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Radeon R9-290 Crossfire review
Posted by: on: 11/05/2013 06:55 AM [
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We review the Radeon R9-290 setup in two way Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 780 SLI, next to our default FPS benchmarks we do Ultra HD and FCAT Frametime measurements as well. Over the next few pages we'll tell you a bit about multi-GPU gaming, the challenges, the requirements and of course a nice tasty benchmark session with the latest games. We'll have a peek at temperatures and power consumption of the Radeon cards in Crossfire mode to monitor its generated performance.
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ClexRex
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Posted on: 11/05/2013 01:40 PM
Looks...glad amd is getting some spotlight on these cards.
Will however be sticking with my 780 sli.
I still think a well overclocked 780 beats out the 290 as it appears to not clock well.
Looks...glad amd is getting some spotlight on these cards.
Will however be sticking with my 780 sli.
I still think a well overclocked 780 beats out the 290 as it appears to not clock well.
MadGizmo
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Posted on: 11/05/2013 01:59 PM
The 290 looks like a fantastic card in CF. Especially for the price. This is great for competition. Again, too bad about the heat. Great review, Hilbert.
The 290 looks like a fantastic card in CF. Especially for the price. This is great for competition. Again, too bad about the heat. Great review, Hilbert.
Rich_Guy
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Posted on: 11/05/2013 07:51 PM
Agreed, cracking performance for the price.
The 290 looks like a fantastic card in CF. Especially for the price. This is great for competition. Again, too bad about the heat. Great review, Hilbert.
Agreed, cracking performance for the price.
airbud7
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Posted on: 11/06/2013 02:52 AM
Ouch!...7990/690 killer....Nice review........
Ouch!...7990/690 killer....Nice review........
millibyte
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Posted on: 11/06/2013 04:13 AM
Hitman - 5% slower than 7990
Tomb Raider - 10% faster
MOH - 14% faster
Bioshock - 6% faster
BF3 - 2% faster
Metro - 14% faster
Crysis 3 - 20% faster
On average, almost 9% faster. Pretty meh, tbh. Single card is great, but for anyone on a 7990, 7970 cf or 7950 cf, it's quite underwhelming. Especially since 7970 cf and 7950 cf can overclock quite well.
Ouch!...7990/690 killer....Nice review........
Hitman - 5% slower than 7990
Tomb Raider - 10% faster
MOH - 14% faster
Bioshock - 6% faster
BF3 - 2% faster
Metro - 14% faster
Crysis 3 - 20% faster
On average, almost 9% faster. Pretty meh, tbh. Single card is great, but for anyone on a 7990, 7970 cf or 7950 cf, it's quite underwhelming. Especially since 7970 cf and 7950 cf can overclock quite well.
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Posted on: 11/06/2013 04:19 AM
Hitman - 5% slower than 7990
Tomb Raider - 10% faster
MOH - 14% faster
Bioshock - 6% faster
BF3 - 2% faster
Metro - 14% faster
Crysis 3 - 20% faster
On average, almost 9% faster. Pretty meh, tbh. Single card is great, but for anyone on a 7990, 7970 cf or 7950 cf, it's quite underwhelming. Especially since 7970 cf and 7950 cf can overclock quite well.
I would happily sell out sli or cf to go back to a single card solution that provided the same or even slightly more performance, but as of currently, I dont see any games worth the price of admission that required that investment.
Hitman - 5% slower than 7990
Tomb Raider - 10% faster
MOH - 14% faster
Bioshock - 6% faster
BF3 - 2% faster
Metro - 14% faster
Crysis 3 - 20% faster
On average, almost 9% faster. Pretty meh, tbh. Single card is great, but for anyone on a 7990, 7970 cf or 7950 cf, it's quite underwhelming. Especially since 7970 cf and 7950 cf can overclock quite well.
I would happily sell out sli or cf to go back to a single card solution that provided the same or even slightly more performance, but as of currently, I dont see any games worth the price of admission that required that investment.
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Posted on: 11/06/2013 05:39 AM
I don't get it. I was expecting this to obliterate a 7990, but looking at those charts it's only marginally faster.
I don't get it. I was expecting this to obliterate a 7990, but looking at those charts it's only marginally faster.
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Posted on: 11/06/2013 10:05 AM
Edit: Sorry, thought i was in the 290 review thread (single).
I would happily sell out sli or cf to go back to a single card solution that provided the same or even slightly more performance, but as of currently, I dont see any games worth the price of admission that required that investment.
Edit: Sorry, thought i was in the 290 review thread (single).
alanm
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Posted on: 11/06/2013 05:47 PM
Very likely driver related. I think newly released cards are not as optimized for SLI/CF performance *initially* as I believe the driver teams are fully focused on single card performance at first. With subsequent driver releases, multi-GPU performance improves. Thats the pattern I've observed with new card releases over last few generations.
I don't get it. I was expecting this to obliterate a 7990, but looking at those charts it's only marginally faster.
Very likely driver related. I think newly released cards are not as optimized for SLI/CF performance *initially* as I believe the driver teams are fully focused on single card performance at first. With subsequent driver releases, multi-GPU performance improves. Thats the pattern I've observed with new card releases over last few generations.
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excelent review, time to change my two 7950 and my 1080 screen