Radeon R9 290X Review, new GPU - Page 2

TheMawn · 2013-10-28, 18:04

Definitely non-stock cooler. 300W via a shroud is going to be hot and loud. Usually you pick between one or the other. Now it's performance / noise / temperature and you prioritize one over the other two:

To be super-fast, you need high heat and temperature. To be moderately fast, you choose between cool and loud or hot and quiet. If you want cool and quiet, you need to perform slowly.

On the other hand, a good waterblock will get you fast, cool and as quiet as your radiator setup can be. Even an ASUS DCU or Gigabyte Windforce will be a lot better.

LaurV · 2013-10-29, 02:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by kracker

It may be better if you wait for the non-stock coolers to come in.

I would +1 for this!

kracker · 2013-10-29, 15:25

Nvidia Drops Prices of GTX 770 & 780; 780 Ti Price Revealed

firejuggler · 2013-10-29, 15:37

Long live AMD/ATI, then?

kracker · 2013-10-29, 16:00

I don't know(?)?. :shrug:

EDIT: You mean the 290X?

db597 · 2013-10-29, 17:16

Great to see free market competition in action - ultimately, consumers benefit.

TheMawn · 2013-10-30, 05:30

GTX 780 Ti is going to be quite the beast.

Manpowre · 2013-10-30, 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMawn

GTX 780 Ti is going to be quite the beast.

Only if they include the DP switch as the Titan has. if not, well.. its not going to be faster compute wise than 290x. Mabye even 290x will be faster since it has 1/8 speed of single precision. and 780ti might follow its kepler and fermi brothers with 1/24 speed of single precision.

Manpowre · 2013-10-30, 13:23

This is very interesting..
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-29...eForce-GTX-780

It states that R9 280x has 40% better floating point performance. Probably due to the 1/8 speed of dual precision and faster single precision performance than 780 (780 has 1/24 dp speed than sp).

Im pretty sure 780ti will not have the titan DP switch.. for gaming, cool, but for compute.. titan is the king.

kracker · 2013-10-30, 14:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMawn

GTX 780 Ti is going to be quite the beast.

They'd better be, for $100 more. So far looking at the specs I'm not impressed.

ixfd64 · 2013-10-30, 17:18

I think it's unfortunate that no other video card has reached or exceeded the efficiency of the GTX 580 in terms of GHz-days/FLOPS.

2013-10-29, 16:00	#16
kracker "Mr. Meeseeks" Jan 2012 California, USA 2183₁₀ Posts	I don't know(?)?. :shrug: EDIT: You mean the 290X? Last fiddled with by kracker on 2013-10-29 at 16:00

2013-10-30, 13:23	#20
Manpowre "Svein Johansen" May 2013 Norway 311₈ Posts	This is very interesting.. http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-29...eForce-GTX-780 It states that R9 280x has 40% better floating point performance. Probably due to the 1/8 speed of dual precision and faster single precision performance than 780 (780 has 1/24 dp speed than sp). Im pretty sure 780ti will not have the titan DP switch.. for gaming, cool, but for compute.. titan is the king. Last fiddled with by Manpowre on 2013-10-30 at 13:23

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2013-10-28, 18:04	#12
TheMawn May 2013 East. Always East. 3277₈ Posts	Definitely non-stock cooler. 300W via a shroud is going to be hot and loud. Usually you pick between one or the other. Now it's performance / noise / temperature and you prioritize one over the other two: To be super-fast, you need high heat and temperature. To be moderately fast, you choose between cool and loud or hot and quiet. If you want cool and quiet, you need to perform slowly. On the other hand, a good waterblock will get you fast, cool and as quiet as your radiator setup can be. Even an ASUS DCU or Gigabyte Windforce will be a lot better.

2013-10-29, 15:25	#14
kracker "Mr. Meeseeks" Jan 2012 California, USA 37×59 Posts	Nvidia Drops Prices of GTX 770 & 780; 780 Ti Price Revealed

2013-10-29, 15:37	#15
firejuggler "Vincent" Apr 2010 Over the rainbow 101101101000₂ Posts	Long live AMD/ATI, then?

2013-10-29, 17:16	#17
db597 Jan 2003 CE₁₆ Posts	Great to see free market competition in action - ultimately, consumers benefit.

2013-10-30, 05:30	#18
TheMawn May 2013 East. Always East. 11×157 Posts	GTX 780 Ti is going to be quite the beast.

2013-10-30, 17:18	#22
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 2³·313 Posts	I think it's unfortunate that no other video card has reached or exceeded the efficiency of the GTX 580 in terms of GHz-days/FLOPS.