FRONTPAGE AMD Launches R9 290 Series Graphics Cards

[Ivy]

Titan = beaten on 3DMark performance settings and at lesser clocks, so there isnt 4k res needed in order to beat a Titan.

So the OC scaling of the 290X is shocking, question is just how to tackle the insane TDP on air cooling...

 

[Humanoid1]

Depends on the benchmark of game... Tom's selection of games had the R9-290X beat the Titan on average by 6.12% while at 1920x1080

At 2560x1440 the Titan was beaten on average by 10.5%

To be honest, if you Really want the Best performance then you need to look at what games you want to be playing and whether the difference actually matters... for example there is no point choosing the Titan because it gets 126.7fps over the 290X's 108.8 in WOW @ 1080 while you also see the 290X get 68.6 in Tomb Raider @ 1080 Vs the Titans 59.4fps...

But I think you get the idea they are both damn Good with excellent fps @ 1080 in all games. There is just that subtle price difference of the Titan costing about 100% more than a R9-290X for perhaps less performance... (or marginally more for some sets of games)

While AMD has such a great product it would seem wise to support the underdog and help boost their future R&D budget to ensure we keep getting this great competition driving performance Up and prices Down
- especially easy when they are faster too

 

[manu2b]

Agreed.

I could not pass on the 780 I got 2 weeks ago (crazy deal). But I really have the itch for a 290x...

 

[Janus67]

I should be getting mine in tomorrow.

 

[Raptorpowa]

is it wort selling my 3 hd 7950 to get 290x?

 

[Janus67]

Likely no

 

[Humanoid1]

Oh nice one Janus67, please do let us know how it folds ^^

 

[Janus67]

A Wild Brown Box Appears...



More to come...







the ports are 2xDVI-Dual Link, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort (full sized).

Now these were taken with my basic point and shoot and I didn't do any editing/etc with them (just resized).

For those interested in folding it is sitting at 110k PPD with the newest whitelist/gpus.txt running client-type advanced.

 

[Hr.Soegaard]

Janus67, more pictures NOW...!!!

 

[Janus67]

Couple more from the latest 3DMark (2013).

Note: this is on a 24/7 windows 7 64bit OS with CPU and GPU running at stock with all default settings in drivers.


If you look at the 780Lightning Review: http://www.overclockers.com/msi-n780-lightning-review
You will see it beats even the Overclocked results.

 

[Hr.Soegaard]

sweet.

 

[xsuperbgx]

Was tesselation on?

 

[Janus67]

Yep. With AMD defaults. Haven't tried with it off yet.

 

[MetalRacer]

Couple more from the latest 3DMark (2013).

Note: this is on a 24/7 windows 7 64bit OS with CPU and GPU running at stock with all default settings in drivers.

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If you look at the 780Lightning Review: http://www.overclockers.com/msi-n780-lightning-review
You will see it beats even the Overclocked results.
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Congrats on the card man!

These look like they will be fun for benching.

 

[neo668]

Nice card Janus. Wish I had one,

 

[ivanlabrie]

A Wild Brown Box Appears...

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More to come...

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the ports are 2xDVI-Dual Link, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort (full sized).

Now these were taken with my basic point and shoot and I didn't do any editing/etc with them (just resized).

For those interested in folding it is sitting at 110k PPD with the newest whitelist/gpus.txt running client-type advanced.

That's amazing!
You'll slap a block on it or run it on air?

EDIT: how can you disable tess with the new 13.11 beta 6 and 7 drivers? I couldn't find the option and it installed a stupid gaming evolved program.

 

[EarthDog]

Lol, when you install, its an option in there.

It should be there, will check beta7 here in a bit...

 

[ivanlabrie]

Lol, when you install, its an option in there.

It should be there, will check beta7 here in a bit...

I checked CCC and the menu changed and there was only a Performance-Quality slider for 3d/gaming settings.

 

[Janus67]

I checked CCC and the menu changed and there was only a Performance-Quality slider for 3d/gaming settings.

Below are results with Tesselation off, still default settings otherwise and default clocks.

 

[Janus67]

My first hwbot submissions in about a year (I know )
http://hwbot.org/submission/2444117...reme_preset_radeon_r9_290x_3804.36_dx11_marks

That's with a 5% overclock just on GPU total.