It looks like PConline is one of the first media outlets to get their hands on an AMD R9 290X graphics card. They have run their first round of tests on the card and it looks like it is no as much of a “Titan Killer” as everyone thought! PConline has run the card through both 3DMark’s Fire Strike and 3DMark 11’s Extreme benchmark.
As you can see the R9 290X outperforms the GTX 780, but not the GTX Titan. In 3DMark Fire Strike the R9 290X scored 4605, which was close by not as high as the GTX Titan’s 4634 score.
In 3DMark 11 the R9 290X also took second place with a score of 4558 behind the GTX Titan’s score of 5009.
Source: PConline | News Archive
really? 34points?
Losing by anything is a loss when you’re touting your card as a “TITAN Killer”
Also keep in mind that most of the OC’d 780s can outperform TITAN.
That’s true from a technical standpoint. But from a practical standpoint the difference between 4034 and 4005 is less than 1%. However the Titan will cost you $400 more (or 40% more) than a 290x to get that 1% advantage. If someone wants to pay $1,000 for than edge that is totally fine. But for people who don’t buy brand loyalty or look to get the best performance per dollar spent it may indeed be a Titan killer. Also you mention OC’d 780s can outperform a TITAN but not gloss over the thought a 290x could be overclocked too. So me thinks you are a brand loyalty type of guy.
I think the 400$ difference puts it all into perspective.
Killer doesn’t necessarily have to be in pure power, it could simply outsell it a bunch by offering incredibly similar performance for much less cash.
physx because amd physics run on cpu :C
I love how they tout that it’s an absolute loss from the 29 point deficit from 3D Mark Fire Strike, BUT they don’t compare power consumption, noise level, clock speeds, and most important of all, performance/price ratio!
lol