wraggster
November 5th, 2013, 10:08
The two latest competitors into what has turned out to be a very ‘heated’ battle in the PC graphics card market have at last been detailed.
Firstly, Nvidia’s long-awaited GTX 780Ti has been specced by VideoCardz (http://videocardz.com/47587/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti-official-gaming-performance) which shows that the card is not only a Titan-killer, but also the better of the Radeon R9 290X at standard resolutions – although AMD’s card retakes the lead when playing at 4K.
However, at $699 the 780Ti has not only the $550 R9 290X but also the new $400 R9 290.
AMD’s 290 looks to offer tremendous performance for the price, bettering nearly every card on the market – and even the 290X at some games at the very highest resolutions.
There’s a price to pay for the performance, however – AMD’s new card runs even hotter and, perhaps more worryingly, louder than the 290X, apparently hitting 95 degrees within minutes and operating at what AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/17) describes as “unreasonable” loudness.
Still, now the dust has settled, at just $400 the R9 290 looks like the likeliest contender to win the high-end GPU war, with ultra-monied enthusiasts perhaps opting instead for the 780Ti.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nvidia-gtx-780ti-and-radeon-r9-290-benchmarked-priced/0123740
Firstly, Nvidia’s long-awaited GTX 780Ti has been specced by VideoCardz (http://videocardz.com/47587/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti-official-gaming-performance) which shows that the card is not only a Titan-killer, but also the better of the Radeon R9 290X at standard resolutions – although AMD’s card retakes the lead when playing at 4K.
However, at $699 the 780Ti has not only the $550 R9 290X but also the new $400 R9 290.
AMD’s 290 looks to offer tremendous performance for the price, bettering nearly every card on the market – and even the 290X at some games at the very highest resolutions.
There’s a price to pay for the performance, however – AMD’s new card runs even hotter and, perhaps more worryingly, louder than the 290X, apparently hitting 95 degrees within minutes and operating at what AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/17) describes as “unreasonable” loudness.
Still, now the dust has settled, at just $400 the R9 290 looks like the likeliest contender to win the high-end GPU war, with ultra-monied enthusiasts perhaps opting instead for the 780Ti.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nvidia-gtx-780ti-and-radeon-r9-290-benchmarked-priced/0123740