gtx 690 sli vs r9 290x crossfire

[daniele1234]

Hi

Do you think i should get two gtx 690's in sli or two r9 290x's in crossfire. Price is irrelavant to me and i wil mostly be using my gpu for extreme gaming and for video editing.

Thanks

 

[Ahmadjon]

Two 290X will outperform two 690's so 2x R9 290X

 

[daniele1234]

i will also be playing at 4k

 

[Ahmadjon]

i will also be playing at 4k

So with even with 4k there is no better graphics card which can handle 4k better than R9 290X (Except GTX-Titan)

 

[THUNDERHAWK]

A GTX 690 out performs a titan... Soooooooo... Dual 690 will crush a dual 290x setup. I'd just wait for a Titan z or get dual 780ti

 

[THUNDERHAWK]

Dual titan z would crush 4K. Also you could wait to see if nvidia releases a GTX 790, which would have roughly 5000 cores and probably 10GB ram

 

[paitjsu sadff]

two 690's (wich means 4 GTX 680 GpU's) will outperform 2x r9 290x by quite a margin, but the problem is the amount of usable VRAM buffer...nvidia made the 690 with only 4gb onboard (2gb per GPU's) so it's a 2gb usable card, you put two of those in SLI (meaning you're doing 4 way SLI) and you still get only 2gb of VRAM available for use...and this at 4k resolution will not cut it...if your intention is to play at 4k resolution i would look for 2x titans black that way you get 6gb VRAM buffer usable or if budget become an issue with 2x 1000$+ GPU (may happen lol) i'd suggest 2x GTX780ti you will only have 3gb of usable VRAM but you will have enough GPU power to push the latest games at over 60fps maxed out at 4K resolution...2x r9 290x is not a bad option either, you would get 4gb of usable VRAM but the GPU power will not be sufficient to max out some games at 4k, and crossfire from experience is a lot more pain in the a$$ then SLI and suffers from microstuttering and is optimized in much less games than SLI...i would not go that way because of that...

 

[shadychopper]

Personally I would go for 2 r9290x with custom fans too keep noise and heat levels down.As i am getting a 4k monitor I have looked at this dilemma and for value for money it has too be the 29 290xs as 780tis are too expensive. Microstutter is no longer can issue for me since amd released drivers with frame pacing

 

[purse]

780ti's are tested to be faster and better performing than the 290x. If time and money are neither an issue wait for the 800 series line of graphics cards to come out from Nvidia. For now, 2 780ti's will get the job done.

 

[paitjsu sadff]

Personally I would go for 2 r9290x with custom fans too keep noise and heat levels down.As i am getting a 4k monitor I have looked at this dilemma and for value for money it has too be the 29 290xs as 780tis are too expensive. Microstutter is no longer can issue for me since amd released drivers with frame pacing

that depends where you live, here in the US and canada the 780ti is the same price as the r9 290x...and OP mentionned the price not being an issue for him...

that being said 2x Titan Black in SLI will push the most pixels at 4k resolution and with a 6gb memory buffer it is a dream come true...if not than 2x GTX780ti as the same horsepower being the same exact GPU but with only 3gb of VRAM onboard...

 

[THUNDERHAWK]

If price is not am issue, just get a Titan Z. The thing is an absolute beast, and you can tack on another in the future. It also consumes less power and takes up less slots than 2 titan blacks.

 

[bystander]

If you guys are not aware, EVGA and Palit have both announced 6GB 780 and 780ti's. While 3Gb should be enough, as long as you turn off AA in some games, you may feel safer with 6Gb cards. Of course R9 290 and 290x's may also do the trick.

http://www.evga.com/articles/00830/

 

[daniele1234]

what about two gtx titan blacks in sli. Would that be better that two r9 290xs in crossfire?

 

[Avocade]

Yes anything From 780 Ti's, Titans, and the 690 in sli will destroy the 290x in crossfire.

 

[Ahmadjon]

Yes anything From 780 Ti's, Titans, and the 690 in sli will destroy the 290x in crossfire.

Two way SLI 780ti or Titans probably will be faster but not two 690's in 4k resolution!

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/23/amd_radeon_r9_290x_video_card_review/16#.UzqCkldvoX4
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/27/battlefield-4-performance-analysis/6

 

[Avocade]

2x 690's is still plenty of power for high resolution displays. Even at only 2Gb's of memory 2 690's is 4 gtx 680's. Yes it would be better to have the high V-ram but still.

 

[Blubberykollis]

A GTX 690 is a dual GPU card. So it's technically SLI already. So adding a second 690 will mean you have 4 GPU's.

There aren't many things that support 4-way/quad-Sli. So with a 4th gpu, you will either get the same performance or worse.

Some games doesn't support SLI at all.

I would recommend waiting for GTX 790 or go for 780 Ti SLI.

 

[paitjsu sadff]

OP go with 2x titan black if price is not a factor, 2x 780ti if you need some value...
both these setups will be faster than 2x r9 290x by a fair margin

 

[David Harrison]

two 690's (wich means 4 GTX 680 GpU's) will outperform 2x r9 290x by quite a margin, but the problem is the amount of usable VRAM buffer...nvidia made the 690 with only 4gb onboard (2gb per GPU's) so it's a 2gb usable card, you put two of those in SLI (meaning you're doing 4 way SLI) and you still get only 2gb of VRAM available for use...and this at 4k resolution will not cut it...if your intention is to play at 4k resolution i would look for 2x titans black that way you get 6gb VRAM buffer usable or if budget become an issue with 2x 1000$+ GPU (may happen lol) i'd suggest 2x GTX780ti you will only have 3gb of usable VRAM but you will have enough GPU power to push the latest games at over 60fps maxed out at 4K resolution...2x r9 290x is not a bad option either, you would get 4gb of usable VRAM but the GPU power will not be sufficient to max out some games at 4k, and crossfire from experience is a lot more pain in the a$$ then SLI and suffers from microstuttering and is optimized in much less games than SLI...i would not go that way because of that...

 

[David Harrison]

two 690's (wich means 4 GTX 680 GpU's) will outperform 2x r9 290x by quite a margin, but the problem is the amount of usable VRAM buffer...nvidia made the 690 with only 4gb onboard (2gb per GPU's) so it's a 2gb usable card, you put two of those in SLI (meaning you're doing 4 way SLI) and you still get only 2gb of VRAM available for use...and this at 4k resolution will not cut it...if your intention is to play at 4k resolution i would look for 2x titans black that way you get 6gb VRAM buffer usable or if budget become an issue with 2x 1000$+ GPU (may happen lol) i'd suggest 2x GTX780ti you will only have 3gb of usable VRAM but you will have enough GPU power to push the latest games at over 60fps maxed out at 4K resolution...2x r9 290x is not a bad option either, you would get 4gb of usable VRAM but the GPU power will not be sufficient to max out some games at 4k, and crossfire from experience is a lot more pain in the a$$ then SLI and suffers from microstuttering and is optimized in much less games than SLI...i would not go that way because of that...

 

[David Harrison]

A fairer comparison to gtx 690 SLI ( 4 x 680's ) would be a HD 7990 quad crossfire ( 4 x 7970's) , this would give a 3dMark 11 score of 23680 (http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-hd7990-quadfirex-review/9/) this gave at that time 64fps in Crysis 3 @ 5760×1080. So it is gives an indication that you need a 3dmark 11 score of over 20,000 to get 60fps on 4k . gtx 780ti SLI only gives a 3dmark 11 score of 19862 so you wont get 60fps @ 4k with gtx 780ti sli (http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gtx-780-ti-sli-geforce-review,20.html) probably 45 to 50 fps in Crysis 3.