MSI Radeon R9-290X Gaming OC Guru3d review

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Meet da mighty MSI Radeon R9-290X Gaming OC edition!

 

DX11

Ultra mode

2x MSAA enabled

16x AF enabled

HBAO enabled

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DirectX 11

Very High Quality settings

FXAA Enabled

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[brownninja97]

I wouldnt really call this news, if benchmarks become reviews then i could fill the  news page up in a few minutes

 

The bf4 one cant be correct, nvidia destroys amd in bf4.

[Andrew0472]

hmmm these benchmarks don't seem very accurate, im wondering if they are max fps not average and what not. Don't know how its possible for a 290x with a custom cooler to beat the 780ti by 25fps of which the original 290x was about 10fps behind the 780ti. 35 fps increase with a custom cooler and an oc at 1200p. I call bullshit

[nokturrduk84]

Those benchmarks seems non accurate & biased. 780ti gets 66 fps on 1920x1200 in hitman absolution? Difference 17 fps between it & R9 290x? What a bullshit!

[carolkarine]

it sounds bizarre, but remember that these are compared to stock frequencies on the 780ti. plus, it's guru3d. they're generally rather reputable anyways.

 

don't forget that the 290X (reference) throttles like something else. so while it can go to 1000mhz, it usually hovers around 820. so the OC is more like the difference between 820 and 1040 (because with custom coolers the hawaii chips don't throttle)

[Razioer]

Seems abit biased, however my personal experience with Nvidia is that they really don't handle 16:10 resolutions as well as they should... they mostly optimize for 16:9.

The 290X starts making sense once you go 1440p or above, really...

[Exotath]

Idk about biased, I trust Guru3D a good bit. The numbers may look odd as it is a stock clocked 780 Ti they are using.

[Alex780]

Sapphire tri-x or MSI twin frozr?

[That Norwegian Guy]

In the Battlefield 4 chart they messed up the colours. The 780 Ti is the light blue, not the 290x.

[carolkarine]

In the Battlefield 4 chart they messed up the colours. The 780 Ti is the light blue, not the 290x.

 

no if you look at the numbers they're reporting the bar charts are correct.

[That Norwegian Guy]

no if you look at the numbers they're reporting the bar charts are correct.

 

Nope, it is definitely, positively, irrevokably, 110% incorrect.

 

Or did you think that a slightly overclocked 290x would do 30 FPS more than a reference 290x? Keep dreaming.

[carolkarine]

Nope, it is definitely, positively, irrevokably, 110% incorrect.

Or did you think that a slightly overclocked 290x would do 30 FPS more than a reference 290x? Keep dreaming.

When the reference is throttled so badly and the resulting delta is 300mhz, yes.

[carolkarine]

Nope, it is definitely, positively, irrevokably, 110% incorrect.

Or did you think that a slightly overclocked 290x would do 30 FPS more than a reference 290x? Keep dreaming.

Maybe I should point out that we're used to overclocked 780ti's around or near 1200mhz, so comparing it at stock is a little misleading.