GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon R9 290X - Should I upgrade?
Category : Should I Upgrade?
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 02.04.14
A gamer simply can't get enough graphics power in their rig, which makes the upgrade question omnipresent. To show you whether it makes sense to upgrade from one generation to another we created this series of articles, where we will compare graphics cards from different generations. Today we're having a close look at the differences between the GTX Titan and the R9 290X.
Comparing the Radeon R9 290X with the
GeForce GTX Titan a well measurable performance difference between these two
cards. Looking at the values a bit closer shows, that
the R9 290X is about 11 percent faster on average than the GeForce GTX Titan, when it comes to ingame performance. The biggest performance
differences can be found with Dirt Showdown. In this case, frame rates are about
23
percent higher on a GeForce GTX Titan. On the other side there is the
Crysis, where the GTX Titan is about 16 percent quicker than the R9 290X.
At this point we also want to have a closer look at power consumption. If we
equip our test system with a GeForce GTX Titan we see that it pulls 47
Watt from the plug, whereas the same setup with a R9 290X needs 57 Watt.
Under load conditions there is a rather big difference between the two
cards. Once we plugged the GeForce GTX Titan card into the test system
power consumption goes up to 306 Watt and with the R9 290X power consumption
is at 425 Watt. Apparently energy efficiency on the NVIDIA card is much better
than with AMD's single GPU flagship.
The new Radeon R9 290X is on average almost 11 percent quicker than the GeForce
GTX Titan, which means there isn't too much of a difference. If you keep in
mind, that a bradnew reference R9 290X costs about 429 Euro these days, then one
could sell his GTX Titan an direclty buy a card that is roughly 11 percent
quicker, without loosing money. Nevertheless the question remains whether you
want to have the stress selling your GTX Titan for an 11 percent performance
bump or not.
A gamer simply can't get enough graphics power in their rig, which makes the upgrade question omnipresent. To show you whether it makes sense to upgrade from one generation to another we created this series of articles, where we will compare graphics cards from different generations. Today we're having a close look at the differences between the GTX Titan and the R9 290X. 
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