Compare the GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti and Radeon R9 290X video cards

Introduction
It is no secret that games are one of the main entertainment in the modern world, and companies producing games earn a lot of money. Modern video games have a very realistic picture and to achieve such results requires powerful game PCs that cost a decent amount. And the main component in such computers are video cards. Their cost is approximately 40 – 50% of the cost of the entire computer.
Many gamers prefer to choose their components themselves and make their own configuration, which wins in price and performance compared to ready -made assemblies. The main link in such a configuration is naturally a video card.

Recently, I became interested in the selection of components for my future PC, the assembly of which I want to make on my own. A computer was needed for game purposes. I started choosing components. Immediately became the question of buying a video card. Since the main goal of using this PC will be modern games, first I decided to choose a video card. At the moment, one of the most powerful are Radeon R9 R290X and GeForce GTX 780 Ti.

Thus, I will analyze the capabilities of two video cards, which are currently relevant and one of the most powerful.

To choose a video card you need to know certain rules:

1. A weak video card is not placed on a powerful processor and vice versa.

2. The dimensions of the video card should coincide with the size of the case.

3. When choosing a video card, it is necessary to take into account its consuming power, and take it into account when choosing a power supply unit.

4. Before installing two or more video cards, you need to make sure that the corresponding function (SLI/Crossfirex) has on the motherboard, the power of the power supply should also correspond to the capabilities of video cards.

Our video card will be selected for the following components:

Intel Core i7-3770k 3 processor.5GHZ – Modern I7 processor of a new generation. 4 nuclei and frequency 3.5. Megaigers with a possible overclocking up to 3.9. Megahertz. (Cost of an average of 12,000 rubles in Russia)

Miditower Atx Zalman Z11 Plus HF1 – good, roomy building with 4 built -in coolers with backlight. Has a stylish appearance. (The cost of an average of Russia is 3,100 rubles)

Kuler Zalman 10x Performma – Standard cooler for our processor, supporting passive cooling and control of cooler revolutions. (The cost of an average of Russia is 1,300 rubles)

Gigabyte LGA1155 GA-Z77X-UD3H Z77 – A good motherboard suitable for our processor and video card has a built -in sound card with sound quality 7.1. HD Audio, the Russian -speaking version of BIOS and the ability to control the mouse in BIOS. Also supports the installation technology of several video cards at the same time. (The cost of an average of Russia is 5,500 rubles)

Memory DIMM DDR3 8192MBX2 PC10600 1333MHZ Corsair XMS3 – RAM in size 16 GB and frequency 1333 megagez. (Cost of an average of Russia 6,300 rubles)

BP Zalman XG 750W ZM750 – 750 watt power supply is great for powerful PCs. The possibility of 80+ Gold makes our power supply silent and allows you to consume several percent less electricity. (Cost of an average of Russia 4,800 rubles)

SATA-3 hard drive 2TB WD Red Intellipower – the standard “red” hard drive of 2 TB size is perfect for storing a large number of video games. (Cost of an average of 4,000 rubles in Russia)

SSD 2 solid -state drive.5 "Sata-3 120gb Kingston SV300S3D7 – A regular SSD drive of 120 GB is perfect for the operating system and several games or programs. (Cost of an average of 3,800 rubles in Russia)

Components are chosen taking into account their power and relevance in the game PC. This equipment is a good option in the price category for game PCs, has good functionality, reliability and compatibility.

My final assembly was slightly changed (instead of the original card, the same ASUS and cooler map was replaced by a similar cooler Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 Co)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Characteristics presented from the website www.NVIDIA.ru/:

On the official NVIDIA website, the results of the tests of common games on this video card are demonstrated by the screen resolution of 2560×1600 pixels. Tests are presented for November 2013.

In addition to the official source, consider the opinions of users from the professional forum www.Overclockers.ru/.
Bloggers note that the original GEFORCE GTX 780 TI graphics card tested by them has both their advantages and cons of.

They attribute to the pluses:

• high performance due to a strongly increased frequency of the graphic processor and its maximum level, achieved in 3D mode;

• low noise level with automatic fan speed adjustment;

They attribute to the minuses:

• modest “overclocking” potential (primarily a graphic processor) and a complete set is atypical for products of this level;

My point of view is as follows:

The pluses include:

• 3 years warranty

• The device is relevant all this and next year

• Great assembly quality

• Great accelerated potential

• Great drivers that are stable updated

The disadvantages should include:

• A little noisy cooling system in the load

Bottom line: Excellent game card with excellent performance, at least 2-3 years is guaranteed to support games with graphic settings at the Ultra level. The advantage is a 3 -year warranty, a good acceleration that gives prospects for the future. However, the device is not cheap and significantly noisy at the maximum load.

Radeon R9 290x

The following characteristics of the video card in question are presented on the official website of AMD:

• Nuclear frequency: up to 1000 MHz.

• Number of universal processors: 2816

• Number of texture blocks: 176, blending blocks: 64

• Effective memory frequency: 5000 MHz (4 × 1250 MHz)

• Memory Type: GDDR5

• Memory volume: 4 gigabytes

• Memory capacity: 320 gigabytes in sec.

• Computational performance (FP32) 5.6 teraflops

• Theoretical maximum adjustment rate: up to 64 gigapixels per second.

• Theoretical speed of the selection of textures: up to 176 gigatheels in sec.
Tire PCI Express 3.0.

