Radeon R9 295X2 vs Nvidia Titan Z

[mordorrson]

Guys, I gotta let you know that calling someone a "fanboy" constitutes a personal insult and is a great way to get your post deleted, at the least. Attack the idea, not the person.

Probably the worst thing about it... I don't think I can recall a single time when someone has called someone else a fanboy without completely calling themselves out as a fan in the process. So not only is that attitude insulting to others, you're also pasting that same label right back on to yourself.

I agree... we've went at it few times ourselves --> AMD vs nVidia. Lately I've been on an nVidia kick. I'm to the point where playing with drivers drives me bonkers. GeForce experience makes it easy and it isn't annoying like Raptr (2 machines with it). Half the time the driver update utility doesn't work and when it does it directs to AMD's driver page. GeForce Experience does it all for you and the "clean install" option can be chosen...

...then comes the features, for me it's CUDA vs OpenCL. The programs I use just don't work well with OpenCL yet work beautifully with CUDA.

Point is, that gaming performance isn't the end all, be all. Program compatibility is a big issue...

Sorry, but I'd have to disagree with you. For gamers, gaming performance IS the end-all be-all. As long as a program works it doesn't really matter how easy it is to use, at least for me and the rest of my friends that are gamers.

 

[core 2 duo dude]

I see, maybe if you did two seperate CF/SLI setups on the same MB?

 

[mordorrson]

I see, maybe if you did two seperate CF/SLI setups on the same MB?

No idea if that would work, I doubt it, but possibly if you had them on 2 separate monitors? It's kinda hard to separate stuff that's in the same system

 

[core 2 duo dude]

yeah thats true. I've heard of people doing 2way sli, and 2way CF in the same system, so maybe?

 

[core 2 duo dude]

I think that he's got a point, i just got a 5870 and the 3d animation program that i wanted to use with it didn't work out quite the way i wanted.

 

[CAaronD]

Well back when I was a common peasent illiterate on any computer knowledge at all (2005-2007) this was how I thought "whoah, holy shit! Nvidia graphics! Wow! This PC must he really fast!" You never reeally saw ATI in PCs back then, Nvidia was the bomb. ATI only was in Macs during that time lol, as far as I can remember, I'm wrong. Back then when you saw Nvidia it meant a top end PC. But now there are so many different models you can have a really low range PC and still have Nvidia/AMD. Back then the cheapest Nvidia PCs cost at least $1,000 lol. In my country (Brunei)

 

[core 2 duo dude]

are you saying this because my system is old?

 

[smeezekitty]

linux sucks.

Nice troll.

What exactly does that have to do with this discussion?
I don't use Linux on a main basis but I do have it on several machines
and it does some things that Windows does not. It is perfectly capable of
being used for things like browsing as well.

What's your point?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I'm writing this on Kubuntu. If I couldn't use a whole bunch of command-line tools, half of the stuff I do simply wouldn't work without hours of development or hunting down 3rd-party stuff.

 

[mordorrson]

Really the only problem with any OS that uses a form of linux is that there isn't a lot of support for gaming and some other media applications, other than that it's all pros, no cons.

 

[SuperAdithya]

Wow! How did linux come in gpus discussion? 😛
:lol:

 

[renz496]

wow you guys still discussing this 😀 . it is much more fun to speculate next gen gpu from AMD and nvidia. anyway when i look at 295x2 it is clear to me that AMD is quite desperate to get "the fastest GPU on the planet" title. i mean just look at the power consumption just so they get the king of hill crown. AMD own 4870x2 and 5970 did not break 300w power limit. it all start with the 6k series. 6970 was supposed to take the single crown from GTX480 but even before they officially launch nvidia take the initiative to launch GTX580 first. maybe it was not expected by AMD since nvidia came with 580 in less than a year after 480. since they lost the single crown already at the very least they take it back on dual GPU no matter what. then comes 6990 with 375w power consumption becoming first dual gpu breaking the 300w limit. when nvidia came out it 590 and call theirs as fastest gpu on the planet (well marketing word really. you don't sell your product and then say it was second fastest compared to competitor product). AMD make official statement to dug it out with nvidia to determine which company actually have the fastest gpu. that just show how desperate AMD for the fastest crown. fast foward to 7k series. now 375w no longer enough for dual gpu. it has been commented that AMD limiting the power consumption holding back the true performance of 7990. so with 295x2 they raise the bar to 500w.

