The Cause Of And Fix For Radeon R9 290X And 290 Inconsistency

[anthony8989]

AMD lost my loyalty when my dual 7790's stuttered so hard in modded Skyrim and Dead Space 3 I couldn't even play the games with both cards. And then I find out the damn things supported Crossfire without the stupid bridge, like 6 months after I bought the cards and sold them. Forgot to thank AMD for that great little secret.

Your own stupidity for XFiring lower range card before doing your research...

EDIT : No offence.

Has nothing to do with the lack of graphics power from the dual 7790s. Next time try reading my whole post. Fraps was showing 79 FPS +/- . Microstuttering from poor drivers was reducing perceived smoothness. Kthx

Did you know about the Microstuttering beforehand?
Did you know its worse the smaller the memory bus on the card is?
Did you know that generally Xfire has ALWAYS been a bad idea on low to mid range cards?

Pretty sure its yes to at least 2 of the above. In which case, you should have known better.

Hindesight is 20/20. The vast majority of information on microstuttering became widespread after the release and adoption of FCAT in reviews. I unluckily invested in crossfire before that. Microstuttering was only starting to be discussed in reviews. In addition all 4 reviews I read on 7790 crossfire at the time.mentioned nothing about it. I had to learn the hard way. So F***.

 

[anthony8989]

Yes I am a mod.

Jimmy, as a mod, I wish you showed better forum etiquette and actually edited out quotation cascade and set an example for the rest of those exhibit the same behavior.

AMD lost my loyalty when my dual 7790's stuttered so hard in modded Skyrim and Dead Space 3 I couldn't even play the games with both cards.

Not sure why anyone would buy two 7790s instead of a single 7950 to begin with... I bet you also had the 1GB versions of the 7790s while you were running modded Skyrim... Ignorance is bliss.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7790_CrossFire/images/skyrim_1920_1200.giff
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7790_CrossFire/images/perfrel.giff

Precisely, blaming the manufacturer because you cut yourself with the razor sort of thing.

And yeah buddy, its my fault the manufacturer advertised crossfire as a great way to take a mid level card and nearly double its capabilities with a partner card. Shame on me for believing AMD.

 

[fanman]

Most of the time R9 290x will used in Quiet mode and if needed the buyers shut down and open their case and switch to Uber mode and close the case again because all of the buyers value their ear. After that if not needed they shut down and open the case and then switch to Quiet mode again and if needed the buyers shut down and open their case and so on and so on ....the process repeat and repeat again.

 

[slomo4sho]

Hindesight is 20/20. The vast majority of information on microstuttering became widespread after the release and adoption of FCAT in reviews.

Micro-stutter has been a known issue with multi-gpu setups for years prior to the release of the 7790, it didn't just rear its head between the release of the 7790 and the adoption of FCAT in reviews. Somehow even this Tom's article from 2011 named "Micro-Stuttering And GPU Scaling In CrossFire And SLI" concluded that:

CrossFire With Two Cards

If you're only judging based on average frame rates, two cards seems like a great deal for the price. We've had several readers write in, though, complaining about this micro-stuttering issue, which simply cannot be seen in the context of normal benchmarks.

Even at frame rates above 50 FPS, micro-stuttering rears its ugly head, pronounced enough to significantly detract from the gaming experience. A paradigm shift seems necessary, at least until both AMD and Nvidia are able to prevent or mask the artifact. Right now, if you asked us whether it'd be smart to "go cheap" on an inexpensive card and double-down later with another one, we'd have to suggest against it if you're the sort to be bothered by micro-stuttering. The improvement in performance would be negated by the phenomenon's impact. Currently, it seems like cards less powerful than the Radeon HD 6950 are not well-suited for dual-card CrossFire. Even if the frame rates look decent, the slower the GPU, the more pronounced you'll see micro-stuttering during gameplay.

At the same time, not everyone is equally sensitive to time-skewed frame sequences, and quite a few cheap TFT LCD displays help hide the effect. Even so, AMD has a major undertaking ahead of it in order to really improve the dual-card experience.

Poor you indeed. Sadly, there is no cure for stupidity

 

[DrKlahn]

I am tired of this, DrKlahn.
Quiet or Silent mode is an AMD feature that doesn't work out of the box as the press card did. Tom's Hardware discovered it and made an article about it.

So your opinion is that because the issue exists, the manner in which it was exposed is inconsequential.

