Radeon HD 7990 Vs. GeForce GTX 690: The Crowd Picks A Winner
Tom's Hardware enlists the help of /r/Bakersfield, plus some of its Facebook community, to test AMD's Radeon HD 7990 with the latest Catalyst 13.8 beta driver against GeForce GTX 690. The all-day event turned up some interesting observations.
Results: BioShock Infinite
The same cannot be said for BioShock. Using Catalyst 13.8 beta in Eyefinity mode, disabling frame pacing, the Radeon HD 7990 and GeForce GTX 690 start off evenly, earning equal favor. Shifting to a single display at 2560x1600, AMD actually loses some ground, with more votes going to Nvidia.
We can’t draw an exact comparison to Don’s findings, since he used the built-in benchmark sequence, while our participants each started a new game to play through some of the action themselves. What he did see, however, was that the new driver didn’t do much to change the quantifiable benchmark results. The comments we did see on the survey indicated that Nvidia’s card felt smoother, though.
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iam2thecrowe can you please show cpu useage before and after the driver update, and also show results on a lower end system, like an fx6300 with dual 7850's? That would be interesting.Reply -
bin1127 A great article with some very interesting results.Reply
Chris really knows use funny and imaginative metaphors to start of his articles. Keep up the good work! -
iam2thecrowe can you please show cpu useage before and after the driver update, and also show results on a lower end system, like an fx6300 with dual 7850's? That would be interesting.Reply -
merikafyeah If I had $700 to spend on graphics, I'd buy the fastest single-gpu card there is:Reply
The Galaxy GeForce GTX 780 HOF Edition
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/08/14/galaxy_geforce_gtx_780_hof_edition_review/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZIFN4M/
Out of the box it beats the Titan in pretty much everything and when overclocked I'd bet performance would be indistinguishable from a GTX 690. And did I mention single GPU? Frame-pacing = non-issue. And those temps/noise ratios are in a league of their own. -
iam2thecrowe 11482712 said:If I had $700 to spend on graphics, I'd buy the fastest single-gpu card there is:
The Galaxy GeForce GTX 780 HOF Edition
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/08/14/galaxy_geforce_gtx_780_hof_edition_review/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZIFN4M/
Out of the box it beats the Titan in pretty much everything and when overclocked I'd bet performance would be indistinguishable from a GTX 690. And did I mention single GPU? Frame-pacing = non-issue. And those temps/noise ratios are in a league of their own.
you are pretty much right on there. people often overlook galaxy cards (i know i do), for obvious reasons (quality/after sales support) . but this card is insane, with extremely good OC capabilities. If i had a choice between this and a 690, i would certainly take this card. Althogh i would take 2 x of the cheapest 770's available before any of the mentioned cards. -
AndrewJacksonZA I think the most important part of this article is this little gem:Reply
"My wife is in the background with our then-two-week-old baby girl"
Congratulations Chris!!! :-) -
geok1ng With due respect for TH efforts on the subject, but keeping Metro LL results is a BIAS. How about some piecharts WITHOUT METRO LL?Reply -
Bill Reinhardt You know how wine is matched for optimal flavor compatability with certain foods?Reply
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_and_food_matching
You should have done that with beer and video games. -
Iron_Sean Why did you only test Triple monitors with no frame pacing versus single high res monitor with frame pacing?Reply
You're confounding variables and making your results hard to compare directly: Is the difference 6 MP vs 4 MP, frame pacing, or their crossfire/surround technology? This is an interesting idea, but I'd really like to see it narrowed to a single variable to better compare the technologies.