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GTX 780 Ti vs TWO R9 290s vs R9 290X

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May 11, 2014 2:33:57 PM

Title, thanks in advance :)  will be playing Rome 2 total war, shogun 2 and crysis 3, also minor blender work

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May 11, 2014 2:39:16 PM

sixsamuraisoldier said:
Title, thanks in advance :)  will be playing Rome 2 total war, shogun 2 and crysis 3, also minor blender work


it's always best to stick with the one better one gtx780 ti than the 2 not so much better ones. rome 2 total war is not fully optimized yet so it may be slower than what it should be. Good luck
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May 11, 2014 2:51:03 PM

First of all, nowadays you want some RAM for your graphics cards. 3GB is barely enough nowadays. I'd go with the 4GB of the R9 290. Also the Sapphire Vapor-X 290 is the best of the best. It runs cool and quiet with the vapor cooling. It can be easily overclockable to R9 290X equivalent performance. And two R9 290's? That will toast any 780TI.

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May 11, 2014 2:51:09 PM

Not all games support SLI and crossfire well.
A GTX 780 Ti or R9 290X will give you close to 60 FPS at 1440p.
At 1080p they will give you over 60 FPS, so probably overkill unless you have a 144 Hz 1080p monitor.
For the games you are playing an IPS 1440p monitor is much better than a TN 1080p 144 Hz monitor anyway.
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May 11, 2014 2:53:31 PM

babernet_1 said:
First of all, nowadays you want some RAM for your graphics cards. 3GB is barely enough nowadays. I'd go with the 4GB of the R9 290. Also the Sapphire Vapor-X 290 is the best of the best. It runs cool and quiet with the vapor cooling. It can be easily overclockable to R9 290X equivalent performance. And two R9 290's? That will toast any 780TI.



3GB is barely enough for which resolution?
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May 11, 2014 2:55:33 PM

babernet_1 said:
First of all, nowadays you want some RAM for your graphics cards. 3GB is barely enough nowadays. I'd go with the 4GB of the R9 290. Also the Sapphire Vapor-X 290 is the best of the best. It runs cool and quiet with the vapor cooling. It can be easily overclockable to R9 290X equivalent performance. And two R9 290's? That will toast any 780TI.



just one gig is enough
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May 11, 2014 3:05:28 PM

babernet_1 and cheatmmongul,

Video RAM required depends a lot on resolution, detail settings and anti aliasing.
1 GB is enough for 1080p with low to medium settings.
2 GB is enough for 1080p with very high settings. Skyrim is the only game I've found to exceed this with high detail texture mods and anti aliasing enabled. Disabling anti aliasing is enough to fix the issue.
3 GB is enough for 1440p with ultra settings
I don't have experience with 4K resolutions, but this is where more than 3 GB is likely to be useful.
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May 11, 2014 3:18:42 PM

I will be doing some light Blender work too :)  Alright, I think now it's between two R9 290s in Crossfire vs a R9 290X, I can get a R9 290X each year to upgrade, and a R9 290 every 8 months to upgrade, what should I choose? (both are 4gb models)
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May 11, 2014 3:22:35 PM

One 780Ti all day long. 1 card is always better than 2 if performance is equal or near to equal.

From a personal point of view I have had nothing but problems with AMD's software and drivers, yet I only have praise for the green side.
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May 11, 2014 3:34:14 PM

Blender may push you towards Nvidia rather than away from it because of CUDA support.
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May 11, 2014 3:40:22 PM

I will be using Rendering farms, this will not be for rendering, however I am aware of CUDA support only
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