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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
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.
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Anyone remember the Gtx 480? Same situation.
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.
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