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i dont know about you guys but looking at the bench marks, it seems like the r9 280x reaches a maximum frame rate but also keeps that frame rate no matter the resolution..

from the bench marks slick did, it shows around 40-70 in all the games at 1080p and damn near exactly the same in 1440p? whos keen to see what happens on 4k?

also, what were the temperatures running at if the r9 290x wasnt even "stretching its legs" on the 1080p/1440p?

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The card was designed to run at 95C, so unless they changed something, it'll run at 95C, I personally will wait to see what Nvidia does with the 780ti, and I'm willing to bet I'll end up getting that instead.

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for the price it's darn good

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I just watched TinyTomLogans review and he is not well impressed.

 

I was keen to hear what the R9 290X had to offer, SteamOS is going to favour AMD on its linux back end which is appealing but then there is Shield which im also interested in.

 

In AUD its priced between $660-$700 a GTX780 is between $700 and $900 (hydro copper) but when the GTX780Ti comes out this price will drop and get VERY close to initial R9 290X pricing and I can't ignore that. For me, I will wait for the GTX780Ti and pick up a couple of competitively priced GTX780's...

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Yes because here we have massive price gouging.

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Yes because here we have massive price gouging.

Do we ever. Manufacturers seriously screwing us over.

BTW we're from the same city (if you can call Invercargill a city)

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I just watched TinyTomLogans review and he is not well impressed.

 

I was keen to hear what the R9 290X had to offer, SteamOS is going to favour AMD on its linux back end which is appealing but then there is Shield which im also interested in.

 

In AUD its priced between $660-$700 a GTX780 is between $700 and $900 (hydro copper) but when the GTX780Ti comes out this price will drop and get VERY close to initial R9 290X pricing and I can't ignore that. For me, I will wait for the GTX780Ti and pick up a couple of competitively priced GTX780's...

Exactly my plan. While the 290x has the performance, I really would rather a cooler quieter GPU than what AMD can supply at the high end.

A price-cut 780 looks very tempting if Nvidia pulls through and cuts the prices.

 

Those prices... I wept.

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Exactly my plan. While the 290x has the performance, I really would rather a cooler quieter GPU than what AMD can supply at the high end.

A price-cut 780 looks very tempting if Nvidia pulls through and cuts the prices.

 

Those prices... I wept.

Actually the 290x hasn't the performance in front of one 780 stock overclocked. And if  you see the Linus review you can see like both stock cards and both OCed the 780 wins.

 

Read you guys!

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Actually the 290x hasn't the performance in front of one 780 stock overclocked. And if  you see the Linus review you can see like both stock cards and both OCed the 780 wins.

 

Read you guys!

Do you mean that the 290x doesn't beat the 780 when overclocked?

I completely agree but at this point in time the 290x has the price advantage. My point is if a 780 price drop removes that AMD price advantage, there will be little reason to buy the 290x over the 780 if you are okay with overclocking your card, and especially if you want something that doesn't run at bloody 95 degrees and still manages to be loud.

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Do you mean that the 290x doesn't beat the 780 when overclocked?

I completely agree but at this point in time the 290x has the price advantage. My point is if a 780 price drop removes that AMD price advantage, there will be little reason to buy the 290x over the 780 if you are okay with overclocking your card, and especially if you want something that doesn't run at bloody 95 degrees and still manages to be loud.

 

Check it out yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lZ3Z6Niir4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djvZaHHU4I8

 

If the price matters, the 290X watercooled or with another cooler solution is a good one.

If performance matters, the 780 SC is a good one.

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if the 780 in your country costs the same as the 290x get the 780. The 290x is nice at 4k but lets be honest how many people own 4k monitors right now. besides once 4k becomes a thing there will be new gen nvidia and amd cards anyway

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i dont know about you guys but looking at the bench marks, it seems like the r9 280x reaches a maximum frame rate but also keeps that frame rate no matter the resolution..

from the bench marks slick did, it shows around 40-70 in all the games at 1080p and damn near exactly the same in 1440p? whos keen to see what happens on 4k?

also, what were the temperatures running at if the r9 290x wasnt even "stretching its legs" on the 1080p/1440p?

I'm not to keen on seeing how it performs at 4K because I'm not to sure how realistic it is to the masses.

 

Other than just seeing the results and saying, "wow that's impressive!" or maybe "wow that sucks!"

 

How many of the average AMD fan base is running out to buy a $3,500 Monitor, if the 4k results are just extraordinary?

 

That sort of goes against the whole price to performance ratio.

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For the price, it's awesome. Also Linus said you can control the target tempature, so if you aren't comfortable with 95°C you can lower it to 80°C but it won't OC itself that much.

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The card was designed to run at 95C, so unless they changed something, it'll run at 95C, I personally will wait to see what Nvidia does with the 780ti, and I'm willing to bet I'll end up getting that instead.

 

Yea I am waiting for 780TI myself.  Depending on how they set the prices will determine what card I will get on the Nvidia side.

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The reference cooler on the 290x is absolutely shit. What they need to do is scrap the reference design and let the vendors bring out their own custom coolers because i know for a fact that the 290x should overclock better.

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I'm not to keen on seeing how it performs at 4K because I'm not to sure how realistic it is to the masses.

 

Other than just seeing the results and saying, "wow that's impressive!" or maybe "wow that sucks!"

 

How many of the average AMD fan base is running out to buy a $3,500 Monitor, if the 4k results are just extraordinary?

 

That sort of goes against the whole price to performance ratio.

 

 

You save a couple of bucks on the GPU so you can get the 4K monitor, maybe not now but in 6 months sure, why not. If it performs the same as the more expensive nvidia stuff, you'd be daft not to.

 

 

The reference cooler on the 290x is absolutely shit. What they need to do is scrap the reference design and let the vendors bring out their own custom coolers because i know for a fact that the 290x should overclock better.

 

I have no doubt the vendors will do their stuff in the coming weeks. Just imagine the 290x toxic or matrix card...

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i would recommend the 780 instead of the 480, i mean r9 290x

 

At least until i can see mantle numbers, and what expecific games are going to support it

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I have no doubt the vendors will do their stuff in the coming weeks. Just imagine the 290x toxic or matrix card...

I hope so because in overclocked benchmarks the 780 beats out the 290X. Stock for stock the 290X is a better card but it has zero head room to overclock cause of that darn cooler.

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just read the aftermarket is coming in december or next year....true or a rumor? 

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just read the aftermarket is coming in december or next year....true or a rumor? 

 

we can't know yet. Link us to where you've read it. Probbably a duck.

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we can't know yet. Link us to where you've read it. Probbably a duck.

never mind these were "custom build boards from AIB partners"

and it was from the 3dguru review of 290x

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I see what you did there!

Me too. I think he got the idea from the TTL review video.... I agree with that.

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