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I plan on testing 240mm closed loop coolers soon. Thermaltake has one, and I'll see about that cooler master one. I got a fb message from a company in Taiwan I never heard of, and that should be interesting too.
You ok with a reflective screen? I have the S2740L and it's everything you'd expect with that sheet of glass up front; not so bad since mine's facing away from the window, but if you have a light source anywhere behind you I'd be a little wary. Apart from that, you can expect the build quality to be good. I can't speak on the actual display performance for that model though.
Ugh.. I have a window beside me.. but I have a bamboo thing outside shielding it (because it was too hot/too much sunlight in summer), and the regular blinds as welll.. hmm
colour me impressed for the 290X....512-bit memory is juicy for ultra high res
should get very interesting running with Mantle API
wtf is up with the temps tho...even if it's the meh reference design from years ago it's almost 100 degrees at load
unless you absolutely need to play demanding games flawlessly at 4K/Triple monitors in the now...anyone about to drop $500+ on this or the 780Ti should reconsider as the 20nm Nvidia Maxwell with unified memory is likely going to pop up within 6 months.
colour me impressed for the 290X....512-bit memory is juicy for ultra high res
should get very interesting running with Mantle API
wtf is up with the temps tho...even if it's the meh reference design from years ago it's almost 100 degrees at load
unless you absolutely need to play demanding games flawlessly at 4K/Triple monitors in the now...anyone about to drop $500+ on this or the 780Ti should reconsider as the 20nm Nvidia Maxwell with unified memory is likely going to pop up within 6 months.
TSMC 20nm won't be ready by Q1 2014, I would aim for Q2 2014 before any kind of GPU on 20nm is ready to be mass produced.
Either way chances of the Titan being discontinued is very high. Nvidia managed to sucker people into buying it at that high of a price tag.
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The R9 290X is performance comparable to the GeForce GTX TITAN at 2560x1600 (1600p) and lower (1080p.) In every game we played we were able to match the same gameplay experience as the GeForce GTX TITAN. That means that every game played the same between both video cards, the same performance, same in-game settings, and same smoothness. Performance in terms of frames per second was either right under, or right at TITAN FPS performance. The performance differences were so insignificant that those did not translate to any noticeable gameplay differences at all.
The situation changes when the Radeon R9 290X is pushed up to Ultra HD 4K display resolutions. Whatever magic AMD is doing at 4K, it is working. We found that the Radeon R9 290X was faster in every game compared to the GeForce GTX TITAN at 3840x2160. It wasn't just a little bit faster either, it was anywhere from 10-23% faster. This is a significant difference. At 4K resolutions, you need every bit of performance you can get to achieve playable performance at high in-game settings on a single video card. The Radeon R9 290X is clearly the card for Ultra HD 4K.
yeah no one should be buying a titan...like how no one should've bought the 690
780/780 Ti might be decent if Nvidia is willing to drop it to $499 and $549-599 respectively.
whether or not 290X is a great buy will depend on how well Mantle gets implemented and if 3rd party vendors can drop the temp significantly (seriously that 95 degrees looking more atricious as I'm reading more reviews)
I'd still suggest people looking at these enthusiast level cards to wait for 20nm next May-ish unless you must play BF4 maxed on ultra high res now. The feeling of paying big bucks only to be outpaced by a healthy 30%+ performance gain within half a year really hurts the wallet...imo only worth it if you know next gen is still at least 12 months away
that was terribly choppy...maybe 20 fps at best
why's he even using AA in the first place at that pixel density...
his 5160x2560 setup is more impressive...what a shame he didn't debezel em
Do not get unless you only use your computer in the dark. The glass is insanely glossy. It's also not flush with the LCD so there's a small gap between the glass and the actual LCD itself which causes other issues.
If the finFET tech gets implemented, I predict that there's going to a nice jump in performance.
Transister density increase by size, 20nm, and no more planar transistors, something to do with current leakage and being able to run them faster.
I'm guessing it would be like a performance jump from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge. Thats when intel changed their transistors from the traditional type to 3D (which is like finFET)
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Clock speeds can change depending on manufacturer too
