2 r9 290 or 2 titan

[mariobros]

Ill change my old gtx 660 for 2 watercooled cards I found 2 titan`s or 2 r9 290 for almost the same price both used what should I buy ?

[Swndlr]

Titans

[Curufinwe_wins]

290 for sure.

[007agentHP]

titans

[SkilledRebuilds]

Ill change my old gtx 660 for 2 watercooled cards I found 2 titan`s or 2 r9 290 for almost the same price both used what should I buy ?

WHICH Titans are they...

 

There are MULTIPLE Titan models.

This would be the deciding factor...

 

If its the Original Titan, then get the 290, pretty sure its faster.

[App4that]

Which Titans and which 290s?

[mariobros]

WHICH Titans are they...

 

There are MULTIPLE Titan models.

the first one not X or black

[FatPenguin]

Titans only if they are titan x or z

 

if its the orignal titan then no.

[mariobros]

Which Titans and which 290s?

2 titan reference with ek blocks and 2 r9 reference with xspc blocks

[SkilledRebuilds]

the first one not X or black

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1060

Relative comparisons to be made... Titan VS 290X (Not the same as your OP, but close enough to Judge differences)

[App4that]

the first one not X or black

 

2 titan reference with ek blocks and 2 r9 reference with xspc blocks

Nether? honestly. The Titans will be slow and the 290's jet engines (heat not performance).

[SkilledRebuilds]

Nether? honestly. The Titans will be slow and the 290's jet engines (heat not performance).

Jet engines when NOT watercooled, which he is. So thats kind of invalid.

Heat yes, but watercooled, not so much of an issue.

[mariobros]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1060

Relative comparisons to be made... Titan VS 290X (Not the same as your OP, but close enough to Judge differences)

 

I liked the titan because I thought it would be less heat

[App4that]

Jet engines when NOT watercooled, which he is. So thats kind of invalid.

Heat yes, but watercooled, not so much of an issue.

oops, missed the blocks on the 290s. Then the 290s and see if you can change the bios to 290xs.

[2FA]

I liked the titan because I thought it would be less heat

25W doesn't make that much of a difference really....

[i_build_nanosuits]

the first one not X or black

still faster than R9 290 and more VRAM, titan all the way man.

[mariobros]

oops, missed the blocks on the 290s. Then the 290s and see if you can change the bios to 290xs.

the first owner said that they cant

[Weak1ings]

Really, the TITAN is the best choice, with 6GB VRAM and having better drivers and stuff as per Nvidia.

[mariobros]

still faster than R9 290 and more VRAM, titan all the way man.

The VRAM extra is nice since I`m running 3x1080p

[i_build_nanosuits]

The VRAM extra is nice since I`m running 3x1080p

the titan is also a more powerful chip, it has double precision compute and 14 of the 15 available SMX units are enabled on it, they are very powerful cards and will perform better than even the R9 290X in most games.

only problem with them is the reference cooler which is not really adequate but since the cards will be watercooled they will be badass...

 

when you check titan benchmark keep in mind they have been done with reference cooler and the card can boost a lot higher than that when proper cooling is in place GPU boost 2.0 can go nuts and clock the cards really high on it's on.

[Mew]

The Titan is roughly the same performance as the 970 which is also roughly the same performance as the 290x but with a lot more vram. I'd go with the titans for nvidia's more rapid game ready drivers and sli profiles as well as the slightly better performance and good looks.

[DominicNikon]

Titan

[i_build_nanosuits]

The Titan is roughly the same performance as the 970 which is also roughly the same performance as the 290x but with a lot more vram. I'd go with the titans for nvidia's more rapid game ready drivers and sli profiles as well as the slightly better performance and good looks.

...the titan's are also worth a lot more money i see them going for 380-420$ around here and the 290 are 200$ GPU's...so for resell value the titans are a much better investment as well.

[Lays]

WHICH Titans are they...

 

There are MULTIPLE Titan models.

This would be the deciding factor...

 

If its the Original Titan, then get the 290, pretty sure its faster.

 

 

Original titan should be faster, the 290 was pretty on par with a GTX 780, and the Titan is ~10% faster than the 780.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Original titan should be faster, the 290 was pretty on par with a GTX 780, and the Titan is ~10% faster than the 780.

indeed, i wouldnt trade my 780 for a 290, but i would for a titan, hands down!