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Does the Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 have Hynix memory?

Doogles

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Also how much of a upgrade would it be for me? Don't think I will get one as waiting for 20nm but you never know. HD 7850 crossfire has been good for me though.
 
Doogles said:
Also how much of a upgrade would it be for me? Don't think I will get one as waiting for 20nm but you never know. HD 7850 crossfire has been good for me though.
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7850 CF amounts to 2048 Stream Processors, or in other words a 280X (with 100% CF scaling)

A 290 has 2560 Stream Processors, so 25% more, with it also having 64 ROP's and a 512Bit Bus the scaling would be 100%, so your looking at a +25% performance increase.

I don't know what Memory IC's they all have, the Tri-X should have Hynix but that's no guarantee.
 
All the ones we have tested had Hynix yes. In general Sapphire do seem to use Hynix.

Not sure about upgrade as I have never tested those GPU.
 
Thanks, seems to be looking around that a Sapphire Tri-X is the best bet for Hynix memory. Would be nice just to not have any problems with crossfire not scaling right or needing to be turned off. I'll see how I feel :)
 
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