Unreleased R9 290X review performance charts

[Sarcasm]

Temps were in the last one, I posted

Just power. And if you think about it, this just shows that AMD is brute forcing their way in. Performance per watt sucks a fat one.

[ivhyn]

already posted

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/67641-unreleased-r9-290x-review-performance-charts/

[OlekKing]

[afa7336]

So what we are seeing, from the quick glance, it doesn't seem to beat out handily the Titan. Its evenly matched with the Titan. I had a feeling that this is how it would play out. Props to AMD for matching the performance, yes, but the whole Titan Killer comments well, just not true. And the power charts, jeez, they are using more power to just match a Titan? I've got to wonder what the temps really are at that performance level.

[Vitalius]

Just power. And if you think about it, this just shows that AMD is brute forcing their way in. Performance per watt sucks a fat one.

... I personally have never seen a valid reason to care about that. Electricity is cheap. And compared to older GPUs it's actually pretty great (480 anyone?).

[Sarcasm]

... I personally have never seen a valid reason to care about that. Electricity is cheap. And compared to older GPUs it's actually pretty great (480 anyone?).

I'm just bringing up the point that AMD is brute-forcing their way up the charts. Their proc they've decided to simply drive up the multiplier instead of making it more efficient. They're essentially doing the same with their GPUs.

[Vitalius]

I'm just bringing up the point that AMD is brute-forcing their way up the charts. Their proc they've decided to simply drive up the multiplier instead of making it more efficient. They're essentially doing the same with their GPUs.

I personally find that acceptable as a means to stay competitive until 20nm and 14nm can get here and be efficient/high yield and whatnot. 

[eshbop]

So what we are seeing, from the quick glance, it doesn't seem to beat out handily the Titan. Its evenly matched with the Titan. I had a feeling that this is how it would play out. Props to AMD for matching the performance, yes, but the whole Titan Killer comments well, just not true. And the power charts, jeez, they are using more power to just match a Titan? I've got to wonder what the temps really are at that performance level.

Titan is already dead. The 780 did that and if they are matching or close to matching Titan performance at a similar price (and it looks like it will cost even less) then this is just as much of a Titan killer as the 780. We need to wait for drivers to mature as well.

[OlekKing]

I'm just bringing up the point that AMD is brute-forcing their way up the charts. Their proc they've decided to simply drive up the multiplier instead of making it more efficient. They're essentially doing the same with their GPUs.

Get a better PSU and stop whining.

[Sarcasm]

Get a better PSU and stop whining.

I think my TX650V2 is perfectly fine, thank you very much.

[afa7336]

Titan is already dead. The 780 did that and if they are matching or close to matching Titan performance at a similar price (and it looks like it will cost even less) then this is just as much of a Titan killer as the 780. We need to wait for drivers to mature as well.

 

You say so Hoss, wrong, but whatever you say.

 

By the way, how do you say a card killed something when it uses more power (Which probably means more heat and probably more audible), about evenly matches a card yet doesn't blow it out of the water? And now we have to factor in the G-Sync tech that is coming out.

 

A product is not just about raw fps. It is the whole factor. Geez.

[Youbetternot]

 

I know I am awesome thank you, the lies

[eshbop]

You say so Hoss, wrong, but whatever you say.

 

By the way, how do you say a card killed something when it uses more power (Which probably means more heat and probably more audible), about evenly matches a card yet doesn't blow it out of the water? And now we have to factor in the G-Sync tech that is coming out.

 

A product is not just about raw fps. It is the whole factor. Geez.

Well for one it'll cost $300-$400 less. More power? It's all of 10W. The non-reference coolers won't have much, if any, distinguishable noise difference between them. G-sync is nice, I'm excited for it, it fixes a lot of problems, but personally I don't really care until it's more widely adopted and exists in higher resolution IPS monitors, and that will be up to the monitor manufacturers to implement. Geforce Experience and Shadowplay might be a nice features for some people, for me they mean nothing. So, for me it pretty much is just about raw observed FPS.

[NeCrOmAnCiN]

So... MOAR R9 290X performance!

 

It's interesting to see that it goes head-to-head against Titan most of the time (which it should with 2816 stream processors and 512-bit bus)

 

It's also interesting to see that it pretty much destroys 780 in every possible configuration.

 

Now the question is, will it beat 780 Ti?

 

http://videocardz.com/47106/amd-radeon-r9-290x-review-charts-leak

 

(I didn't post images. Go to the link to check it out)

 

Ti will beat that card  they already lost,  nvid is always 1 gen ahead of amd. 

[Vitalius]

Ti will beat that card  they already lost,  nvid is always 1 gen ahead of amd. 

I doubt it myself. Probably equal within 2-4% (note that 4% of 60FPS is 2.4FPS, which is literally negligible).

[NeCrOmAnCiN]

I doubt it myself. Probably equal within 2-4% (note that 4% of 60FPS is 2.4FPS, which is literally negligible).

