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ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC Detailed – Clocked at 1050 MHz and Available In Red and Gold Flav

Final Words & Conclusion

Now you just know that I can throw all kinds of superlatives at you guys, but I can be brief as well. This is the Radeon R9-290X we all expected it to be, period.

Sufficient cooling, extreme performance, silent and tweakable are the key-words here. And hey it comes factory clocked faster then reference and it is a good chunk cheaper than a GTX 780 Ti as well as you get more graphics memory (4GB). NICE ! Having that much raw unadulterated horsepower under the hood will bring options to the table. You play your games at 2560x1440 and flick on every quality setting that you can think of. Even then the cards will do a terrific job. For the few of you that already made the step towards UHD or 4K gaming at 3840 x 2160 that where these card do make sense. The ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC edition is often as fast or faster then a GeForce GTX 780 Ti and certainly faster then a Titan, whilst it is going to be priced a good chunk lower. So that in retrospect means (even at this price level) performance for money. Prices will sit at 499~539 EUR (incl VAT for this rather shweeeeet graphics card).
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Source
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_r9_290x_directcuii_oc_review,29.html
 
i want to see how close the 290 gets to it aswell :)
when the 290 beats the TI then we see nvidia p00p themselves and lower price
 
Mei said:
i want to see how close the 290 gets to it aswell :)
when the 290 beats the TI then we see nvidia p00p themselves and lower price
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Aftermarket cooled 290 will be no more than 5% behind aftermarket cooled 290X i reckon.
 
780Ti may be selling very well, but it'd sell even better if it was cheaper ;);)

nvidia should do what they did with the 780 and drop it sharply, and watch as they fly out the shops.
 
Gibbo said:
Doubtful, the 290's just went up in price, not down. :p

780Ti is selling very well, I suspect they won't make any moves.
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Wait for say Feb/March when AMD have announced free-sync(someone who uses twitter should send Roy@AMD a suggestion to use that name when they do it ;) ) and the second(at least) Mantle game has come out. Then we'll see what Nvidia do.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Wait for say Feb/March when AMD have announced free-sync(someone who uses twitter should send Roy@AMD a suggestion to use that name when they do it ;) ) and the second(at least) Mantle game has come out. Then we'll see what Nvidia do.
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I will send Roy that tweet right now. :D

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Done!

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