980 vs 290x at 4k

[Eric1987]

Anyone know which is faster at 4k? I don't care about the wattage I already have a 290x I am just seeing how much faster it is.

 

[bystander36]

From the benchmarks I've seen, the 980 is faster. In Crossfire/SLI it may change, but for a single card, the 980 is a good bit faster.

 

[Eric1987]

At 4k? All the benchmarks I've seen are 1080 which I don't use anymore.

 

[bystander36]

According to [THG], it wins out at 4k, though the individual tests don't show the 4k results (seems to be a new format, and they may have messed up).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941-16.html

Here is one with individual results: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-980-g1-gaming-review,1.html

Here is a post with a ton of reviews, you can find more there: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2400329

 

[Eric1987]

Ah it seems the 290x is equal to a 970.

 

[Attic]

[H] has a dedicated page for 4k results

290x faster than GTX 980 in Crysis 3 (Slight win) and Tomb Raider (5%)

GTX 980 faster than 290x in Far Cry 3 (20%), Watch Dogs (17%), BF4 (5%)

 

[Eric1987]

How do I use mantle in BF4? It ran in 4k good as it was.

 

[Despoiler]

How do I use mantle in BF4? It ran in 4k good as it was.

Set the game to the Mantle API in the options.

 

[Eric1987]

I dont have to install any extra software?

 

[wand3r3r]

No, it's in Catalyst. Just turn it on in game in the video options menu.

 

[Eric1987]

I don't have it in the options. Am I using too old of a update for BF4?

 

[Gloomy]

I don't have it in the options. Am I using too old of a update for BF4?

Got the latest AMD drivers?

 

[Eric1987]

14.7

 

[wand3r3r]

About a minute in, don't you have that option in the BF4 menu?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtwtZV3LObY

 

[Lepton87]

How about TRI-SLI and TRI-FIRE as that is what interests true gamers or IQ junkies. I'm on the fence as what to buy, hunt for a cheap titan but I know that the new CF method is markedly better. How about tests with 3 cards? are there available somewhere, I'm actually more interested in 3x970 as with a bit of luck I won't pay for that upgrade at all. I'm interested first and formost in the resolution of 2560x1440 but also mildly interested in 4k because I'm thinking about buying such a monitor.

 

[3DVagabond]

We'll need to see SLI vs. crossfire results for 4K. Single card they trade blows, but you can get 290X's for ~$100 less.

 

[wand3r3r]

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/5623/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-sli--3-way-sli--4-way-sli-review

SLI still has major issues with 3 and 4 card scaling.

1 = 27.6 (FPS) = 100%
2 = 52 = 88% scaling of the first card
3rd = 62 = 20% more total, = 36% scaling of the first card
4th = 71 = 14% more total, = 32% scaling of the first card

Basically cards 3 and 4 are throwing money down the drain. I'd like to see the comparable 290x tri and quad fire since I believe they usually scale a lot better.

 

[amenx]

Posted this earlier. TPU's averaged performance of 17 games @ 4k. I think this is the largest number of games tested @4k in the reviews.

 

[amenx]

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/5623/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-sli--3-way-sli--4-way-sli-review

SLI still has major issues with 3 and 4 card scaling.

1 = 27.6 (FPS) = 100%
2 = 52 = 88% scaling of the first card
3rd = 62 = 20% more total, = 36% scaling of the first card
4th = 71 = 14% more total, = 32% scaling of the first card

Basically cards 3 and 4 are throwing money down the drain. I'd like to see the comparable 290x tri and quad fire since I believe they usually scale a lot better.

SLI (or CF) scaling in new card releases can change dramatically with driver updates. As someone who always reads the driver release notes, this is the area I notice most of the improvements which build up over time. I believe Nvidias top priority for their driver teams is single card performance for the reviews and SLI after that. But anway the numbers of 3+ GPU SLI owners is probably less than 1% so I doubt it matters in the overall scheme of things

 

[Eric1987]

 

[alcoholbob]

We got a badass over here...200 fps at the menu.

 

[Silverforce11]

NV have fixed their poor scaling at 4K with Maxwell. Its now faster than R290X.

But Tri SLI or Quad SLI seems broken.

 

[96Firebird]

But Tri SLI or Quad SLI seems broken.

This is their first shot at SLI Maxwell, hopefully they can improve.

 

[Eric1987]

We got a badass over here...200 fps at the menu.

I was showing the lack of Mantle API, genius.