GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 290X vs 780 Ti

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games

crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 6 more

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance

Passmark, 3DMark 11 Graphics, 3DMark Vantage Graphics and 3DMark06

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU

Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) and Passmark Direct Compute

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load

TDP

GPUBoss Score

Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R9 290X

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon R9 290X

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Significantly better 3DMark 11 graphics score 25,101.5 vs 15,630 More than 60% better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Higher clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 875 MHz Around 15% higher clock speed
More memory 4,096 MB vs 3,072 MB Around 35% more memory
Higher pixel rate 64 GPixel/s vs 52.5 GPixel/s More than 20% higher pixel rate
Better floating-point performance 5,632 GFLOPS vs 5,040 GFLOPS More than 10% better floating-point performance
More render output processors 64 vs 48 16 more render output processors
Wider memory bus 512 bit vs 384 bit Around 35% wider memory bus
Front view of GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti

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Better passmark score 9,014 vs 6,826 More than 30% better passmark score
Significantly higher effective memory clock speed 7,000 MHz vs 5,000 MHz 40% higher effective memory clock speed
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 46,186 vs 38,367 More than 20% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Higher texture rate 210 GTexel/s vs 176 GTexel/s Around 20% higher texture rate
Significantly higher memory clock speed 1,752 MHz vs 1,250 MHz More than 40% higher memory clock speed
More texture mapping units 240 vs 176 64 more texture mapping units
Better passmark direct compute score 4,653 vs 3,121 Around 50% better passmark direct compute score
Higher BioShock infinite framerate 116.4 fps vs 94.9 fps Around 25% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score 396 vs 373.9 More than 5% better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score
Lower TDP 250W vs 300W More than 15% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance

3DMark Vantage Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 10 GPU performance

BioShock Infinite 1920 x 1080 - Ultra preset + DX11 (DDOF)

Radeon R9 290X
94.9 fps
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
116.4 fps

Civilization 5 Texture Decomp (2013) Using the newest graphics cards Civ V can speed screen transitions by reducing texture sizes

Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon R9 290X  vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti 

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Palit unfortunately didn't make good use of that capability as their card basically emits just as much noise as the NVIDIA reference design in idle, which is pretty quiet, but far from "almost inaudible.
GeForce GTX 780 Ti