I see it differently. If you are going to even insinuate a company is stacking the deck and shortchanging the consumer then you report on the issue in detail. When the first article ran I predicted this whole thing was just an issue with the fan being to conservative on the retail card. Guess what, it was. I did not guess that a flagship graphics card was being purposefully tested in its conservative mode vs. its competitors. That still floors me.

I think part of the reason that this was presented as it was because if the all the data was presented upfront it would have elicited a collective shrug from most of the enthusiast community. Which was already adjusting clockspeed, voltage and fan targets to get the most performance from the card.

If you have any evidence that Tom's Hardware did the article in order to hurt on purpose AMD sales illegally, you should take the evidence to the DA's office.

Pffff Now you have moved on to fraud ? GTX 480 review
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-480,258...
Then there’s the ugly: power. Nvidia argues that the enthusiast space isn’t as sensitive to figures like power consumption,

Maybe they would like to see amd send a engineer to show TH how to benchmark there card in the best light.

Well I don't see how the Golden Sample insinuation is not a borderline accusation of fraud on AMD's part. I don't really see how you can interpret it much differently. How did you read it? The time frame of the article, followup and fix were fast enough that it probably won't have much net effect. Although there are some people still posting about AMD cheating in this thread, which shows you that they aren't grasping what the issue really was and just digesting the headline.


As far as benchmarking the card "in the best light". How about flipping the switch to the performance setting and not the acoustic setting? Tom's reported on the switches function in their initial 290X article, so they seem to have this knowledge already.

 

[somebodyspecial]

My last 5 cards have been AMD, but that doesn't make me blind to the truth.

What exactly is the truth? The 290 being faster than the GTX 780 at $100 less? The reference design fan speed issues are irrelevant for anyone waiting for a non-reference card and can easily be resolved by setting a custom fan profile? The amount of ignorance in this thread is astounding. It seems every mindless zombie flocks to this site and is incapable of obtaining information from multiple sources and drawing their own conclusions. Congratulations on joining that crowd

I am a power user that seeks SILENT pc's. I buy specific stuff to get there or as near as I can to silent.

If noise is such a factor for you, why get worked up by a reference cooler? Non-reference designs and water cooling have always provided better acoustics and this applies to products from both the red and green team...

Worked up? So stating what your purchasing habits are and why, is getting "worked up"? I have water, Koolance which is noisy compared to what I run today (It's an older one Exo2 I think) and a good air cooler catches it. The 3 fans never were as quiet as I wanted (my dad's either).

I see no non ref desigsn for AMD and refuse to void warranty to get one right now. I don't want to mod my card (whatever it is I buy next). I never said Non-Ref and water wasn't better (though it depends on your water kit...LOL).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1JOhT015ww
Not faster than 780. ONLY in ONE res they ran in with all tested cards clocked to max possible any way they could get there "OC to the wall" they call it. They do what most do (if they overclock at all); come home and find out the max then call it a day, no warranty harm done (until they come out with difference coolers, this is your option). Benchmarks at 8:35 or so.

Aftermarket won't do much other than allow them to score the same (maybe a little better) without running the fans (on all tested cards) at 100% to get those max clocks. Which should get better thermals and noise, but not much more perf wise, without extravagant cooling (water, ln2 etc). Toms shows what a $75 fan mod does too, again, 13-20%, so don't expect more than toms or linustechtips vid shows.

 

[anthony8989]

Hindesight is 20/20. The vast majority of information on microstuttering became widespread after the release and adoption of FCAT in reviews.

Micro-stutter has been a known issue with multi-gpu setups for years prior to the release of the 7790, it didn't just rear its head between the release of the 7790 and the adoption of FCAT in reviews. Somehow even this Tom's article from 2011 named "Micro-Stuttering And GPU Scaling In CrossFire And SLI" concluded that:

CrossFire With Two Cards

If you're only judging based on average frame rates, two cards seems like a great deal for the price. We've had several readers write in, though, complaining about this micro-stuttering issue, which simply cannot be seen in the context of normal benchmarks.

Even at frame rates above 50 FPS, micro-stuttering rears its ugly head, pronounced enough to significantly detract from the gaming experience. A paradigm shift seems necessary, at least until both AMD and Nvidia are able to prevent or mask the artifact. Right now, if you asked us whether it'd be smart to "go cheap" on an inexpensive card and double-down later with another one, we'd have to suggest against it if you're the sort to be bothered by micro-stuttering. The improvement in performance would be negated by the phenomenon's impact. Currently, it seems like cards less powerful than the Radeon HD 6950 are not well-suited for dual-card CrossFire. Even if the frame rates look decent, the slower the GPU, the more pronounced you'll see micro-stuttering during gameplay.

