GTX 580 SLI vs 290x

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Whisperfang

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Because the 580 is a bit older I've been completely unable to find ANY comparisons between these. My current setup is this:

2600k @ 4.5GHz
16GB DDR3 1600
2x 1.5GB GTX580 SLI
Win 7 64bit
24" 1920x1200 LCD (single)

I am wondering if I would see a performance increase (or roughly the same performance) and reduce my heat and power usage at the same time. Anyone have any insight into my situation? I realize the 290x is probably overkill for 1200p but so is GTX 580 SLI. :)
 
580 is about equal in performance to 660 ti, which is commonly known to match or slightly edge out the Titan in SLI.

Since reviews are putting 290x at about even with the Titan, you're looking at a very, very minor upgrade, if not a sidegrade.

But you would be eliminating a lot of power and heat, like you said, as well as a potentially huge VRAM bottleneck (580: 1.5GB, 290x: 4GB), and single card is generally smoother than multi-card, so there you have it. :D
 
Whisperfang said:
Because the 580 is a bit older I've been completely unable to find ANY comparisons between these. My current setup is this:

2600k @ 4.5GHz
16GB DDR3 1600
2x 1.5GB GTX580 SLI
Win 7 64bit
24" 1920x1200 LCD (single)

I am wondering if I would see a performance increase (or roughly the same performance) and reduce my heat and power usage at the same time. Anyone have any insight into my situation? I realize the 290x is probably overkill for 1200p but so is GTX 580 SLI. :)
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To determine this, factor in how much the Radeon is going to cost. Next, take that number and run it against the power draw difference of GTX-580's and the R9. How many years will it take you to match your "savings" of power? I guess the point I'm trying to make is that if you're not feeling any lack of power with your setup now - financially speaking - it may be a foolish decision to drop even more cash on a new card that won't up the ante for you. Unless you're out of VRAM, there (performance-wise) shouldn't be a need to upgrade.

I've seen people do this with cars all the time. They'll dump their older car for a new car because it can save in gas, only to find themselves with a new car payment on top of the gas savings. :rolleyes:
 
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Vram. It raw fps in old benchmarks doesn't matter - it's now a 3gb standard. You're going to run out of vram tonight when trying to boot up BF4 with any AA.
 
Whisperfang said:
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R9 290X is 2x the perf of GTX 580. SLI scaling in GTX 580 can vary from game to game with an avg of 1.6x across many games. so with R9 290X you are talking of a roughly 25 - 30% faster card over GTX 580 SLI

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/amd-radeon-r9-290x-im-test/5/

1920 x 1080 4x MSAA

GTX 690 - 113
R9 290X (uber) - 100 (move mouse cursor on R9 290X)
GTX 660 - 50

GTX 580 and GTX 660 are similar in performance. In modern DX11 games like BF4 a single GPU is the better option. SLI scaling in BF4 is around 1.5x - 1.6x. look at GTX 690 and GTX 770 SLI in these benchmarks. an overclocked R9 290X at 1150 mhz can match GTX 690 (which is GTX 680 SLI) . so you can understand that GTX 580 SLI is much slower than R9 290X.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/battlefield_4_vga_graphics_performance_benchmark,7.html
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page3.html
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Battl...field-4-Test-Benchmarks-Grafikkarten-1095050/
http://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/17810-prestandaanalys-battlefield-4/3#pagehead

wait for custom versions of R9 290X and R9 290. R9 290 launches on Nov 5th for USD 450. the R9 290 will be 100 bucks cheaper than R9 290X but only 5 - 7% slower than R9 290X at same clocks.
 
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