dave1029 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 AMD's R9 295x2 ($1,500) beats out Nvidia's Titan-Z ($3,000). Apparently they pulled the launch because it just could not compete with the AMD equivalent. This is a victory against PC gaming tyranny. Down with Nvidia's overpriced crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) Don't forget they are comparing a dual graphics instead of single graphics cards, if Nvidia pulled together a 2x card with dual gtx780 ti's, it'll be a good fight. So that comparison is not a very good one. When amd comes out with a single video card that can out perform a gtx780 ti at low cost, it might be a win for Amd. Yet they haven't :sad: . http://www.hwcompare.com/17844/geforce-gtx-780-ti-vs-radeon-r9-295x2/ Of course this comparing a reference gtx780 ti, a after market cooler model like the gigabyte windforce, or other models similar will have higher clock speeds. AMD r90x vs gtx780 ti http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-GeForce-GTX-780-Ti Edited May 29, 2014 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1029 Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 From what I understand, the R9 290x can match the 780 TI but only with really good aftermarket cooling. The R9 is great for the first 30 minutes but then tanks in performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) They also claim that the r290x suffers from throttling issues, when in turbo mode. So I can see that also effecting performance. Wait until we see some aftermarket coolers to judge that effect. http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170542-amds-radeon-r9-290-has-a-problem-but-nvidias-smear-attack-is-heavy-handed Edited May 29, 2014 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMod Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 On 5/29/2014 at 2:07 AM, Thor. said: Don't forget they are comparing a dual graphics instead of single graphics cards, if Nvidia pulled together a 2x card with dual gtx780 ti's...Titan Z is a dual GPU card. And it is dual 780Ti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) the Titan z is two Titans, sense it has 2x 6gb vram. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8069/nvidia-releases-geforce-gtx-titan-z Edited May 29, 2014 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1029 Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 On 5/29/2014 at 4:31 AM, Thor. said: They also claim that the r290x suffers from throttling issues, when in turbo mode. So I can see that also effecting performance. Wait until we see some aftermarket coolers to judge that effect. http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170542-amds-radeon-r9-290-has-a-problem-but-nvidias-smear-attack-is-heavy-handedThe 295x2 has no throttling issues since the stock version (from AMD) is liquid cooled. In a review, at 4k textures, pushed to 100% load, the card topped at 68C. While the 290X does, the 295x2 does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 On 5/29/2014 at 8:03 PM, dave1029 said: On 5/29/2014 at 4:31 AM, Thor. said: They also claim that the r290x suffers from throttling issues, when in turbo mode. So I can see that also effecting performance. Wait until we see some aftermarket coolers to judge that effect. http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170542-amds-radeon-r9-290-has-a-problem-but-nvidias-smear-attack-is-heavy-handedThe 295x2 has no throttling issues since the stock version (from AMD) is liquid cooled. In a review, at 4k textures, pushed to 100% load, the card topped at 68C. While the 290X does, the 295x2 does not. Meanwhile, all of 11 people will actually buy either the Titan Z or the 295. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werne Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Let me just correct this... On 5/29/2014 at 5:31 PM, Thor. said: the Titan z is two Titans, sense it has 2x 6gb vram. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8069/nvidia-releases-geforce-gtx-titan-zTitan Z is two Titan Blacks, which are second generation Titans with GK110 dies sporting 2880 CUDA cores. Titan Z basically uses the same GPUs that are in 780 Ti but with fully unlocked double-precision like Quadro. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1029 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 On 6/4/2014 at 9:49 AM, Werne said: Let me just correct this... On 5/29/2014 at 5:31 PM, Thor. said: the Titan z is two Titans, sense it has 2x 6gb vram. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8069/nvidia-releases-geforce-gtx-titan-zTitan Z is two Titan Blacks, which are second generation Titans with GK110 dies sporting 2880 CUDA cores. Titan Z basically uses the same GPUs that are in 780 Ti but with fully unlocked double-precision like Quadro. :wink:Apparently the 295x2 is faster at 4k resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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