At the same time, not everyone is equally sensitive to time-skewed frame sequences, and quite a few cheap TFT LCD displays help hide the effect. Even so, AMD has a major undertaking ahead of it in order to really improve the dual-card experience.

Poor you indeed. Sadly, there is no cure for stupidity

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

You're just cementing my point that AMD's drivers are garbage, and have been for years now. But I suppose your own stupidity makes you ignorant to that fact huh.

"AMD CrossFire™ technology is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Unlocking game-dominating power, AMD CrossFire™ harnesses the power of two or more discrete graphics cards working in parallel to dramatically improve gaming performance.1 With AMD CrossFire™-certified AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards ready for practically every budget and the flexibility to combine two, three or four GPUs, AMD CrossFire™ is the perfect multi-GPU solution for those who demand the best."

So in addition to their sub-par drivers, they also lie to their customers. You would think with a pitch like that, they'd actually try to back it up. What a fantastic company. Stupid was ever believing they could make anything more than sh*t. Had I gone with GTX 650 TI Boost's in SLI for $20 more I wouldn't even hate AMD's crap products right now.

 

[Novuake]

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

You're just cementing my point that AMD's drivers are garbage, and have been for years now. But I suppose your own stupidity makes you ignorant to that fact huh.

"AMD CrossFire™ technology is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Unlocking game-dominating power, AMD CrossFire™ harnesses the power of two or more discrete graphics cards working in parallel to dramatically improve gaming performance.1 With AMD CrossFire™-certified AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards ready for practically every budget and the flexibility to combine two, three or four GPUs, AMD CrossFire™ is the perfect multi-GPU solution for those who demand the best."

So in addition to their sub-par drivers, they also lie to their customers. You would think with a pitch like that, they'd actually try to back it up. What a fantastic company. Stupid was ever believing they could make anything more than sh*t. Had I gone with GTX 650 TI Boost's in SLI for $20 more I wouldn't even hate AMD's crap products right now.

No, the HD7790 is NOT mid range. That goes to the HD78xx/R9 270X.

The HD77xx is entry level GAMING cards.
And even lower is HD66xx., but most people see those as CASUAL gaming cards or not gaming cards at all, more HD content and multi-monitor enabled cards.

At least that is the general opinion and I agree with it.

 

[anthony8989]

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

You're just cementing my point that AMD's drivers are garbage, and have been for years now. But I suppose your own stupidity makes you ignorant to that fact huh.

"AMD CrossFire™ technology is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Unlocking game-dominating power, AMD CrossFire™ harnesses the power of two or more discrete graphics cards working in parallel to dramatically improve gaming performance.1 With AMD CrossFire™-certified AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards ready for practically every budget and the flexibility to combine two, three or four GPUs, AMD CrossFire™ is the perfect multi-GPU solution for those who demand the best."

So in addition to their sub-par drivers, they also lie to their customers. You would think with a pitch like that, they'd actually try to back it up. What a fantastic company. Stupid was ever believing they could make anything more than sh*t. Had I gone with GTX 650 TI Boost's in SLI for $20 more I wouldn't even hate AMD's crap products right now.

No, the HD7790 is NOT mid range. That goes to the HD78xx/R9 270X.

The HD77xx is entry level GAMING cards.
And even lower is HD66xx., but most people see those as CASUAL gaming cards or not gaming cards at all, more HD content and multi-monitor enabled cards.

At least that is the general opinion and I agree with it.

I can see where you're coming from. I'm just going by Tom's placement:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-3.html

 

[anthony8989]

Entry-level would be $100 and under.

 

[Mousemonkey]

The 7790's are listed as Mid-range at Scan.co.uk :- http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/gpu-amd/radeon-hd-7790-pci-e-%28896-streams%29 Just another fact that some folk are ignorant of.

 

[Novuake]

Fair point. Again, Opinion

 

[Mousemonkey]

Fair point. Again, Opinion

Opinion of the market you mean? They are actually tagged as mid range by that website, it's not just my opinion.

 

[Novuake]

Fair point. Again, Opinion

Opinion of the market you mean? They are actually tagged as mid range by that website, it's not just my opinion.

MY and many others opinion. Not the website.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Fair point. Again, Opinion

Opinion of the market you mean? They are actually tagged as mid range by that website, it's not just my opinion.

MY and many others opinion. Not the website.

I guess AMD don't share your opinion then as that's what they are having the card sold as.

 

[Novuake]

I guess AMD don't share your opinion then as that's what they are having the card sold as.