I can pray right? lol

[afa7336]

Well for one it'll cost $300-$400 less. More power? It's all of 10W. The non-reference coolers won't have much, if any, distinguishable noise difference between them. G-sync is nice, I'm excited for it, it fixes a lot of problems, but personally I don't really care until it's more widely adopted and exists in higher resolution IPS monitors, and that will be up to the monitor manufacturers to implement. Geforce Experience and Shadowplay might be a nice features for some people, for me they mean nothing. So, for me it pretty much is just about raw observed FPS.

 

So what matters to you is raw observed FPS? But you believe its a Titan killer? Talk about not sure which side of the fence to be on. Here is an example, would it be a Titan killer if it was the exact same price? (Remember, there has been NO official price stated for the 290x). The answer is NO, it is not a Titan killer. Its on par with the Titan, tying, beating, and loosing in some of the tests. That isn't being killed. That is doing enough to get the job done. Price doesn't matter. Thats like saying the 7970 kills the Titan because of price. Doesn't work that way.

[chipsndip104]

The "Titan Killer" seems to be beating the Titan by a very slim margin if not loosing to it....... Titan is 9 months old.......

 

EDIT: I get its cheaper

[Indie]

I can already see mantle becoming a much bigger force than people take into account in the coming future. Considering they made it with their console architecture in mind, I could see AMD outperforming Nvidia in the next 3 years unless OpenGL and steambox really impact the market (but I highly doubt it).

[Vitalius]

So what matters to you is raw observed FPS? But you believe its a Titan killer? Talk about not sure which side of the fence to be on. Here is an example, would it be a Titan killer if it was the exact same price? (Remember, there has been NO official price stated for the 290x). The answer is NO, it is not a Titan killer. Its on par with the Titan, tying, beating, and loosing in some of the tests. That isn't being killed. That is doing enough to get the job done. Price doesn't matter. Thats like saying the 7970 kills the Titan because of price. Doesn't work that way.

The "Titan Killer" seems to be beating the Titan by a very slim margin if not loosing to it....... Titan is 9 months old.......

 

EDIT: I get its cheaper

 

This-V

I can already see mantle becoming a much bigger force than people take into account in the coming future. Considering they made it with their console architecture in mind, I could see AMD outperforming Nvidia in the next 3 years unless OpenGL and steambox really impact the market (but I highly doubt it).

[James_AJ]

already posted

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/67641-unreleased-r9-290x-review-performance-charts/

...are you trolling? That is THIS thread.

 

And for people blaming ME for the dubious results, it's probably CPU bottleneck, let's be honest...

to top that off, I'm pretty sure none of these cards are OC'd (unlike how Linus does it).

For people saying this performance is too below their expectations and that AMD "brute force their way in" *cough @Sarcasm*, go ahead and send your precious little concerns directly to AMD yourself.

 

i wouldnt call that destroying, and if that is destroying to you, then i feel sorry for your girlfriend/wife..

thanks for your much needed comment, which is very mature of you. Of course you were expecting 2x performance the Titan.

 

Oh man, why won't people take stuff with a grain of salt?

[afa7336]

...are you trolling? That is THIS thread.

 

And for people blaming ME for the dubious results, it's probably CPU bottleneck, let's be honest...

to top that off, I'm pretty sure none of these cards are OC'd (unlike how Linus does it).

For people saying this performance is too below their expectations and that AMD "brute force their way in" *cough @Sarcasm*, go ahead and send your precious little concerns directly to AMD yourself.

 

thanks for your much needed comment, which is very mature of you. Of course you were expecting 2x performance the Titan.

 

Oh man, why won't people take stuff with a grain of salt?

 

Actually, you see two threads were merged into one, and what you see is that. So calm down just a little there Hoss. The fact is, these are the results that are out, the simple fact is that this isn't the "Titan Killer" that AMD said they were going to put out. And yeah, you said these cards aren't OC'd? So? OCing doesn't mean jack right about now. These are tests that show stock versus stock, as in if you were to go buy it off the shelf and install it right this second. Pretty good indication of performance, I would say. Give me a ball park, how many % of people that buy AMD or Nvidia graphics cards, overclock them? (Hint: Not as large as one would think.)

[James_AJ]

Actually, you see two threads were merged into one, and what you see is that. So calm down just a little there Hoss. The fact is, these are the results that are out, the simple fact is that this isn't the "Titan Killer" that AMD said they were going to put out. And yeah, you said these cards aren't OC'd? So? OCing doesn't mean jack right about now. These are tests that show stock versus stock, as in if you were to go buy it off the shelf and install it right this second. Pretty good indication of performance, I would say. Give me a ball park, how many % of people that buy AMD or Nvidia graphics cards, overclock them? (Hint: Not as large as one would think.)

you're probably right. I was just a "little" pissed off at some of the comments on this thread. Thanks, dude

 

(right as in, the threads probably were merged into one, people are upset just because they expected "Titan killer" and that not many ppl OC)

[ivhyn]

...are you trolling? That is THIS thread.

There was another one which got merged with this one where I posted the above comment.

[James_AJ]

There was another one which got merged with this one where I posted the above comment.

in the time of posting, there was NO thread about this AMD "leak" neither in the general discussion nor the Tech News.