R9 290X Owners Thread

GoogalyMoogaly · 9 Sep 2014 at 21:52

OK, sign me up to the owners list!

(It's hard to see but the top card is a 290X)

LtMatt · 9 Sep 2014 at 21:53

GoogalyMoogaly said:
OK, sign me up to the owners list!

(It's hard to see but the top card is a 290X)

Proud of you GM.

Kaapstad · 9 Sep 2014 at 22:03

GoogalyMoogaly said:
OK, sign me up to the owners list!

(It's hard to see but the top card is a 290X)

And on the "Roll of Honour".

AMDMatt said:
Proud of you GM.

Have you been upsetting the Dons again, I see they have given you another silly name.

GoogalyMoogaly · 9 Sep 2014 at 22:13

AMDMatt said:
Proud of you GM.

Yeah, I reckon TheRealDeal and shankly1985 will be well pleased I've stayed with AMD...

Kaapstad said:
Have you been upsetting the Dons again, I see they have given you another silly name.

I thought it was sort of a shame they didn't revert it to LtNVIDIAMatt...

triss · 9 Sep 2014 at 22:21

Grats GM

, Those 295x2's were a cracking deal imo , You stick to what ever side you like! We buy cards to suit our budget/needs not what others want

Kaapstad · 9 Sep 2014 at 22:29

triss said:
Grats GM , Those 295x2's were a cracking deal imo , You stick to what ever side you like! We buy cards to suit our budget/needs not what others want

+1

Graphics cards are tools, what make they are is not important.

GoogalyMoogaly · 9 Sep 2014 at 23:33

I think it's more the fact that I'm not all "AMD, hallelujah! Can I get an amen!?" so they tell me to get an Nvidia card.

elrasho · 10 Sep 2014 at 17:59

Hi chaps noticed the 290X ONLY £269.99 deal and just wanted to ask is it a worthy upgrade from my GTX680 2GB considering I only game at 1080p and have no plans of going higher? My aim to max out everything in games and never hit below 60fps. I think I can get around £180 for my GTX680 so that means I'm just adding £90 to get a 290X.

humbug · 10 Sep 2014 at 18:11

Kaapstad said:
Have you been upsetting the Dons again, I see they have given you another silly name.

lol...

icehot666 · 11 Sep 2014 at 09:13

I'm now an owner too, got me an Asus R9 290X DirectCU II, runs great

Kaapstad · 11 Sep 2014 at 10:13

icehot666 said:
I'm now an owner too, got me an Asus R9 290X DirectCU II, runs great

Congrats, nice card.

Please post a pic and I can put you on the "Roll of Honour".

elrasho · 11 Sep 2014 at 10:16

elrasho said:
Hi chaps noticed the 290X ONLY £269.99 deal and just wanted to ask is it a worthy upgrade from my GTX680 2GB considering I only game at 1080p and have no plans of going higher? My aim to max out everything in games and never hit below 60fps. I think I can get around £180 for my GTX680 so that means I'm just adding £90 to get a 290X.

Anyone?

Captain · 11 Sep 2014 at 10:26

If the 680 handles everything fine at 1080 and that's what you plan on sticking to, I wouldn't upgrade until you start noticing a lack in performance.

gareth170 · 11 Sep 2014 at 10:38

elrasho said:
Anyone?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1184?vs=1056

they don't have a 680.

tbh it's not worth it

Marine-RX179 · 11 Sep 2014 at 10:48

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I think it's more the fact that I'm not all "AMD, hallelujah! Can I get an amen!?" so they tell me to get an Nvidia card.

I don't exactly recall many people (other than a few) going "hallelujah AMD" mode and hyping the hell out of it.

I think you are getting your "fact" wrong...nobody is forcing you to praise AMD. You don't seem to realise that you are getting singled-out because of the "fact" that you approach almost everything or anything AMD related with negativity, almost like you have a personal grudge against it.

Don't take it from me...ask anyone who have seen enough of your posts if they notice that pattern from your posts.

Kaapstad · 11 Sep 2014 at 11:21

gareth170 said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1184?vs=1056

they don't have a 680.

tbh it's not worth it

That is a GTX 690 you are comparing it to which is nearly twice as fast as GTX 680.

OP here is a comparison to a GTX 770 which is similar to a GTX 680 but about 5 or 10% faster.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1037?vs=1056

elrasho · 11 Sep 2014 at 11:24

Kaapstad said:
That is a GTX 690 you are comparing it to which is nearly twice as fast as GTX 680.

OP here is a comparison to a GTX 770 which is similar to a GTX 680 but about 5 or 10% faster.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1037?vs=1056

WOW the 290 is a lot faster than my 680 in BF4

Battlefield 4 - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality
Frames per Second - Higher is Better
770: 57
290X: 71.2

Might get the Sapphire Tri 290 instead and overclock it to match the 290X, the Sapphire has better cooling.

gareth170 · 11 Sep 2014 at 11:56

Kaapstad said:
That is a GTX 690 you are comparing it to which is nearly twice as fast as GTX 680.

i know i did say they don't have the 680 listed hence why i put the 690, tbh i really didn't know the 690 is nearly twice as fast as GTX 680, I've only owned 2 NVIDIA gpu's in the past 17 years.

Kaapstad · 11 Sep 2014 at 12:05

gareth170 said:
i know i did say they don't have the 680 listed hence why i put the 690, tbh i really didn't know the 690 is nearly twice as fast as GTX 680, I've only owned 2 NVIDIA gpu's in the past 17 years.

A GTX 690 is two GTX 680s on the same PCB.

Panos · 11 Sep 2014 at 12:08

Kaapstad add me on the list.

A proud owner of a mighty Sapphire 295X2

Which for some of my colleagues doesn't make sense. One saw yesterday the card, asked the price and said "why not buy xbox one to play games, is cheaper".

(and that came from someone who buys the latest Apple toys all the time....lol).