So be it...

 

[anthony8989]

I guess AMD don't share your opinion then as that's what they are having the card sold as.

So be it...

It was in the context of slomo's argument that according to a Tom's article, low end cards made for poor dual-card setups due to exacerbated micro-stutter. I was emphasizing that Tom's refers to the 7790 as a''mid-range'' card and therefore it would ''make sense'' to run in crossfire.
So in this context the 7790 is a mid-range card. If you have a 7970 or a GTX 680 it may seem like low-end or entry level. But if you have an intergrated HD 4000 then it looks pretty mid-high. It's all about perspective.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

So perhaps, instead of arguing over the subjective tier placement of a particular graphics card, why not be more constructive about things and infer that the greater the performance of the cards, the less evident the micro stutter will present as.

Perhaps micro stutter appearance is pretty uniform from high end to low end, and you simply see the same amount of micro stutter, but as a greater percentage of overall frames being drawn the less frames you have? Just a quick thought, I've done no investigation, as I'm not really concerned. The issue is mostly moot, with both hardware fixes for new cards and software fixes for older cards in place.

Personally, I think a few of you are just looking for a technical justification in your derogation of somebody else, which doesn't speak well of your own character.

Please, let's add to the topic at hand, not prove who the rudest person is.

 

[slomo4sho]

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

Odd, seems the reviewers didn't get the memo...

AMD's Entry Level Radeon HD 7790 Revealed

AMD Radeon HD 7790 - Entry Level gaming going FullHD

AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST: Performance Review
Two new graphics cards in the entry-level price segment entered into a fierce competition against each other. Who will come out on top?

Sapphire currently offers three versions of the AMD Radeon HD 7790... This card is a solid entry level card

As AMD is promoting the 7790 as an entry-level 1080p card

The HD 7790 is able to outgun NVIDIA’s similarly priced GTX 650 Ti and it gives gamers a well tailored, efficient AMD alternative in a hotly contested price segment while also introducing class-lead features into the entry level market.

 

[anthony8989]

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

Odd, seems the reviewers didn't get the memo...

AMD's Entry Level Radeon HD 7790 Revealed

AMD Radeon HD 7790 - Entry Level gaming going FullHD

AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST: Performance Review
Two new graphics cards in the entry-level price segment entered into a fierce competition against each other. Who will come out on top?

Sapphire currently offers three versions of the AMD Radeon HD 7790... This card is a solid entry level card

As AMD is promoting the 7790 as an entry-level 1080p card

The HD 7790 is able to outgun NVIDIA’s similarly priced GTX 650 Ti and it gives gamers a well tailored, efficient AMD alternative in a hotly contested price segment while also introducing class-lead features into the entry level market.

K let's play the link-game:


http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/03/amd-radeon-hd-7790/

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/MSI-Radeon-HD-7790-Review-Low-Price-MidRange-Graphics/

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/graphics-cards/1299028/asus-radeon-hd-7790-directcu-ii-oc

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/graphics-cards/1298821/amd-launches-radeon-hd-7790-architecture-links-it-to-xbox-720-gpu

 

[Serpent of Heaven]

I never understand why ANYONE will buy the reference design cards.... even for the GTX780, the aftermarket cooler is way better and quieter than the stock fan.

Non-reference Graphic Cards are basically reference Graphic Cards with minor tweaks, better Cooling Solutions, and tuned to OC higher frequencies from the manufacturers at stock spec. At the heart of the matter, a reference card and non-reference card are almost the same. The only real, unclear difference would be the bining. Take for example, the Asus Platinum Edition 7970 Matrix versus a regular 7970 GHz Edition Card. Truth is that the Platinum Edition Matrix from Asus are better binned GPU on the PCB. So they squeeze out a few more hz in core frequency and memory frequency out of the box for a smaller amount of voltage tweaks. The golden egg about vanilla cards, or reference cards is that they typically OC higher than non-reference Graphic Cards. Right now the RX9-290x has a max Core clock % of 50%. That's 50% of 1000 Mhz, or 500 hz. So in theory, it's plausible to say that reference cards, with the right cooling solution and enough core voltage, could push clock frequencies "easier" on reference cards, at 1500 Mhz Core, versus non-reference Graphic Cards.

Personally, I think AMD did this on purpose: Gave crap-tastic air-cooling solutions for RX9-290x because they knew; throwing business to other vendors, that AMD Consumers would probably go with water-cooling solutions to combat the high 96 deg C temperatures. With water-cooling blocks from Koolance and EK, that 95 deg C will probably drop down to 35 deg C at stock frequencies. Push the RX9-290x to it's max, and you'll see some 60ish deg C temp at high Core Frequencies for the enthusiast of enthusiast...

