GeForce GTX 760 SLI vs. Radeon R9 290X
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 23.04.14Page:
Conclusion
First of all lets talk about prices. Let's consider that the two GTX 760 DirectCU II OC together cost 399 Euro. Compare that to the 432 Euro you'd have to pay for the cheapest reference AMD Radeon R9 290X we can find. Therefore this one high-end card is is about 10 percent more than the two mid-range models.To dive a bit deeper into the results, we start with performance differences in 3DMark graphics score where we see that the SLI of two GTX 760 is between 5 and 12 percent faster than the AMD Radeon R9 290X. In the next theoretical test we ran, Unigine Heaven, we see that the two 760's are on average 7 percent quicker than the AMD Radeon R9 290X. In case of games it turns out that for example in Dirt Showdown the AMD Radeon R9 290X is about 16 percent quicker than the two smaller cards in SLI. A closer look at Crysis 3 shows the other end of the scale, where the two GTX 760 score 48 percent better than the single AMD Radeon R9 290X. In case of ultra high resolutions we would see the two smaller cards lack behind, since they features less video memory.
Overall the two GTX 760 cards are performing really well and there is no doubt the two of them are seriously quick, actually, on average they're 12 pecent quicker than one AMD Radeon R9 290X. Last but no least there is the power consumption which is 12 percent higher than with one single AMD Radeon R9 290X. If you're actually thinking about buying two GTX 760's make sure you go for models with 4 Gigabyte VRAM otherwise the AMD Radeon R9 290X will be quicker playing games at ultra high resolutions. When it comes to price/performance, than the two GTX 760 in SLI are simply great. Since drivers are meanwhile quite well optimized for SLI, almost any new game is supported with well balanced profiles.