Which is better

[Pelop17]

Now i have a question from linus video about the liquid cool r9 290 and the 780? which is better

I am going to buy maybe an r9 290 Sapphire is it good ? what should i choose?

Now which is better 780ti vs 780 vs r9 290? I have in mind also the Asus Mars ( dual GPU) is it good ?  , but i can find the price. Which to you prefer and can it play all games

[WoodenMarker]

At this point, I'd just get whichever is cheaper or whichever has the features you want. 

[Pelop17]

At this point, I'd just get whichever is cheaper or whichever has the features you want. 

 

i want  the best card not the features. Also do you know the price of MARS they say is better than the 780ti

[N3D9ed]

According to the video, the 780 is better.

 

Yes, it is good. Go with whichever one you favor most.

 

780 Ti is the best among the three. 

Is it good? It's decent.

Can it play all games? Yes.

[SAV1OUR]

the 780ti is better then the asus mars, dule gpu cards always have issues from what i have heard 

[WoodenMarker]

i want  the best card not the features. Also do you know the price of MARS they say is better than the 780ti

The 780 Ti is best but it's also the most expensive. 

The MARS is just not worth getting since it's just a more expensive 760 sli with worse cooling. 

[TheProfosist]

the 780ti is better then the asus mars, dule gpu cards always have issues from what i have heard

They dont always have issues. The only "issue" is that if you have a game that doesnt support sli it only uses 1 gpu but that would happen in normal sli as well...

[Pelop17]

They dont always have issues. The only "issue" is that if you have a game that doesnt support sli it only uses 1 gpu but that would happen in normal sli as well...

 

 

The 780 Ti is best but it's also the most expensive. 

The MARS is just not worth getting since it's just a more expensive 760 sli with worse cooling. 

 

 

the 780ti is better then the asus mars, dule gpu cards always have issues from what i have heard 

 

 

According to the video, the 780 is better.

 

Yes, it is good. Go with whichever one you favor most.

 

780 Ti is the best among the three. 

Is it good? It's decent.

Can it play all games? Yes.

 

Ok the 780 ti is a beast I dont have the money to buy it

Now from the 780 vs r9 290 vs r9 290 vs MARS? which is better

[WoodenMarker]

Ok the 780 ti is a beast I dont have the money to buy it

Now from the 780 vs r9 290 vs r9 290 vs MARS? which is better

The MARS just isn't worth getting.

As for the 290 and 780, they're pretty much neck to neck. That's why you pick one depending on whatever features you want.

[Lord Pantaloons]

They dont always have issues. The only "issue" is that if you have a game that doesnt support sli it only uses 1 gpu but that would happen in normal sli as well...

^^ I'm so tried of people who say crap like that, pretty much every modern-ish game has SLI support and 2-way scales excellently in pretty much every game, the only one I've ever run into that didn't work with SLI was a game called Nexuiz. It wouldn't even matter with an older game anyways because it wouldn't take much grunt to run it.

 

 

@OP the 780Ti is the fastest of the bunch followed by the Mars, if you're going to watercool you need to get a reference card so you don't have to worry about block compatibility, If there is a block for the MARS it will probably be expensive but it wouldn't exactly be a terrible idea if you have an mITX build, though in the long run the 780 Ti would be a smarter move overall because it has more VRAM than the MARS does, 2GB is close to not being enough for 1080p gaming so a 3GB 780 TI or the 6GB 780Ti kingpin would last you the longest.

[Pelop17]

The MARS just isn't worth getting.

As for the 290 and 780, they're pretty much neck to neck. That's why you pick one depending on whatever features you want.

 

I would go with the 290 for being able to make $150 per month mining Litecoins.

 

ok what are the features of the 290?

and does any one knows the price of the sapphire cause they said that is a beats and is like a 780ti

[Pelop17]

^^ I'm so tried of people who say crap like that, pretty much every modern-ish game has SLI support and 2-way scales excellently in pretty much every game, the only one I've ever run into that didn't work with SLI was a game called Nexuiz. It wouldn't even matter with an older game anyways because it wouldn't take much grunt to run it.

 

 

@OP the 780Ti is the fastest of the bunch followed by the Mars, if you're going to watercool you need to get a reference card so you don't have to worry about block compatibility, If there is a block for the MARS it will probably be expensive but it wouldn't exactly be a terrible idea if you have an mITX build, though in the long run the 780 Ti would be a smarter move overall because it has more VRAM than the MARS does, 2GB is close to not being enough for 1080p gaming so a 3GB 780 TI or the 6GB 780Ti kingpin would last you the longest.

So you sre telling me this

1) 780ti

2) Mars ( dual GPU)

3) 290

4) 780 or opposite

why should ibuy mars

[Lord Pantaloons]

ok what are the features of the 290?

and does any one knows the price of the sapphire cause they said that is a beats and is like a 780ti

unless you count true audio or whatever it's called the 290 doesn't really have any compelling features, while the 780/780Ti has Geforce Experience and Shadowplay(which can now stream to twitch). Also AMD cards prices are inflated right now because of all the bitcoin/litecoin bs.

[Lord Pantaloons]

So you sre telling me this

1) 780ti

2) Mars ( dual GPU)

3) 290

4) 780 or opposite

why should ibuy mars

Well "technically" there isn't really a reason to buy a mars, it's slightly cheaper than the 780Ti while having similar performance but it's going to be limited by the 2GB of VRAM so imo it would be worth it to save a bit more and get a 780 Ti(preferably a kingpin edition). The mars is an odd one, basically the primary reason you would get it over anything else is epeen.

