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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

I've got a Gtx780. But I really hope Amd bring these cards out at a great price, force Nvidia to drop there prices. Cheaper card's for everyone :)
 
humbug said:
the 9 on the R9 looks pretty much exactly the same as the apparent 8 or 9 on the part in question, just a pixelated block of a similar shape.

no idea, it could even be R8 280X
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Yeah I think you may be right, it looks like the second 9 has more pixelated image, not sure what I think about the cooler, nice design but looks a bit um cheap? That same design in a Titan-esque shroud would have been nice, the red and black can look to plasticy..
 
humbug said:
I can't enhance it, its to far pixelated, but one thing i can see, the 9 on the R9 looks pretty much exactly the same as the apparent 8 or 9 on the part in question, just a pixelated block of a similar shape.

no idea, it could even be R8 280X
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Yup looks like R9 280X from where I'm sitting.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Yeah I think you may be right, it looks like the second 9 has more pixelated image, not sure what I think about the cooler, nice design but looks a bit um cheap? That same design in a Titan-esque shroud would have been nice, the red and black can look to plasticy..
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I have to be honest, i do think the shroud pictured does look a bit like it was carved out of my wheelie bin.

But meh, its not the shroud that counts, it will be available with 3'rd party coolers anyway.
 
Yeah would be better if they used this type of shroud imo:

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RavenXXX2 said:
I think they have gone cheap on the cooler to save costs and give the consumer the best deal at £399 inc BF4.
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If the ref cooler doesn't come with a light I'm not interested *strokes 780*

:D

In all seriousness though, I really hope AMD get it right this time both on performance and pricing.
 
This seems to have slipped by unnoticed:

While launch of the R9 290 series will be tightly controlled by AMD (i.e., don't expect non-reference designs for a while), the R9 280X will launch entirely by non-reference designs. The three cards will launch a little later this week.
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So the rebadged 7970s will only be available from AIBs as custom jobs?
 
Nocky24 said:
If the ref cooler doesn't come with a light I'm not interested *strokes 780*

:D

In all seriousness though, I really hope AMD get it right this time both on performance and pricing.
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+1 We need more competition in the market place.
 
Really naive post here as I have been out of the GPU game for a while. I'm still rock my Nvidia 260's in SLI.

What advantage does AMD have over Nvidia? I know that Nvidia has CUDA and PhysX but am unaware of any AMD advantage apart from OpenGL
 
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