GTX 1070 vs 290x crossfire

Michael_147 · Sep 6, 2016

I bought a GTX 1070 to replace my crossfire 290x's. To see a performance improvement, will I need to buy a second GTX?

Will a single GTX 1070 perform on par with 2x 290xs or no?

Gam3r01 · Sep 6, 2016

The 1070 outperforms the 295x2 by 10%: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1070/24.html
So it wont be a massive increase, but its a start.

mcconkeymike · Sep 6, 2016

Like Gam3r01 said, it may not be a huge improvement, but EVERY game will show the power with a single card versus only a handful of properly optimized games when you are running SLI/Crossfire.

burgessanthony · Sep 6, 2016

Plus outrageously lower power consumption, easier to cool and thus quieter case/fan noise.

Michael_147 · Sep 6, 2016

So, a single 1070 will outperform dual 290xs?

Gam3r01 · Sep 6, 2016

In the best case scenario for the 290Xs, it will by a small margin.
In the worst case for the 290Xs about 35%

Michael_147 · Sep 6, 2016

So between a 10-35% improvement, but likely only 10% or less? I'm okay with that. The power draw and heat from the two is pretty intense.

Gam3r01 · Sep 6, 2016

I would call it 10% at a minimum honestly.

burgessanthony · Sep 6, 2016

I'd say 10 to 35% is fair. 1070 way better bet all round.

Michael_147 · Sep 6, 2016

It savages the use of the dual 290x's and yes, runs cooler and consumes a fraction of the power. I will, however, be purchasing another gtx 1070 to accompany this one for when I start playing at 4k. For anyone else debating on making the switch, it's well worth the money. It outperforms the dual GPUs with relative ease.

0ulooked · Sep 8, 2016

Don't listen to any of these liars.

My r9 295x2 slaughters the gtx 1080
My r9 295x2 + r9 290x trifire slaughters the titan x pascal.

Proof:
3dmark ultra on my GPUs:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/14351051? (trifire)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/14169801? (r9 295x2 by itself)

Only an extremely overclocked gtx 1080 can beat a 290x crossfire. And that's in Nvidia optimized games.

I only recommend getting a 1080 if you want to get rid of crossfire.

If you want a big difference, get two 1080s in sli.

mlga91 · Sep 8, 2016

0ulooked :

Starts calling other people liars, and then proceeds to use synthetic benchmarks to prove his point, this is gold.

Hardgebakdehaan · Oct 26, 2016

What is a "synthetic benchmark"? I'm assuming then there has to be a "natural benchmark"?

Hardware performance is precisely that - how hardware performs when given specific tasks to perform. These benchmarks illustrate that with the proper API, this particular hardware of AMD is more capable than the hardware of NVIDIA at carrying out the tasks given to it.

NVIDIA has always been and will probably always be superior with DX11 and earlier games. DX12 games don't use Crossfire profiles. If games are considered non-synthetic benchmarks, DX12 games illustrate that two R9's do yield superior performance. Their efficiency is atrocious though.

If you have to rely on old technology to demonstrate the superiority of your more modern hardware, it does say quite a bit already.

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