[Pelop17]

unless you count true audio or whatever it's called the 290 doesn't really have any compelling features, while the 780/780Ti has Geforce Experience and Shadowplay(which can now stream to twitch). Also AMD cards prices are inflated right now because of all the bitcoin/litecoin bs.

I will not be using any shasow play only the gpu boost

for the r9 290 they say it has the amd mantle what is this?

and can sapphire r9 290 beats a mars ( or maybe be the baby of a 780ti) ?

[TheProfosist]

^^ I'm so tried of people who say crap like that, pretty much every modern-ish game has SLI support and 2-way scales excellently in pretty much every game, the only one I've ever run into that didn't work with SLI was a game called Nexuiz. It wouldn't even matter with an older game anyways because it wouldn't take much grunt to run it.

@OP the 780Ti is the fastest of the bunch followed by the Mars, if you're going to watercool you need to get a reference card so you don't have to worry about block compatibility, If there is a block for the MARS it will probably be expensive but it wouldn't exactly be a terrible idea if you have an mITX build, though in the long run the 780 Ti would be a smarter move overall because it has more VRAM than the MARS does, 2GB is close to not being enough for 1080p gaming so a 3GB 780 TI or the 6GB 780Ti kingpin would last you the longest.

I dont see it as an issue which is why I have 2 670's just thought it should be mentioned though.

[Lord Pantaloons]

I will not be using any shasow play only the gpu boost

for the r9 290 they say it has the amd mantle what is this?

and can sapphire r9 290 beats a mars ( or maybe be the baby of a 780ti) ?

290 can't beat a MARS because a MARS is neck and neck with a 780ti and the 290 is slower than the 780ti, Mantle is basically like directx but "supposedly" better as far as increasing game performance and from the way it seems right now it won't have much of an impact because it's only useful when a developer actually develops their game to use Mantle. As far as we know the only games that are guaranteed to use Mantle are Battlefield 4 and Star citizen, I heard that Crytek is looking at it too but still that's only 3 devs that would be using it, it might change in a couple of years if Mantle turns out to not be shit but only time will tell.

 

From what I've heard the 290 and the 780(non TI) are neck and neck so it would really depend on what features you want and which one is a better deal when it's time for you to buy, like I said the 780 has GFE and Shadowplay and the 290 has true audio and potentially Mantle(if it isn't crap) both GPU's have a boost clock feature, the 780's is GPU Boost and the 290's is powertune or something like that but they essentially do the exact same thing.

[WoodenMarker]

ok what are the features of the 290?

Mantle is a big one that may make the 290 perform much better in games depending how it all plays out.

[Pelop17]

290 can't beat a MARS because a MARS is neck and neck with a 780ti and the 290 is slower than the 780ti, Mantle is basically like directx but "supposedly" better as far as increasing game performance and from the way it seems right now it won't have much of an impact because it's only useful when a developer actually develops their game to use Mantle. As far as we know the only games that are guaranteed to use Mantle are Battlefield 4 and Star citizen, I heard that Crytek is looking at it too but still that's only 3 devs that would be using it, it might change in a couple of years if Mantle turns out to not be shit but only time will tell.

 

From what I've heard the 290 and the 780(non TI) are neck and neck so it would really depend on what features you want and which one is a better deal when it's time for you to buy, like I said the 780 has GFE and Shadowplay and the 290 has true audio and potentially Mantle(if it isn't crap) both GPU's have a boost clock feature, the 780's is GPU Boost and the 290's is powertune or something like that but they essentially do the exact same thing.

Do you know the price of mars?

[Lord Pantaloons]

Do you know the price of mars?

Off the top of my head? no, when I watched TTL's review of it he mentioned that it cost less but I can't remember by how much.

[Grave]

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Do you know the price of mars?

ASUS ROG MARS 760 4GB - $630

 

It's not out yet. Supposedly performs similarly to /above a 780ti a GTX TITAN.

 

Edit: Now that I think about it, why the hell does NVidia keep making stupid cards at stupid price points?

 

Edit2: Just read this review before buying it. Has more accurate info than I can give off the top of my head. Apologies for so many inaccuracies. 5am, going to bed in a bit.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_geforce_gtx_760_mars_review,2.html

[Pelop17]

Mantle is a big one that may make the 290 perform much better in games depending how it all plays out.

 

 

290 can't beat a MARS because a MARS is neck and neck with a 780ti and the 290 is slower than the 780ti, Mantle is basically like directx but "supposedly" better as far as increasing game performance and from the way it seems right now it won't have much of an impact because it's only useful when a developer actually develops their game to use Mantle. As far as we know the only games that are guaranteed to use Mantle are Battlefield 4 and Star citizen, I heard that Crytek is looking at it too but still that's only 3 devs that would be using it, it might change in a couple of years if Mantle turns out to not be shit but only time will tell.

 

From what I've heard the 290 and the 780(non TI) are neck and neck so it would really depend on what features you want and which one is a better deal when it's time for you to buy, like I said the 780 has GFE and Shadowplay and the 290 has true audio and potentially Mantle(if it isn't crap) both GPU's have a boost clock feature, the 780's is GPU Boost and the 290's is powertune or something like that but they essentially do the exact same thing.

[Grave]

People need to stop posting an image of a single game. That 780ti isn't even overclocked, and that R9 290 is still, what, $650?

[Lord Pantaloons]

People need to stop posting an image of a single game. That 780ti isn't even overclocked, and that R9 290 is still, what, $650?

^^^

 

 

 

 

And don't even get me started on the Classified 780 Ti

[Pelop17]

^^^

 

 

 

 

People need to stop posting an image of a single game. That 780ti isn't even overclocked, and that R9 290 is still, what, $650?

No is 449 $ or cheaper.

And thank you for the video

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/92770-anandtech-sapphire-r9-290-tri-x-review/