** AMD R290X NOW AVAILABLE & OVERCLOCKING REVIEW!! **

[nicnik]

This cries for non-reference cooler >.<

 

[Gibbo]

Seems to beat the nv crowd as resolution/details go up - e.g 4k/1440p - but loses to titan and sometimes 780 at more normal resolutions - e.g. 1080p.

Yep.

It pretty much has GTX 780 in majority of games at all resolutions. 1440P it beats the GTX 780 at most games and Titan at some. 1600P and its beating or on par with Titan in more or less everything, 4k and eyefinity setups the AMD card is the clear victor over Titan.

Then factor how much it cost!

 

[MDPlatts]

Yep. It pretty much has GTX 780 in majority of games at all resolutions. 1440P it beats the GTX 780 at most games and Titan at some. 1600P and its beating or on par with Titan in more or less everything, 4k and eyefinity setups the AMD card is the clear victor over Titan.

I play at 1600p so its a win

Now to find my 7970 receipts and sell them - I got two sapphires when they were on 3 year warranty so they still have some cover left. Presuming it wasnt retrospectively reduced back to 2.

 

[the1gooner]

Busy here this morning, anything special happening?

Must admit am impressed with the price and performance of the 290x.

Good job AMD but couldnt they have designed a better reference cooler?

 

[Gibbo]

Busy here this morning, anything special happening?

Must admit am impressed with the price and performance of the 290x.

Good job AMD but couldnt they have designed a better reference cooler?

The cooler does an acceptable job for someone using the card out the box.

But some of us like me, like to overclock, so 3rd party designs will be welcome, or just throw an EK block on it. Were selling the compatible EK blocks now, also online.

 

[Arthur Hucksake]

How is 85-90C a "Quiet" mode. Ouch! LOL

Surely that should be louder mode too to get it down to 75-80C ?

 

[Orangey]

Just going over Anand's and it beats a Titan @ 1080p in Metro and CoH2.

So good news for 120hz peeps like me too.

 

[the1gooner]

Cant wait to see what these perform like when watercooled and available in an 8pack overclocked system, drool.

 

[trisp]

oooo what can the NDA card be ??


And it does look like a great card for the money! shame its not as big a step up as i was hoping for!

 

[etched Chaos]

oooo what can the NDA card be ??


And it does look like a great card for the money! shame its not as big a step up as i was hoping for!

A Titan competing card at £450... Hard to think of a bigger step you can take without dropping to 20nm manufacturing.

 

[Rezident]

Ok definitely getting one now. Cheers for the review.

 

[Orangey]

oooo what can the NDA card be ??

Well, Gibbo did mention a batch of 290s came in already.

 

[MrMoonX]

When we getting custom cooler models nearly every review say the reference one is rubbish?

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

I've got voltage control!

Upto 1200 core so far!

 

[Uncle Petey]

How?

Don't tell me you guys just forget to check the 'unlock voltage control' box in AB in all the excitement?

 

[Orangey]

Hi there

I've got voltage control!

Upto 1200 core so far!

POWER OVERWHELMING

 

[Azrael1]

From the techpower review

"One improvement over HD 7990, is that the R9 290X has no coil noise"

 

[kayan]

Hi there

I've got voltage control!

Upto 1200 core so far!

Gibbo, are you overclocking the Sapphire version of the 290x? Or a different brand?

 

[Yaayuh!]

Do they come with free ear plugs?

 

[233]

Damn you gibbo


I can see my boy getting my 7970 for playing that graphically intensive mine craft game he plays and forcing me to upgrade

Look cracking tell us more about clocks with voltage unlocked