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

Gibbo · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:35

Gregster said:
Haha, and I bet you smiled the whole time. Keep 8 Pack away, because if he plays, that would massively skew the results in favor of it

He's being playing too, come launch day, which is not long now, but I'm not confirming whether it's hours, days or a week. But we will have an excellent review showing these bad boys off when NDA lifts which there is an NDA on.

Gregster · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:37

So the 28th is launch day then... Whatever way, you can bet it is a beast.

Boomstick777 · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:38

Would love an 8 pack review, would know exactly how far these cards can be pushed.

no_1_dave · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:41

211 pages of arguing based on speculation and rumors that may or may not be true :rolleyes:

Uncle Petey · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:47

Gibbo said:
Not long now guys.

Had a good play today!

Pyramid pics aren't against NDA surely?

LtMatt · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:49

I'm going to have a guess and say the 25th will be the day.

starmanwarz · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:51

Reviews on Friday, release on Monday, you heard it here first!

LtMatt · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:51

starmanwarz said:
Reviews on Friday, release on Monday, you heard it here first!

That's basically what i said. Stop trying to steal my glory.

starmanwarz · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:53

LtMatt said:
That's basically what i said. Stop trying to steal my glory.

Lol! You weren't specific enough

sin · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:55

25th as battlefield 4 promotion starts with 290x

LtMatt · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:55

starmanwarz said:
Lol! You weren't specific enough

You need to read between the lines, well line actually.

Noxia · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:58

Just about to order new monster PSU, just in case you know. I read there is a nice one on members market for sale.

Suarez7 · 21 Oct 2013 at 20:25

Gibbo I hope you don't tease the wife this much.

Gibbo · 21 Oct 2013 at 20:31

Uncle Petey said:
Pyramid pics aren't against NDA surely?

Well the stock is all put aside for a pyramid, but as it would have to be built outside (loading bay) were waiting for some dry weather, though we could probably do something in the warehouse, just very very busy, and I don't want to see a fork lift ram raiding R290X all over the place.

Gibbo · 21 Oct 2013 at 20:31

Suarez7 said:
Gibbo I hope you don't tease the wife this much.

Not married and never being married, that cost way too much money.

cainer · 21 Oct 2013 at 20:41

Gibbo said:
Not married and never being married, that cost way too much money.

driving around in a people carrier with little people screeming in the back not your thing then?

Uncle Petey · 21 Oct 2013 at 20:48

Gibbo said:
Well the stock is all put aside for a pyramid, but as it would have to be built outside (loading bay) were waiting for some dry weather, though we could probably do something in the warehouse, just very very busy, and I don't want to see a fork lift ram raiding R290X all over the place.

Well it's nice to know that they're there and ready to go whenever you get the green light

I guess just a pic of a pallet's worth is good enough. Not sure why, seeing as I'm not even buying one...

LtMatt · 21 Oct 2013 at 21:03

Taken from anand

@ Kaap looks like your prediction of the 290X doing worse at high res/high details vs a titan might be wrong.

1920x1080

Elder Scrolls High 4XAA
R9 290X: 179.6FPS
GTX 780: 146.8FPS (+22.3%)
GTX Titan: 157.5FPS (+14%)

Battlefield 3 Ultra 4XAA
R9 290X: 108FPS
GTX 780: 95FPS (+13.7%)
GTX Titan: 103FPS (+4.9%)

Dirt Showdown Ultra 4XAA
R9 290X: 119FPS
GTX 780: 104FPS (+14.4%)
GTX Titan: 99.6FPS (+19.5%)

Far Cry 3 4XAA
R9 290X: 59FPS
GTX 780: 55.8FPS (+5.7%)
GTX Titan: 59.6FPS (-1.0%)

Hitman 4XAA
R9 290X: 74.8FPS
GTX 780: 62.8FPS (+19.1%)
GTX Titan: 61FPS (+22.6%)

Crysis 3 Very High 4XAA
R9 290X: 45FPS
GTX 780: 46FPS (-2.2%)
GTX Titan: 48FPS (-6.2%)

Tomb Raider Ultra 4XAA
R9 290X: 68.2FPS
GTX 780: 56.9FPS (+19.9%)
GTX Titan: 63.4FPS (+7.6%)

Metro Last Light Very High:
R9 290X: 60FPS
GTX 780: 62FPS (-3.3%)
GTX Titan: 68FPS (-11.8%)

5760x1080

Battlefield 3 Ultra 4XAA
R9 290X: 46FPS
GTX 780: 37.8FPS (+21.7%)
GTX Titan: 41FPS (+12.2%)

Dirt Showdown Ultra 4XAA
R9 290X: 63.7FPS
GTX 780: 48.6FPS (+31.1%)
GTX Titan: 50.8FPS (+25.4%)

Far Cry 3 4XAA
R9 290X: 26FPS
GTX 780: 24.5FPS (+6.1%)
GTX Titan: 26FPS (0%)

Hitman 4XAA
R9 290X: 34.8FPS
GTX 780: 27.6FPS (+26.1%)
GTX Titan: 30.1FPS (+15.6%)

Crysis 3 Very High 4XAA
R9 290X: 20.5FPS
GTX 780: 16.5FPS (+24.2%)
GTX Titan: 17.4FPS (+17.8%)

Tomb Raider Ultra 4XAA
R9 290X: 25.3FPS
GTX 780: 20.7FPS (+22.2%)
GTX Titan: 22.9FPS (+10.5%)

Bioshock infinite Ultra DOF
R9 290X: 36.5FPS
GTX 780: 37.8FPS (-3.5%)
GTX Titan: 39.8FPS (-8.3%)

Metro Last Light Very High
R9 290X: 29FPS
GTX 780: 27FPS (+7.4%)
GTX Titan: 31FPS (-6.5%)

Summary:

In average over 8 games, R9 290X is 11.2% faster than GTX 780 in 1920x1080, and 16% faster in 5760x1080.

In average over 8 games, R9 290x is 6.3% faster than GTX Titan in 1920x1080, and 8.4% faster in 5760x1080.

DeathofRats · 21 Oct 2013 at 21:03

Gibbo said:
Not long now guys.

Had a good play today!

Playing with our feeble but rapacious minds not enough for you then

Noxia · 21 Oct 2013 at 21:04

I wanted 1440p benchies though