 

[Serpent of Heaven]

You're just cementing my point that AMD's drivers are garbage, and have been for years now. But I suppose your own stupidity makes you ignorant to that fact huh.

"AMD CrossFire™ technology is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Unlocking game-dominating power, AMD CrossFire™ harnesses the power of two or more discrete graphics cards working in parallel to dramatically improve gaming performance.1 With AMD CrossFire™-certified AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards ready for practically every budget and the flexibility to combine two, three or four GPUs, AMD CrossFire™ is the perfect multi-GPU solution for those who demand the best."

So in addition to their sub-par drivers, they also lie to their customers. You would think with a pitch like that, they'd actually try to back it up. What a fantastic company. Stupid was ever believing they could make anything more than sh*t. Had I gone with GTX 650 TI Boost's in SLI for $20 more I wouldn't even hate AMD's crap products right now.

You're point about the AMD CrossfireX would seem more valid a few months ago before the RX9-290x and RX9-280 were released. At this current point in time, your claims are not valid anymore. CrossfireX through the PCIe-bus has improved the situation, and it wouldn't surprise me if NVidia's GTX 800 Series aka Maxwell will have a similar copy-cat of their own for SLI.

If you look at the Benchmarks made by Hilbert Hagerdoorn, Guru3D.com, on the NVidia GTX 780 Ti in SLI reviews, it shows that the new, best single GPU solution in SLI, has a tendency to drop frames in some games. It's competitor, the AMD RX9-290x doesn't. In addition, it also reinforces the idea that SLI doesn't scale as well as CrossfireX does. While the scaling ranges from 1.5 to 2.0 times the FPS of 1 AMD RX9-290x in most PC Games, GTX 780 Ti scales in SLI, between 1.1 and 1.5 times a single GTX 780 Ti, as the resolution increases. It comes to show that PCI-e Based CrossfireX has been a significant improvement for AMD. I'm still waiting for reviews on Tri-Fire and Quad-Fire RX9-290x. Ya there's going to be more diminishing returns, but I suspect that it wouldn't diminish as much, performance wise, with a similar setup of GTX 780 Ti. Chalk it up to CPU Bottleneck, whatever... AMD reigns supreme now as the multi-GPU solution while NVidia took/retain single GPU solution superiority. Well NVidia retains it with the GTX 780 Ti, but they lost it when the RX9-290x basically defeated GTX Titan and 780 in most PC Games, late last month.

You can talk smack about the AMD Driver all you want. Not even going to lecture you the difference between NVidia SLI and AMD CrossfireX AFR. Truth of the matter is the Beta Drivers are working. The AMD Beta Driver is keeping the AMD CrossfireX mini-guns in check with it's Frame Pacing software. Beta Drivers are doing the needed job on a software level for AMD Consumers. Enough said. Bash it all you like. The more you bash it, the more other people will start to realize that AMD has the upper-hand for now... NVidia Fan Boi who are brain-dead, will continue to cry and bash AMD while NVidia sales slowly start to decline over 2013 Q4 and 2014 Q1-Q2.

 

[anthony8989]

You're just cementing my point that AMD's drivers are garbage, and have been for years now. But I suppose your own stupidity makes you ignorant to that fact huh.

"AMD CrossFire™ technology is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Unlocking game-dominating power, AMD CrossFire™ harnesses the power of two or more discrete graphics cards working in parallel to dramatically improve gaming performance.1 With AMD CrossFire™-certified AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards ready for practically every budget and the flexibility to combine two, three or four GPUs, AMD CrossFire™ is the perfect multi-GPU solution for those who demand the best."

So in addition to their sub-par drivers, they also lie to their customers. You would think with a pitch like that, they'd actually try to back it up. What a fantastic company. Stupid was ever believing they could make anything more than sh*t. Had I gone with GTX 650 TI Boost's in SLI for $20 more I wouldn't even hate AMD's crap products right now.

You're point about the AMD CrossfireX would seem more valid a few months ago before the RX9-290x and RX9-280 were released. At this current point in time, your claims are not valid anymore. CrossfireX through the PCIe-bus has improved the situation, and it wouldn't surprise me if NVidia's GTX 800 Series aka Maxwell will have a similar copy-cat of their own for SLI.

