SAPPHIRE 290X 8GB IS BACK AND LOW LOW PRICE!!

opethdisciple · 23 Oct 2014 at 12:53

Q.

Is this 4Gb per gpu or 8gb unified?

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Oops my bad. This is just a single gpu card not a dual!

Geeman1979 · 23 Oct 2014 at 12:54

It's a single Gpu, so 8GB.

supergt · 23 Oct 2014 at 12:54

Are there any benchmark comparisons with these vs titans in crossfire/tri etc? Can't seem to find any !

Gibbo · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:03

Davedree said:
Gibbo is there any chance of talking with Sapphire to get the price cheaper on these 8gb 290's or to get Sapphire onboard with 4gb Tonga 285's including their itx version..

We already did that, when they told us, they gave us some discount which is reflected already in the price.

I never pay price list price.

Woodsta888 · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:09

1, I thought all these had gone after the first run and it was limited.

2, I've just shelled out £1000 for underfloor heating materials for the kitchen.

ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! (Hunts for credit card)

pgi947 · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:10

AMDMatt said:
I need air as I'm changing and testing different Radeon gpu's quite often these days in my main rig.

Ok...buy these, with blocks and a couple of sets of qdc's...No excuses now

LtMatt · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:14

supergt said:
Are there any benchmark comparisons with these vs titans in crossfire/tri etc? Can't seem to find any !

There are, see links below. The best person to ask about this is Kaap, as he uses four of each. The 290X is the ultimate 4K card when gaming at maximum image quality settings. The only limitation it has in a few specific scenarios at 4K are its 4GB of vram. The 290X 8GB solves that minor problem.

4K Gaming Benchmarks - Dominated by Radeons

Dirt Showdown
Sleeping Dogs
Sniper Elite V3
Alien Isolation
Sniper Elite V2
Batman Arkham Origins
Shadow Of Mordor

Are you seeing a pattern yet?

Davedree · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:19

Gibbo said:
We already did that, when they told us, they gave us some discount which is reflected already in the price.

I never pay price list price.

Ok but I still think there's room for a drop

How about the 285 4gb versions have you any news on when or if they'll be coming?

Streetlight · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:25

Much better Price imo, fancy you could do more tho

Just need to find the water block to go with it now....

Choimaloy75 · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:29

I would take a couple to if they had reference blowers but the cost of blocking these as well ontop of buying 2 cards means il wait till the next gen amd cards come out.

Gibbo · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:36

Davedree said:
Ok but I still think there's room for a drop

How about the 285 4gb versions have you any news on when or if they'll be coming?

Its dropped £110, that will do, over 10 pre-sold already, the price is good.

285 4GB, nothing yet.

Kaapstad · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:38

Gibbo said:
Its dropped £110, that will do, over 10 pre-sold already, the price is good.

285 4GB, nothing yet.

Have you thought about fitting waterblocks to these in house the same as you do with some of the other cards you sell.

Choimaloy75 · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:42

Just a question are these amd reference boards with the extra ram on?
I ask this as if so would you be able to replace the cooler with reference blower of my to cards then I could sell my 4gb cards with the saphire cooler on.

GoogalyMoogaly · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:48

2 x 290s don't seem to cut it at 4K, so I'd want 3 of these if I were to get them. but the air cooler would prevent 3 cards I believe.
So then you need to watercool, but being unique PCB the blocks will need to be made specifically for these, which could cause stock issues.

While I suspect the Vapor-X is an awesome card, I too would like a reference PCB with a blower cooler.

Of course then I'll be annoyed that I just bought my 980s...

Choimaloy75 said:
Just a question are these amd reference boards with the extra ram on?
I ask this as if so would you be able to replace the cooler with reference blower of my to cards then I could sell my 4gb cards with the saphire cooler on.

I may be wrong, but I think that's one of the key differences between the Tri-X and the Vapor-X. The Tri-X is reference PCB and the Vapor-X isn't.

~Mike~ · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:50

Nice price on these.

pgi947 said:
Ok...buy these, with blocks and a couple of sets of qdc's...No excuses now

He still won't.

Streetlight · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:51

Kaapstad said:
Have you thought about fitting waterblocks to these in house the same as you do with some of the other cards you sell.

This +1

Kaapstad · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:55

GoogalyMoogaly said:
2 x 290s don't seem to cut it at 4K, so I'd want 3 of these if I were to get them. but the air cooler would prevent 3 cards I believe.
So then you need to watercool, but being unique PCB the blocks will need to be made specifically for these, which could cause stock issues.

While I suspect the Vapor-X is an awesome card, I too would like a reference PCB with a blower cooler.

Of course then I'll be annoyed that I just bought my 980s...

I may be wrong, but I think that's one of the key differences between the Tri-X and the Vapor-X. The Tri-X is reference PCB and the Vapor-X isn't.

pgi947 said:
EK have been making blocks to suit both 4 & 8gb versions for some time now.

LtMatt · 23 Oct 2014 at 13:59

AMDMatt said:
You get me reference versions and I'll take four don't worry.

Choimaloy75 said:
I would take a couple to if they had reference blowers

GoogalyMoogaly said:
2 x 290s don't seem to cut it at 4K, so I'd want 3 of these if I were to get them. but the air cooler would prevent 3 cards I believe.
So then you need to watercool, but being unique PCB the blocks will need to be made specifically for these, which could cause stock issues.

While I suspect the Vapor-X is an awesome card, I too would like a reference PCB with a blower cooler.

That's three of us that want the reference cooler now Gibbo and 9 potential 290X 8GB cards with reference coolers that would be sold. Give us a reference 290X 8GB glorious AIB's. :cool:

Streetlight · 23 Oct 2014 at 14:02

AMDMatt said:
That's three of us that want the reference cooler now Gibbo and 9 potential 290X 8GB cards with reference coolers that would be sold. Give us a reference 290X 8GB glorious AIB's.

*Cough* *Cough*

make that 4...

LtMatt · 23 Oct 2014 at 14:03

Streetlight said:
*Cough* *Cough*

make that 4...

Good man. Lets make it happen. :cool:

Four of us wanting reference 290X 8GB cards.

Competitor rules

** SAPPHIRE 290X 8GB IS BACK AND LOW LOW PRICE!! **

SAPPHIRE 290X 8GB IS BACK AND LOW LOW PRICE!!