Hello guys!
GAK here ...
I have done a few benchmarks between the two cards after I purchased a used ASUS R9 290 DCII. It performs pretty well for the price and has more VRAM than my old 780 Ti.
I got the used R9 290 DCII at a relatively cheap price (locally) and couldn't resist but buy it.
I thought the price was too good to be true, and I was half right about it, this card just loves to overheat. even with 100% fan at+100mV it can reach 95 C within a few minutes in Crysis 3. So there was no hope to try to push the voltage more, I have expected more of the beefy ASUS cooler. At the end I managed to OC the card at +44mV/+50PL/1100 Core/1450 Mem/ 70% fan. and managed to keep the card at reasonable temps, it sounds like a jet engine though, but what makes it worth it is that it was close to my 780 Ti in most games (there are a few expections, some Nvidia titles for example), and it costed me half the price.
Those are my OCs :-
780 Ti: 1188/1890 (347.52)
290 : 1100/1450 (14.12 Omega)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfT8oF8xslc
Recorded with MSI Afterburner. Please keep in mind there is about a ~9% performance hit due to software recording.
I might do more benchmarks if asked as long as I am willing to buy the game.
Bye!
GAK here ...
I have done a few benchmarks between the two cards after I purchased a used ASUS R9 290 DCII. It performs pretty well for the price and has more VRAM than my old 780 Ti.
I got the used R9 290 DCII at a relatively cheap price (locally) and couldn't resist but buy it.
I thought the price was too good to be true, and I was half right about it, this card just loves to overheat. even with 100% fan at+100mV it can reach 95 C within a few minutes in Crysis 3. So there was no hope to try to push the voltage more, I have expected more of the beefy ASUS cooler. At the end I managed to OC the card at +44mV/+50PL/1100 Core/1450 Mem/ 70% fan. and managed to keep the card at reasonable temps, it sounds like a jet engine though, but what makes it worth it is that it was close to my 780 Ti in most games (there are a few expections, some Nvidia titles for example), and it costed me half the price.
Those are my OCs :-
780 Ti: 1188/1890 (347.52)
290 : 1100/1450 (14.12 Omega)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfT8oF8xslc
Recorded with MSI Afterburner. Please keep in mind there is about a ~9% performance hit due to software recording.
I might do more benchmarks if asked as long as I am willing to buy the game.
Bye!
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