Following the R9 290X, it's time to take a look at its slightly reduced sibling, the 290.
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PowerColor R9 290 Review
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Following the R9 290X, it's time to take a look at its slightly reduced sibling, the 290.
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Have to say, i'm pretty surprised by your results.
Its completely different to every single other review out there.
So i'm not really sure what to make of it.
edit : ill add i am now using 3x 290's....on water though and my results are insanely different (using 1 card of course)
Its completely different to every single other review out there.
So i'm not really sure what to make of it.
edit : ill add i am now using 3x 290's....on water though and my results are insanely different (using 1 card of course)
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We dont look at other results we look at the results our rig gives us.
I have screenshots for every single result too (that goes for all reviews)
Rastalovich
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It's a decent enough card for the price. The saviour for the 95 degrees, I feel, is the rear exhausting fan. But still, if you're going to buy one, know you've got to deal with it.
Still can't wrap my head around the Gigabyte/MSI 780 results. One is better than the ti and the other isn't, and yet there's no difference. Lottery I guess.
Still can't wrap my head around the Gigabyte/MSI 780 results. One is better than the ti and the other isn't, and yet there's no difference. Lottery I guess.
Yes matey lottery, and the MSI overclocked like a train - thats why I used it in my own rig
Oh i don't doubt you for a second.
But something is still wrong here. Almost all of your results are well off what i got.
A small example, crysis3 @ 5760x1080 0aa, max setting.I was getting 28fps average, 25fps min on a single card on air.
So what does this mean? Well i don't know exactly.
Mine are now under water, heavily overclocked and in trifire so the results are obviously skewed now.
I defiantly do agree the stock cooler is rubbish and too loud though. Get them under water though and its a very very different story. Exceptional performance (higher than 2x780ti's for $300 less) here in Australia anyway.
Bit narrow minded if you think because our results are different we dont get the same results. Youd have to have the exact same game settings and same system to be able to compare dude. THATS why we always use the same rig and the same game settings. Plus we always play the same part of the game too because that can make a huge difference.
But hey Im not going to sit here and explain why you dont understand stuff
270x beating 290 in some benches? are you high Tom? someone's tampered your results
in some benches, the overclocked Titan is slower than the stock Titan.
when are you going to get rid of stupid Flash based graphs? you know browsers in smart phones don't support Flash right? you are losing a lot of viewers because of that.
in some benches, the overclocked Titan is slower than the stock Titan.
when are you going to get rid of stupid Flash based graphs? you know browsers in smart phones don't support Flash right? you are losing a lot of viewers because of that.
Bit narrow minded if you think because our results are different we dont get the same results. Youd have to have the exact same game settings and same system to be able to compare dude. THATS why we always use the same rig and the same game settings. Plus we always play the same part of the game too because that can make a huge difference.
But hey Im not going to sit here and explain why you dont understand stuff
I understand that mate lol Ive been around in this game as long as you have
But seriously, something is wrong here. We aren't talking about a few fps or a few anomalies here and there. Everything is out and by large margins.
In general i'm a big fan of yours and have purchased several items based on your very long ass but awesome video's.
But i feel in this case either your card is defective, your test system went spaz, or a driver issue as its so terribly different to everyone else's and not by a few %, but by entire orders of magnitude.
ps. Water cooling literally makes these like different cards, the sooner you bring out a review/video on watercooling them i feel your "ati" audience will appreciate it.
I understand that mate lol Ive been around in this game as long as you have
But seriously, something is wrong here. We aren't talking about a few fps or a few anomalies here and there. Everything is out and by large margins.
In general i'm a big fan of yours and have purchased several items based on your very long ass but awesome video's.
But i feel in this case either your card is defective, your test system went spaz, or a driver issue as its so terribly different to everyone else's and not by a few %, but by entire orders of magnitude.
ps. Water cooling literally makes these like different cards, the sooner you bring out a review/video on watercooling them i feel your "ati" audience will appreciate it.
Same with the nVidia varient mate. Thats the problem. Do one and you need to do the other and when you overclock an Nvidia they actually open the gap up further. IMHO the AMD's are not all that when overclocked.
Also the one score you refered to about the 270X being in front is tomb raider - the only game with that TressFX feature - maybe this just works better on the old hardware for now.....
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Same with the nVidia varient mate. Thats the problem. Do one and you need to do the other and when you overclock an Nvidia they actually open the gap up further. IMHO the AMD's are not all that when overclocked.
Also the one score you refered to about the 270X being in front is tomb raider - the only game with that TressFX feature - maybe this just works better on the old hardware for now.....
Fair enough. I can only go by the difference it made in mine. We are talking 1290mhz on one, 1280 on the second and 1305 on the third. The difference zero throttling and huge core clocks make is crazy.
Along with near zero noise and 61deg loaded temps. With the waterblocks it worked out the same price as 2 780ti's which won't come close. Yes you can put 780's and the like under water too, but with its stock cooler so good there isn't the same gains to be had for the majority of people.
I still stand by my decision.
Staying on air? a single 780ti
water? 2x 290's by far
Ive tried clocking this one with 100% fans matey and it just got past 1100mhz before artifacting - Id say youve won the silicone lottery - that or Ive lost
Ive tried clocking this one with 100% fans matey and it just got past 1100mhz before artifacting - Id say youve won the silicone lottery - that or Ive lost
mine are on water, just to be clear.
as you have mentioned, huge overclocks on the stock air cooler are a waste of time. I am a noise freak so i didn't even bother oc'ing it with the stock cooler, just popped it in to make sure they all worked before slapping the water blocks on.
I tested on 100% fans just to see what might be capable. I would have needed to have the rig outside the house if I was going to live with it
Rastalovich
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Yes matey lottery, and the MSI overclocked like a train - thats why I used it in my own rig
Mad. Unless the manufs want to provide 10x cards to test, there's no real way around it. You can only test what you got, play the hand you're dealt.
lol imagine text 10x cards on top of what you do already to get yet another average >.<
Exactly dude, it is nice when someone understands these factors!
murphy7801
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I think alot people get this just we arnt bitchin or talking about it since its a given.
