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

[VincentHanna]

The 8,000 figure did seem odd.

If AMD have spent 8 million dollars on BF4 tie-ins (as reported) then that is a lot more than 8,000 game keys.

 

[Geeman1979]

A bit like AMD put money down now for a completely unknown product and we will tell you how much you will end up paying for it after we get your deposit.

Lol!

I'd love to

 

[Something Else]

will be buying one but probably not till after christmas. Hope prices settle down

 

[drunkenmaster]

The 8,000 figure did seem odd.

If AMD have spent 8 million dollars on BF4 tie-ins (as reported) then that is a lot more than 8,000 game keys.

There will be BF4 free with a lot more "normal" editions of the card, expect a fancy box, maybe metal box like some Nvidia cards before, and a BF4 branded sticker on the gpu cooler... face down in your case which you never look at again.... woooo special editions. I personally love knowing the box I keep in the cupboard is shiny and the underside of my card looks very marginally different to other cards, I'd pay loads for that. Dogtags as well, unoriginal, standard with military game special editions.

I'd be pretty shocked if both AMD put anything remotely useful in the special edition(though this is the kind of tat people frequently do buy special editions of games for), I'd also be shocked if there weren't at least 100k copies of the game in the deal. At £20 a pop(and you'd hope they get some pretty good volume pricing ) that would make 100k copies £2mil, they've spent anything from $5-8mil it's said. I'd actually expect the game pricing to be way lower and the volume available WAY higher.

 

[darket]

. I personally love knowing the box I keep in the cupboard is shiny and the underside of my card looks very marginally different to other cards, I'd pay loads for that. Dogtags as well, unoriginal, standard with military game special editions.

Man you've spoiled my fantasy of a 290x being delivered from OCUK wrapped in gold leaf , and when opened it contains a special limited edition faberge egg signed by 8pack himself with a 290x shrouded in a olive drab titanium cooler (pro gamer edition) inside.

Cockend

 

[Freddie1980]

8,000 worldwide. How many will OcUK have?

At a guess I would say close to a hundred based on what stock ocuk gets in for new top end AMD cards from previous releases.

 

[Steampunk]

Would it even be legal in the UK to try and sell something without giving the price and details of what you're selling? I can imagine trading standards might have issues with that sort of thing.

 

[gpuerrilla]

You will probably have a price tomorrow at 9am..

 

[d_brennen]

Games consoles go up for preorder at guestimate prices every generation

 

[Avenged7Fold]

I want!

I will restrain myself until price will go down after release, i am hoping January.

I don't really care about game keys though.

 

[Quicken]

Not sure if already posted?

http://videocardz.com/46303/amd-radeon-r9-290x-final-specifications-bf4-bundle-available-preorder

 

[cainer]

Not sure if already posted?

http://videocardz.com/46303/amd-radeon-r9-290x-final-specifications-bf4-bundle-available-preorder

thats ~£700+

 

[Kaapstad]

AMD Radeon R9 290X Specifications
One of the stores even posted the final specifications (source):

GPU Codename – Hawaii
GPU Process – 28nmlarge
Stream Processors – 2816
TMUs – 176
ROPs – 44
Base Clock – 800 MHz
Turbo Clock – 1000 MHz
VRAM – 4GB GDDR5
Memory Bus – 512-Bit
Memory Clock – 1250 MHz (5GHz Effective)
Memory Bandwidth – 320 GBps
Power Configuration – 8+6 Pin
PCB VRM – 5+1+1
Die Size – 424mm2
Transistors – 6 billion
3D Technology – DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.3 and Mantle
Audio Technology – AMD TrueAudio

If it is already using a Turbo clock of 1000mhz this could explain the performance in some of the leaks but I don't think there will be much oc headroom.

 

[sin]

£700+ good price I take 4 lol

 

[humbug]

If it is already using a Turbo clock of 1000mhz this could explain the performance in some of the leaks but I don't think there will be much oc headroom.

I think thats it then... good specs, should be pretty quick.

As for OC head room, i don't see why not, it could be good for 1300Mhz for all we know.

 

[Kaapstad]

£700+ good price I take 4 lol

They are worth it if they have the performance.

 

[Kaapstad]

I think thats it then... good specs, should be pretty quick.

As for OC head room, i don't see why not, it could be good for 1300Mhz for all we know.

Remember most HD 7970s are not good for 1300mhz and this new GPU is 37.5% bigger.

 

[humbug]

Remember most HD 7970s are not good for 1300mhz and this new GPU is 37.5% bigger.

The GTX Titan is about 90% bigger than the GTX 680 and still over clocks to similar levels, this is smaller than the Titan.

 

[Kaapstad]

The GTX Titan is about 90% bigger than the GTX 680 and still over clocks to similar levels, this is smaller than the Titan.

Titans go to about 1150 to 1200mhz unless you start modding the bios, GTX 670s and 680s can do a lot more than that.

I would be surprised if you see many R9 290Xs reach 1200mhz using a HD 7970 as a benchmark.

 

[humbug]

Titans go to about 1150 to 1200mhz unless you start modding the bios, GTX 670s and 680s can do a lot more than that.

I would be surprised if you see many R9 290Xs reach 1200mhz using a HD 7970 as a benchmark.

modding the BIOS removes Nvidia's voltage locking, its not that they can't do it, its that they are locked, AMD don't tend to lock, if they do, mod the BIOS.