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videocardz AMD Radeon R9 290X Memory Bus: 512-bit

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This is how it looks in front (fixed perspective):[COLOR=#33660][/COLOR]For detailed overview check my previous post, here you have more pictures, enjoy!AMD Radeon R9 290X in a nutshell:
  • GPU: 28nm Hawaii XT
  • Memory: 4GB GDDR5
  • Memory Bus: 512-bit
  • Power Connectors: 6+8-pin
  • Display Outputs: DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort
  • Features: Dual-BIOS Support, Crossfire-X Support
  • Phase PWM: 5+1
  • Price: ~599 USD
[COLOR=#33660][/COLOR][COLOR=#33660][/COLOR] [COLOR=#33660][/COLOR] [COLOR=#33660][/COLOR] [COLOR=#33660][/COLOR] [COLOR=#33660][/COLOR][COLOR=#33660][/COLOR] [COLOR=#33660][/COLOR] [COLOR=#33660][/COLOR]Source: DG’s Nerdy Story
 
Skurge said:
The gap grows as aa and resolution are increased. Pretty awesome.
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Please understand Skurge, if AMD is superior in any metric, then its unimportant and you don't need it.

ShintaiDK said:
As resolution increases, need for AA diminishes. Personally I got zero need for AA at 2560*1440.
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Why in the heck would AMD go back to the square edge cooler? How could they have already forgotten what that does with crossfire temps?
 
ShintaiDK said:
As resolution increases, need for AA diminishes.
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Well there it is folks, nothing to see here. Shintai has spoken and it seems AMD wasted their time making a GPU that allegedly gives better performance and AA at hi-res.

I mean who needs better performance right... well as long as it's from Nvidia it's OK, right? 🙄

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3DVagabond said:
if AMD is superior in any metric, then its unimportant and you don't need it.


🙄

Why in the heck would AMD go back to the square edge cooler? How could they have already forgotten what that does with crossfire temps?
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thats the case it seems. :thumbsup: btw that cooler better not be noisy. otherwise AMD is going to face a lot of criticism.
 
ShintaiDK said:
A faster memory bus affects a lot more than just AA. The point of AA is just a weak argument for higher resolutions due to pixel densities.
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You go ahead and run w/o AA. Just because you are fine with it doesn't mean it's a weak argument for anyone else. Just about everyone here uses AA, even with their hires screens. Unless they simply don't have the horsepower to push it.
 
FalseChristian said:
Look like the Titan is going to drop from $1,000 to $500 overnight. Good news.
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Not unless the AMD card is CUDA-capable and stomps it on GPU compute. 😛 To toss out silly buzzwords, the Titan card is more "pro-sumer". If anything, the 780 will drop in price if it's not as fast. Maybe they'll then release a factory overclocked model, and this will be the exact reverse of the last release. 😱
 
Aikouka said:
Not unless the AMD card is CUDA-capable and stomps it on GPU compute. 😛 To toss out silly buzzwords, the Titan card is more "pro-sumer". If anything, the 780 will drop in price if it's not as fast. Maybe they'll then release a factory overclocked model, and this will be the exact reverse of the last release. 😱
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I think you need to give some examples.
1,What CUDA apps is Titan worth $350 more than the 780?
2,What compute, besides CUDA which AMD cards can't run, does Titan stomp Tahiti in that makes it worth ~3x as much?
 
If those benches are legit, the final product is going to end up even faster mainly due to better drivers, better cooler i.e. higher clocks and potentially better memory clocks since its only clocked at 5GHz (barely faster than 384bit at 6GHz clock).

Looks very nice. Finally some action in the GPU space 😀
 
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Cookie Monster said:
If those benches are legit, the final product is going to end up even faster mainly due to better drivers, better cooler i.e. higher clocks and potentially better memory clocks since its only clocked at 5GHz (barely faster than 384bit at 6GHz clock).

Looks very nice. Finally some action in the GPU space 😀
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the 512 bit memory bus has been clocked at 1.25 Ghz for TDP reasons. as for core clocks I don't think its going to be any higher atleast for reference versions for the same TDP reasons. as for drivers since its based on an improved GCN architecture the drivers are quite optimized. But i would not rule out improvements due to driver improvements. I want to see the OC headroom and scaling on this beast. somebody should have a GTX 780 OC vs Titan OC vs R290x OC shootout and try to get all 3 chips running at 1.25 - 1.3 Ghz. maybe hardocp is the site most likely to do it as they have done in the past with GTX 670 OC vs HD 7950 OC vs GTX 660 Ti OC.
 
ICDP said:
Well there it is folks, nothing to see here. Shintai has spoken and it seems AMD wasted their time making a GPU that allegedly gives better performance and AA at hi-res.

I mean who needs better performance right... well as long as it's from Nvidia it's OK, right? 🙄
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Well he is right about not needing AA at higher res..so point is?
 
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