely get DA:O to run at 60fps.
 
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Just wishing for a single card to drive my 2560x1440 monitor...Maybe one of these will be good enough
 
The benches I've seen quoted in other posts show this AMD card about on par with a Titan, maybe 1 or 2 frames faster in some game benchmarks.

I don't think you can directly compare these cards due to less memory......and the ridiculous price of the Titan.:eek:

I think the comparison needs to be made to a GTX 780 because they are closer in price, memory capacity and utility.

In that light if these benches and specs are real, that new AMD card looks like a competitor, but it's not an NVidia "killer" by any stretch.....I do like the price point though.
 
magoo said:
The benches I've seen quoted in other posts show this AMD card about on par with a Titan, maybe 1 or 2 frames faster in some game benchmarks.

I don't think you can directly compare these cards due to less memory......and the ridiculous price of the Titan.:eek:

I think the comparison needs to be made to a GTX 780 because they are closer in price, memory capacity and utility.

In that light if these benches and specs are real, that new AMD card looks like a competitor, but it's not an NVidia "killer" by any stretch.....I do like the price point though.
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From the leaked benches, the 780 at overclocked spec can already surpass the card since as far as I understood the benches were done at 1020 MHz (already an overclock). If this is the case and assuming less OC headroom beyond 1020, it is safe to say cards are evenly matched on performance.

Factor in drivers, features that come with nVidia and 3D support and I am willing to pay 50 more per card for nVidia just for stability of my system and my personal sanity than go back to AMD or run a CFX system.
 
The Mac said:
naw i mean games like witcher2, DA2 (and 3 coming), Mass Effect 3 etc...

Very heavy AA games with HD textures, HBAO, SSAA, etc..

Hell, i can barely get DA:O to run at 60fps.
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Hell, the benchmarks listed in the article don't even show any of the cards listed maintaining 60 FPS at 1920x1080 with 4x AA. And that's likely the averages and doesn't show constant framerate drops during gameplay for the games that can even maintain an average of 60 FPS, let alone a minimum of 60 FPS.

So yeah, I want videocards to get faster(and the prices to drop) so I can get a smooth gameplay experience instead of a choppy mess without having to turn down settings using a $600+ videocard.
 
KickAssCop said:
From the leaked benches, the 780 at overclocked spec can already surpass the card since as far as I understood the benches were done at 1020 MHz (already an overclock). If this is the case and assuming less OC headroom beyond 1020, it is safe to say cards are evenly matched on performance.

Factor in drivers, features that come with nVidia and 3D support and I am willing to pay 50 more per card for nVidia just for stability of my system and my personal sanity than go back to AMD or run a CFX system.
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Give it up with the drivers crap, nVidia's drivers F'ed up my hard drive requiring a complete reinstall due to them constantly reseting my PC in the middle of games.
 
shad0w4life said:
Give it up with the drivers crap, nVidia's drivers F'ed up my hard drive requiring a complete reinstall due to them constantly reseting my PC in the middle of games.
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Impossible, Nvidia have never written a bad driver ever in the history of videocards.
Never!
Nvidia cant make a mistake ever.
its told in the tablet left by Moses.

I find the mythical tales of people telling that nvidia works so well is sad at best.
 
magoo said:
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I don't think you can directly compare these cards due to less memory......and the ridiculous price of the Titan.:eek:
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Sorry to rip on this but the 2gb GTX 680 was compared to AND still more expensive than the 3gb HD 7970. But people were bashing AMD about being priced $50 more at launch.
 
Hope AMD's R9 is a low power consuming monster. I want to see at least 30% faster performance for the flagship vs its predecessor and a significant drop in power and heat.

Rvenger said:
people were bashing AMD about being priced $50 more at launch.
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Both nVidia and AMD do this. It's nothing more than a price gouging tactic for the early adopter brand loyalists. And if it goes well with sales volume, then the price tag stays there until another factor comes along to drive it down.
 
robothunter said:
Lol. Wait, you mean some people are still gaming in 1080p?
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Unless you go for some triple or quad videocard setup running $2000+ so games don't look like a choppy slideshow with constantly low dips into the 10's, yeah. Lots of people still game in 1080p.
 
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