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GTX 780ti SLI vs R9 290X Crossfire

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I know this will start a big debate but I want to make the best decision.
My CUP will be an I7 4790K

16gb ram

850w Power

 

I will use this rig for video editing, 4k Display, 3 screens (27" 4k 24 and a 23")

 

Money does have an effect but its not huge deal, I just want to future proof for as long as possible with the best results in Adobe and Gaming.

 

Thanks

Jayden

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780ti's but it will be more expensive but 4k mught need the larger memory

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Hello

 

Though the 290x crossfire might perform better under those resolutions I would go with the 780tis unless you are watercooling. The dual 290xs will kick out a lot of heat. :)

 

Hope this helps :)

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Are you doing tripple 4K displays? 

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I'd go with the 780 TI SLI

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780ti SLI will perform better than 290x CFX

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well yes the 780Ti will be faster but only by a few fps for like a few hundred bucks difference

 

he wants the bang for buck multi gpu setup

 

 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCS+ Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($548.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCS+ Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($548.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1097.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($679.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($679.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1359.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Crossfire scaling is better than SLI scaling on the high end cards right now, I'd personally say 290x crossfire. There's usually very little in it, but occasionally the 290x outperforms the 780 ti by a wide margin at 4k CFX/SLI. There will only be slightly more heat if you get decent 290x's like the tri-x, vapour-x or PCS+, let's not pretend that the 780ti doesn't use a lot of power.

 

The 3GB of Vram will bottleneck the green side too.

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Get R9 290s and then put the Corsair HG10 on it when it comes out and mod the cards so they run as R9 290x.

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My dream system would have 2 sapphire vapor x 290x's or 2 MSI lightnings(which would be as expensive as 2 780 Tis).

 

I've fallen out of love with the 780 TI after seeing some recent benchmarks with the newer sapphire and MSI 290xs at higher resolutions, and seeing the 3gb become a bottleneck in some instances.

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Go with a pair of Sapphire R9 290X TRI-X OC's http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJOKARI and water cool them with AIO coolers. Get a pair of NZXT Krakgen G10's http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ITTFO8M with a pair of Corsair H55's http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009VV56TY and your heat problems are gone with a simple and effective cooling solution.

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well yes the 780Ti will be faster but only by a few fps for like a few hundred bucks difference

 

he wants the bang for buck multi gpu setup

 

 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCS+ Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($548.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCS+ Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($548.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1097.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-21 21:16 EDT-0400
 
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Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($679.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($679.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1359.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-21 21:18 EDT-0400

 

Unfair comparison, EVGA classified is the cream of the crop in terms of 780tis, while the Powercolor anything is the budget aftermarket AMD solution. A more fair comparison would be a Sapphire Tri-X or Vapor X (Probably Tri-X) vs Classy

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Unfair comparison, EVGA classified is the cream of the crop in terms of 780tis, while the Powercolor anything is the budget aftermarket AMD solution. A more fair comparison would be a Sapphire Tri-X or Vapor X (Probably Tri-X) vs Classy

you will be pretty surprised

 

the PCS+ is placed somewhat in between the Tri-X and Vapor-X

 

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Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Vapor-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($579.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Vapor-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($579.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1159.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:03 EDT-0400
 
vs
 
 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($679.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($679.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1359.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:03 EDT-0400
 
 
still a big gap between the Vapor X and Classy
 
both have custom cooling and PCB with better VRMs for better power delivery

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780ti SLI will perform better than 290x CFX

 *snip*

And you based your conclusion on Heaven which is known to favor nVidia cards? Your 2nd graph means diddly as it's known that for single GPU performance, the GTX780 Ti outperforms the R9 290X, but a much higher price. As Tacitus had pointed out, when running dual GPU, what is an important factor is scaling with two or more GPU's.  Linking just one synthetic benchmark and basing your argument/recommendation on just that is.....weak at best. Below is an Anandtech and [H] comparison tables between a pair of GTX 780 Ti vs a pair of R9 290X.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1073?vs=1057

For the [H] comp[arsion, don't just look at the numbers, look at setting as well since they based their chart on best performance at best setting...

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/01/26/xfx_r9_290x_double_dissipation_edition_crossfire_review/3#.U_bIWGPisg0

 

And a benchmark of SLI'ed GTX780 Ti's vs an R9-295X2 done here by one of the forum membes...

