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May well be a hair faster than Titan in most gaming scenarios.
3GB frame buffer might explain why the red side are happy for 4k leaks to appear...
It's all about the pricing now...
Very true kalniel, I wonder what this could mean for 2560x1440 and below. Maybe the R9 290X will come in at lower than expected performance levels but at a lower price point to boot. This might actually be preferable.
That's certainly a lot higher than I thought it would be. Is it possible to compare this with the leaked R290X stats?
So, slower than a factory overclocked 780, potentially the same performance as a Titan, wonder how they'll price it? Presumably the concept here is nvidia produce a very average stock card then rely on partners to clock it through the roof to get the performance they'll actually need to compete.
Given it's positioned (namingwise, at least) between the 780 and the Titan, one can assume it'll cost somewhere between the 780 and the Titan; right in the alleged price-range of the 290X. Stock versions probably aren't going to wow anyone - wonder if the stock version will ever actually get released ... I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that nvidia don't sample any stock cards to the press, and initial reviews will all be done on partner supplied overclocked version.
the alleged price range of the 290x is below that of the 780.........
well... it's now time to see how many people would still buy Nvidia over Amd gpu's.
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Originally Posted by HalloweenJack
All I've heard is that it won't be a $999 card, it'll be nearer a "traditional enthusiast card price". What that means for AMD is a difficult question to answer; they released the 7990 at $999, but previous X2 cards (arguably the proper enthusiast cards) tended to come in around $649 - $699, afaict. Given the RSP of a 780 at launch was $649, that pretty much puts it directly in line with 780 pricing. And since nvidia were first to market, they can probably afford to cut that price now (no doubt bringing the 780 Ti in at $649 to replace the 780).
So I don't think it's at all likely that the 290X will be cheaper than a GTX 780 by the time it launches, and it may well find itself directly price-competitive with the 780 Ti.
This does seem really quite pointless. Why not fill the £200 gap between the 770 and the 780? I suppose this will knock down the price of the 780, but it is still as useless card. Even if the Titan was £100 more expensive than the 780, it still wouldn't be worth the extra. I fail to see how this card will slot in unless it's 10% more expensive at most.
While on the subject of the "R9 290X threat" I thought hexus got the card last friday and were benching it to compare to the regular 780 ?
Why is it pointless or useless? You don't know how Nvidia is going to price it along with any changes to the rest of the 700 series' pricing. You also don't know how much perofrmance is improved over a stock 780. You also don't know how it will compare to AMD's 290x which this is Nvidia's response to in either price or performance. It's all part of AND v Nvidia e-peen wars which means competition, which means progress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asshh
If incrememntal improvements were useless/pointless we'd all be driving around in ford model Ts