• Two Dual Link DVI connectors, one HDMI, one DisplayPort

• energy consumption up to 275 watts

• one 8-pin and one 6-pin power connectors.

Below are the performance tests on this video card

Consider the opinion from the professional forum www.3Dnews.ru/:
Bloggers protesting this video card noted both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of this video card:

• Trueaudio technology. AMD claims that Trueaudio is a "fully programmable audio engine". Its appearance, according to AMD representatives, is similar to the advent of programmable shaaders in the graphics – this is a new level of sound environment. In other words, with the help of Trueaudio, the human brain can be deceived so much that it will not distinguish a computer sound from the real. This system, according to AMD, should greatly change the game industry.

• Crossfire without bridges. Crossfire – a technology that allows you to connect several video cards to one motherboard. Technology is similar to SLI technology from NVIDIA.

• Support Vesa Display ID V1.3

• One cannot fail to note such a subtle tool of dynamic power control, which is PowerTune technology in its current form

• Great accelerated potential

Some gamers want to improve their video card by dispersing. Acceleration of the video card is reduced to an increase in frequencies at which the core works and memory. You can do this in many ways. Mostly on modern motherboards and video cards, an application for safe acceleration with temperature sensors has been installed. It remains for us to increase the parameters in a special program to the number you need and click on the Start button. Now acceleration on modern video cards has been simplified up to three keys. It is important to know that when overclocking, the increase in performance is not big. And acceleration requires a sufficiently large amount of power power and, accordingly, consumes more electricity.

Disadvantages of this video card:

• The only claim to R9 290X is, of course, energy consumption. It is impossible to hide the fact that the video card consumes more than 250 watts and, most likely, has a real TDP in the region of 280 W. Here is an inevitable fee for a combination of a huge nucleus and high clock frequency. However, the GPU Hawaii itself works without problems in such conditions and even has a supply for acceleration under air cooling in the region of 10% of the face value. The temperature in the area of ​​95 ° C, which the processor reaches under load, is considered acceptable. Increased thermal emission also did not lead to an acoustic disaster (for the example of a reference model, and open coolers on the partnerships of the original design will be more effective), and yet, noise level can be estimated as “permissible” and “normal”, but not better.

My opinion about this video card:

The pluses of this video card include:

• The optimal power of the video card for a less cheap price than the GeForce GTX 780 Ti

• Support for Trueaudio technology

The disadvantages include:

• consumption of a large amount of electricity

• more demanding power supply power supply

• The level of noise of the video card is greater than the GeForce GTX 780 Ti

A good video card at a relatively good price, however, this price is almost aligned with great energy consumption and a more demanding power supply.

Compare the characteristics and capabilities of the GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti and Radeon R9290X video cards

To identify the best video card suitable for our configuration and for game purposes, respectively, I propose to contact the performance of video cards and their capabilities in modern videos.

Conclusion
Based on the study of the characteristics of video cards, analyzing game tests, studying the opinions of users from professional forums, we can draw the following conclusion:

• according to the professional forum
GPUBOSS.COM/ Users with a difference of 0.8 balls are preferred by the GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti video card

• According to the professional forum www.3Dnews.ru/ Users gave their preferences to the GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti video card

• According to the professional forum www.Overclockers.ru/ users chose Radeon R9 290x as a cheaper version of the GeForce GTX 780 Ti video card

After analyzing the presented comparisons, I came to the conclusion that the GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti video card is more suitable for the configuration we have chosen for game purposes. Its competitor, Radeon R9 290X is also well suited for game purposes, but does not meet some criteria to “hold the bar” with a video card from NVIDIA.

The best comments

Damn, only an avid baker is able to understand the whole buzz (on the verge of orgasm), received each time from assembling the computer of your dreams. All these boxes, pieces of iron, wiring … mrrr, burn! ;)
I even envy a bit. He collected his iron horse two years ago.
And I have one question to rummaging people: GTX 780 Vs. GTX 780 Ti – Whether the advantages are justified?
Introductory are these: Intel Core i5-3570K, resolution 1920×1280 (60 Hz), without active 3D, without SLI and Crossfire.
The difference in price (at least in my region) is over 10 thousand. A logical question arises – are the advantages worth Ti versions (I emphasize, in given conditions, and not abstract synthetic tests) of these “over 10 thousand”?

The same did not understand the meaning. The campaign simply decided to describe his new computer, but the whole comparison of the cards … well, it was essentially not there. Some “left” advantages and disadvantages are described, no tests under the same conditions, benchmarks, etc.

The sister has something like this GeForce GTX 460 715MHz PCI-E 2.0 768MB 3600MHz 192 bitvi mini-hdmi HDCP I do not know which time. You can’t look at the volume of video memory and tire without fear by today’s standards. But all the games drags perfectly … so do not get excited, guys, do not chase the top cards, t.To. They will run everything on hard resolutions on hard settings.

For home use of 1920×1080 quite medium cards. Take GTX760 for reserve – it is enough for 5 years = D

GTX780TI was brought to the market only to compete R9 290x. As a result, we received a new top from Nvidia, which in terms of performance approximately corresponds to a competitor, but at the same time ~ 6 thousand more. Strictly speaking, today the top video card from Nvidia, in principle, is economically impractical, but each product has its own buyer.

Why indicate the rest of the computer’s iron, if all the “comparison” of video cards are stupidly by comparing the information collected on the Internet?

All that I did with the insides of my pitch changed the video card and the power supply, but the "high (on the verge of orgasm)" at least not the strongest caught.