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true, true :P
It can do BF4 pretty dang well, with almost all settings on ultra. It has some issues with the shading, though.
and tha't a GTX 780TI
I own both.. and The 290x overclocked is way faster @ 4k.. And the IQ is better on just about every game.. but Ambeint occulsion is why I own a gtx 780TI fucking love it with Nspector, Skyrim and Fall Out 3 look insane and AMD can't compete on this.
3 GB is fine for 1080p even with crossfire. I had 2x 280x's just don't expect it to be enough ram for Mantle crossfire. The 280x's performed awesome on DX11. I wanted to play at higher resolutions but keeping the 120hz / 120 FPS so I turned up the resolution scale in BF4, I upgraded to 2x 290x's so I could play at 135% and keep the 120fps in Ultra giving me 135-160 FPS, bassically not dipping below 120 FPS running Mantle. The 3 GB on the 280x is fine at native 1080p and the 280x is a great DX11 card.
Except for the 280...it only carries 3GB VRAM sadface.jpg
TIMMAAAAYYYYYY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTl762MuXyc
Why would you pair a high dollar GPU with a cheap apu. You don't. It's luge going to the gym, working your biceps and completely ignoring your triceps...
The new Asus swift is the best gaming monitor spec wise, it's going to be a little expensive at first. It's a 1440p 144hz monitor with 1ms refresh times and with Gsync. I only wish it had Duel link DVI, it's only got DisplayPort! http://www.asus.com/Monitors/ROG_SWIFT_PG278Q/
Really never heard of that card, I know what AMD Firepro cards are. What performance to you get on 4K gaming? I doubt it can do BF4 very well at 4K or can it?
I'm sticking to resolutions that my 2 MSI R9 290x Gaming OC can play at at least 120 FPS. My current monitor is a 27" Sumsung SA950D which is a 1920x1080p, 120Hz and 3D LED Monitor. In BF4 I run Ultra and turn up the resolution scale to 135% so that both my GPU's are working 100%. That basically renders 1440p then scales it down on my 1080p monitor making it even sharper and more detailed, it looks amazing. I can go further but it becomes too sharp lol, so 135% resolution is the sweet spot for me and I'm able to have my FPS locked onto 120 FPS on ultra. Once you get used to 120 FPS on a 120Hz monitor it's hard to go back as it's so smooth specially when your moving and looking around real quick.
i dont understand, even tough the R9290x has a higher specs in practical yet the GTX 780ti beats in almost all the benchmarks.
the r9 290x is better becouse have better spec and can display with more quality and in higher resolution than 780 ti if dont cosider that is writen in the sites ask a professionist in the camp of gpu or see the official site and compare frist to take a conclusion the priece the performance make r9 290x the best
The MSI R9 290x is ahead of the GTX 780 Ti thanks to AMD new low level API driver layer unlocking GPU performance lost due to DX11 bloated driver layer disrupting the flow of performance especially with Crossfire or SLI set ups. Running Mantle on catalyst 14.4+ on BF4 Ultra at 1080p 120hz and 135% resolution that's 1440P internal resolution with 2 x 290x running crossfire, mantle is able to give very smooth 120-160 FPS, that's 120 FPS minimum and average of 150fps. I can increase the resolution to 150% scale and average around 120 FPS but the image becomes too sharp and affects the depth of field and becomes harder to spot enemies. The details on 1920x1080p running ultra at 135% resolution scale is amazing, it much more detailed than 100% resolution scale and makes the details just pop. Mantleis a brand new low level API and the 290x has a brand new GPU processor which runs GCN 2.0 giving it maximum control over the GPU performance and efficiency, forget single player benchmarks. In multiplayer Mantle is able to get 100% GPU usage and max fps all the time. With 780 ti SLI on BF4 on 135% resolution you will see the GPU's drop down to 75% usage and back up to 100% giving frame drops because the DX11 driver is bulky and gets in the way and struggles to stay at 100% on both GPU's. Mantle was created to fix this and is low level Api and Mantle and the game engine has full control of the GPU performance and is able to keep the GPU's at 100% for each GPU. Basically in BF4 if you increase the resolution scale on 2x 290X your GPU's will always be using max performance as the driver isn't getting in the way and always giving maximus FPS and won't fluctuate like DX11 does wildly. It is well known now that AMD has gone ahead of Nvidia in Crossfire and SLI performance now. AMD has advanced leaps and bounds with their new frame pacing technology and is more smoother than SLI. People have to accept now that AMD's drivers especially their newest beta drivers aren't like they were in the past. The older cards like the 7970, 270x or 280x are not GCN 2.0 and are older architectures designed for DX11 so they don't have the efficiency and control over performance of the GPU as the 290 and 290x. There are benefits to low end CPU when running Mantle as well since it can use all cores and the GPU is able to do all the work and the CPU doesn't need to keep communicating to the GPU and when it does the low level API (Mantle) doesn't get in the way of the GPU performance. That is why your better off using DX11 on older AMD cards like 7970 and 280x as they have years of optimisation on DX11 and weren't designed for Mantle. The 7970 and 280x are the same card just re hashed or re named so to speak same goes for the 7950 and the 270x.
so your saying a quadro is better than a firepro w9100
yeah for hundreds of dollars more
A game will take advantage of whatever VRAM you have, if you have 3GB, it will use as much as it can. If you have 2GB, it will use all it can.
Ok, lets see the benchmarks. Don't have them? I didn't think so.
I just bought two 290s ($350 for both), two kraken g10s ($60), two corsair h50s ($80), and two gelid solutions 290 enhancement kits ($20). All brand new....for a total of $510. Price/performance the 780 can't compete. Is it possibly a better card? Yes. Would I rather have SLI 780ti rather than crossfire 290s? Yes. Am I willing to pay over twice as much for that? Hell no. Where is your nvidia god now?
The AMD R9 290X has a wider memory bus which means it will out perform the NVIDIA/EVGA GTX 780 Ti no matter what...
THANK YOU SO IM BUYING 780 .
Good luck fitting either GTX 780 Ti or R9 290x in a mini-atx case lol
Except for the fact that the 780 TI costs 200 dollars more than the 290x and the 290x overclocks better
Dayum man all these text i can't i just can't read all of this This........GEEKNESS..
I think if AMD just fixed that heat issue, they'd be able to achieve more.
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