 

[Memhorder]

Really the only problem with any OS that uses a form of linux is that there isn't a lot of support for gaming and some other media applications, other than that it's all pros, no cons.

+1 Totally! Linux is good to have around due to productivity and C'mon it's a free OS that's more stable and secure than Windows. Windows 8 IMO was a disaster. Windows 9 sounds promising though from a desktop users perspective.

 

[Memhorder]

wow you guys still discussing this 😀 . it is much more fun to speculate next gen gpu from AMD and nvidia. anyway when i look at 295x2 it is clear to me that AMD is quite desperate to get "the fastest GPU on the planet" title. i mean just look at the power consumption just so they get the king of hill crown. AMD own 4870x2 and 5970 did not break 300w power limit. it all start with the 6k series. 6970 was supposed to take the single crown from GTX480 but even before they officially launch nvidia take the initiative to launch GTX580 first. maybe it was not expected by AMD since nvidia came with 580 in less than a year after 480. since they lost the single crown already at the very least they take it back on dual GPU no matter what. then comes 6990 with 375w power consumption becoming first dual gpu breaking the 300w limit. when nvidia came out it 590 and call theirs as fastest gpu on the planet (well marketing word really. you don't sell your product and then say it was second fastest compared to competitor product). AMD make official statement to dug it out with nvidia to determine which company actually have the fastest gpu. that just show how desperate AMD for the fastest crown. fast foward to 7k series. now 375w no longer enough for dual gpu. it has been commented that AMD limiting the power consumption holding back the true performance of 7990. so with 295x2 they raise the bar to 500w.

Yes we will see how the new Maxwell and reported Tonga GPU's will be for Efficiency. Tonga supposedly replacing Tahiti's. Maxwell being on the Nvidia road map. We will see........

 

[renz496]

there are already a lot of talks about nvidia GTX880 (some site already post GTX880 ES board pic). but for AMD Tonga there is still not much known about it. and it supposed to hit market much earlier than nvidia second generation maxwell. some rumor suggesting August launch. if that's true we should be seeing performance leak by this month.

 

[smeezekitty]

I seriously doubt the validity of what you are saying

 

[kalijaga]

hahaha... a good one.

 

[smeezekitty]

Really the only problem with any OS that uses a form of linux is that there isn't a lot of support for gaming and some other media applications, other than that it's all pros, no cons.

+1 Totally! Linux is good to have around due to productivity and C'mon it's a free OS that's more stable and secure than Windows. Windows 8 IMO was a disaster. Windows 9 sounds promising though from a desktop users perspective.

Can you stop talking about Linux please? Linux sucks so stop trying justify the reason why you couldn't go out and spend 70 USD for a real operating system. We all have Windows here, at least us, the professionals.

Windows 8.1 is wealthy
Windows 7 is financially stable
OSX is welfare
Linux is homeless

You do know that the majority of servers on the internet are running a UNIX like operating system like Linux?

 

[smeezekitty]

I smell a troll

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I smell troll too.

The 'how long do you ban someone for' chart has an entry for troll.

I use linux despite having multiple licenses for 7 & 8 that I could otherwise be using.

 

[Eduello]

I smell troll too.

The 'how long do you ban someone for' chart has an entry for troll.

I use linux despite having multiple licenses for 7 & 8 that I could otherwise be using.

^^This.

 

[renz496]

I smell troll too.

The 'how long do you ban someone for' chart has an entry for troll.

I use linux despite having multiple licenses for 7 & 8 that I could otherwise be using.

nah i think mod should just close this thread? 😀

 

[Eduello]

I smell troll too.

The 'how long do you ban someone for' chart has an entry for troll.

I use linux despite having multiple licenses for 7 & 8 that I could otherwise be using.

nah i think mod should just close this thread? 😀

I'd upvote this if I could, there's not much more to be said, and we've gone off the original subject a couple of times already.