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/156612-290x-lightning-cf-vs-reference-780-ti-sli-vs-6gb-780-sli/

 

To OP, just be mindful that the Anandtech benchmarks were run with a pair of reference R9 290X, 3rd party cooled 290X would net lower temps, but the case/chassis absolutely MUST have good airflow to vent heated air within. Do note that a pair of GTX780 Ti in SLi doesn't exactly run cool either.

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780ti SLI and 290X CFX is very close in avg. fps with green team just edging out. 

 

290X CFX consistently have better minimum fps though. That's less impact on overall gameplay. 

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I would get the 2 290x as open cl kicks cudas ass in adobe and they will beat 780ti sli in most games due to their memory

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I've got a 2way SLI GTX780 Ti with a large custom watercooled loop (almost 3 liters of fluid) and temps are no issue what so ever. Under full load I have like 33 degree Celsius max. But I'm just running this in 1440p @ 60Hz at this point (Asus RoG Swift will follow shortly) because 4K is not the best option for the 3GB VRAM. Sure with a SLI you get okay FPS. But due to the scaling problems and sacrificing a lot of details for the higher res. isn't worth it for me at the moment.

 

I will keep my GTX 780 Ti's for now and wait for GM200 and get this cards. I am sure this will be more suitable for 4K.

The 4GB VRAM of the R9 290X is better for 4K no doubt about it, but no matter what highend card you buy right now... they all have too less raw computing power by the end of the day.

 

Look at some benchmarks of a 4way SLI of Titan Blacks, they doing okay but still struggle with less FPS in demanding games.

If you are going to do a lot professional work (I would then consider the Titan Black) 4K is good. But for gaming... I don't think so. I've tried it and it didn't knock me off my feet. Saying that, yes most current games look nice, but 1440p is perfect IMHO for the highend GPUs now. And monitors like the Asus RoG Swift are hungry... so you better feed a beast like that with a 2way CF/SLI.

 

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If you plan on Crossfire and are not water cooling 290x cards trust me it is very, very, very loud ( I run 3 of them that way, I know, lord help me I know). If you decide to use a third party cooler then be aware that you might run into space issues with multiple cards. If you decide to mod your card with a AIO cooler then be aware you will have some serious VRM heat issues that will take some work to cool. Also someone posted above that you can mod a 290 into a 290x, While that was true at launch and even then it was a small percentage of cards that could do it, it is no longer true and not very likely at all (as in zero chance)  that you will be able to do that with any new card you buy now.

 

 

That said, if money is an issue, then get used 290's and call it a day (just crank up a custom fan profile and put on headphones). If money isn't an issue, then I'd seriously consider the  780 ti's they are just flat out better cards and the drivers are better. And to whoever said SLI is worse than Crossfire, that is more often than not untrue.

 

That's my 2 cents.

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If you plan on Crossfire and are not water cooling 290x cards trust me it is very, very, very loud ( I run 3 of them that way, I know, lord help me I know). If you decide to use a third party cooler then be aware that you might run into space issues with multiple cards. If you decide to mod your card with a AIO cooler then be aware you will have some serious VRM heat issues that will take some work to cool. Also someone posted above that you can mod a 290 into a 290x, While that was true at launch and even then it was a small percentage of cards that could do it, it is no longer true and not very likely at all (as in zero chance)  that you will be able to do that with any new card you buy now.

 

 

That said, if money is an issue, then get used 290's and call it a day (just crank up a custom fan profile and put on headphones). If money isn't an issue, then I'd seriously consider the  780 ti's they are just flat out better cards and the drivers are better. And to whoever said SLI is worse than Crossfire, that is more often than not untrue.

 

That's my 2 cents.

Hey Thanks for your responce!

What type of 290x are you running, I've herd that cards like:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJOKARI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00HJOKARI&linkCode=as2&tag=item0b5-20&linkId=ES3FJ3M35RRX4PJG

Are much quieter than the reference model.

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Hi

I know this will start a big debate but I want to make the best decision.

My CUP will be an I7 4790K

16gb ram

850w Power

 

I will use this rig for video editing, 4k Display, 3 screens (27" 4k 24 and a 23")

 

Money does have an effect but its not huge deal, I just want to future proof for as long as possible with the best results in Adobe and Gaming.

 

Thanks

Jayden

Oh just re-read, for editing DEFINITELY go with Nvidia, because CUDA.

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