you could just do this by checking out 3dmark.com.
780 wins.
http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+R9+290/review
fail....
average score 780- 14020
average score 290- 14570
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you could just do this by checking out 3dmark.com.
780 wins.
When you're right you're right. Idk what I was looking at. My bad.
http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+R9+290/review
fail....
average score 780- 14020
average score 290- 14570
Too bad benchmarks don't necessarily reflect real-world performance.
No, that's just a correct statement. They're sometimes or in some ways indicative of real-world (read: gaming) performance, but they don't necessarily reflect real-world performance.Denial
Once everyone started saying to use 3dmark and heaven/valley to show max oc vs max oc...well the thread went downhill.
How about we play some real games and test it? Or how about you test with your wallet?
Best bang for the buck is the 290. specially if you plan to game in 4k. 2 290's will beat 2 780's in SLI.
Hell Nvidia can't even run proper 4k with the new samsung 4k monitor....
Just my 0.02c
No, that's just a correct statement. They're sometimes or in some ways indicative of real-world (read: gaming) performance, but they don't necessarily reflect real-world performance.
Ditched my 780Ti SLI for R9 290 crossfire,worked out great for me.
if you don't mind me asking, where is the logic when switching from 780ti sli (290x might be a more fitting equivalent) for 290 cf?
if you don't mind me asking, where is the logic when switching from 780ti sli (290x might be a more fitting equivalent) to 290 cf?
Yepper for most games.Better scaling
if you don't mind me asking, where is the logic when switching from 780ti sli (290x might be a more fitting equivalent) to 290 cf?
In my gaming machine I switched from 680SLI to R9 290 cards and was blown away with the speed.
Here's the answer to your question,I believed the Nvidia hype that 780Ti SLI would be better,so I bought a couple cards.
To my disappointment the cards did not overclock very well and was no different than my R9 290 crossfire.Even was slower in a lot of benchmarks I tried.
So thought it was just silicone lottery and bought more 780TI cards and even non-reference cards. Wow still no improvement over my R9 290 cards.
So I got sucked into the Nvidia hype only to find out its all bullshit,sold all my 780Ti cards.Also bought R9 290x cards no real difference from R9 290 cards also.
Crossfire for me in the same machine is just a better experience overall.Smooth game play and never had any problems.
One last thing you can buy 2 R9 290 cards for less than the price of one 780Ti card and for me that's just amazing.
Wow, how many cards did you buy and return? That's pretty crazy!
Quite possibly something wrong with your testing methodology, driver versions used, etc., but very glad you feel you are happy with your decisions!![]()
or maybe for the resolution he plays at there is no discernible difference between the setups?
Yes, that would fall under "testing methodology" if he wasn't going over 1080p, for example.
or maybe for the resolution he plays at there is no discernible difference between the setups?
@starrbuck
So you really believe someone who runs at 1080P screen has no input on video cards and is flawed in there testing,
(Wow) can you suggest what resolution I should be running in your opinion that would be acceptable.
Also let me say I am not like other people that buy video cards and return them,I just would not feel good about that.
LOL its all good.Well there just video cards IMO both sides are good and I just happen to like AMD side for now,that may change again in the future.
I have a 290x Lightning and a 780 GTX ACX , when we are talking about speeds with max overclocks, my 290x was about 15% slower (benchmarks and gaming, depends on what though, some were less than 15%) as it couldn't clock as high. I would imagine a 290 would be around 20% slower when fully overclocked.
The 290 is definitely slower. The 290x vs 780 might be a tossup, depending on the overclock and the game, but I'm out on anything AMD due to the driver situation.
I agree
I have owned both 780Ti SLI and R9 290 crossfire.They trade blows,AMD is a great deal.
You can actually buy 2 R9 290x for the same price of one 780TI.
AMD all the way.A couple purchase by me in the last little bit.
AMD is just as good and just as fast at half the price.
Gigabyte GV-R929XOC-4GD-R9 290X - 408 Canadian or 372 US
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Zotac 780Ti Amp Edition Feb 14 2014 for 824 Canadian or 743 USA dollars
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Question is popping up, the 780s can be had for $520-550, while the R9 290 (non x) can be had for $400-440.. go with the R9 290?
nVIDIA's drivers are better. No two ways to argue that!! ;
Logically since AMD never releases drivers, you spend less time messing with them.To each his own but after using Nvidia for nearly a decade I got fed up with playing russian driver roulette and replaced all Nvidia with AMD. Stability and consistent performance is more important.
The drive argument doesn't seem valid any more with continuous complaints on both sides.