If you look at the Benchmarks made by Hilbert Hagerdoorn, Guru3D.com, on the NVidia GTX 780 Ti in SLI reviews, it shows that the new, best single GPU solution in SLI, has a tendency to drop frames in some games. It's competitor, the AMD RX9-290x doesn't. In addition, it also reinforces the idea that SLI doesn't scale as well as CrossfireX does. While the scaling ranges from 1.5 to 2.0 times the FPS of 1 AMD RX9-290x in most PC Games, GTX 780 Ti scales in SLI, between 1.1 and 1.5 times a single GTX 780 Ti, as the resolution increases. It comes to show that PCI-e Based CrossfireX has been a significant improvement for AMD. I'm still waiting for reviews on Tri-Fire and Quad-Fire RX9-290x. Ya there's going to be more diminishing returns, but I suspect that it wouldn't diminish as much, performance wise, with a similar setup of GTX 780 Ti. Chalk it up to CPU Bottleneck, whatever... AMD reigns supreme now as the multi-GPU solution while NVidia took/retain single GPU solution superiority. Well NVidia retains it with the GTX 780 Ti, but they lost it when the RX9-290x basically defeated GTX Titan and 780 in most PC Games, late last month.

You can talk smack about the AMD Driver all you want. Not even going to lecture you the difference between NVidia SLI and AMD CrossfireX AFR. Truth of the matter is the Beta Drivers are working. The AMD Beta Driver is keeping the AMD CrossfireX mini-guns in check with it's Frame Pacing software. Beta Drivers are doing the needed job on a software level for AMD Consumers. Enough said. Bash it all you like. The more you bash it, the more other people will start to realize that AMD has the upper-hand for now... NVidia Fan Boi who are brain-dead, will continue to cry and bash AMD while NVidia sales slowly start to decline over 2013 Q4 and 2014 Q1-Q2.

Serpent your approach is refreshing. Nvidias and AMDs stock portfolio aside, I was left with a sour taste with AMDs products and thats all I ever expressed. AMDs drivers had a big problem when I owned their gpus. In an attempt to dismiss that fact, I was called stupid. That is what had happened. Im going to stop caring about this now, so to all who disagree with me; your posts fall on deaf ears.

 

[Novuake]

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

Odd, seems the reviewers didn't get the memo...

AMD's Entry Level Radeon HD 7790 Revealed

AMD Radeon HD 7790 - Entry Level gaming going FullHD

AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST: Performance Review
Two new graphics cards in the entry-level price segment entered into a fierce competition against each other. Who will come out on top?

Sapphire currently offers three versions of the AMD Radeon HD 7790... This card is a solid entry level card

As AMD is promoting the 7790 as an entry-level 1080p card

The HD 7790 is able to outgun NVIDIA’s similarly priced GTX 650 Ti and it gives gamers a well tailored, efficient AMD alternative in a hotly contested price segment while also introducing class-lead features into the entry level market.

:lol:
Semantics are out!
This is getting petty, entertaining, but petty.

 

[Darkresurrection]

Didn't think I'd go to the link? LMAO.

" CrossFire and SLI only make sense from the mid-range and higher, with a slight advantage for SLI." - 7790 = mid-range = makes sense.

Odd, seems the reviewers didn't get the memo...

AMD's Entry Level Radeon HD 7790 Revealed

AMD Radeon HD 7790 - Entry Level gaming going FullHD

AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST: Performance Review
Two new graphics cards in the entry-level price segment entered into a fierce competition against each other. Who will come out on top?

Sapphire currently offers three versions of the AMD Radeon HD 7790... This card is a solid entry level card

As AMD is promoting the 7790 as an entry-level 1080p card

The HD 7790 is able to outgun NVIDIA’s similarly priced GTX 650 Ti and it gives gamers a well tailored, efficient AMD alternative in a hotly contested price segment while also introducing class-lead features into the entry level market.

:lol:
Semantics are out!
This is getting petty, entertaining, but petty.

who on earth buys 7790 for hardcore gaming!? and then you accuse AMD!? do you really expect the 100$ graphic card do some magic for you and wash your clothes!? I mean do you really read before buying anything? the bandwidth is 128bit, it has only 896 stream processors so anyone with a sound mind can say, it is an entry-level graphic card, the same thing can be said about gtx 650 doesn't nvidia call gtx 650 a mid range graphic card? http://www.pugetsystems.com/parts/Video-Card/EVGA-Geforce-GTX-650-1GB-8891 7790>650 Nvidia calls gtx 650 card mid-range so that is ok for nvidia but not for AMD? what a double standard!!!