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*** Proper 390X review & discussion thread ***

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HardOCP

Link: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/06/18/msi_r9_390x_gaming_8g_video_card_review

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Guru3D

Link: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-r9-390x-gaming-8g-oc-review,1.html

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Anandtech [no benchmarks]

Link: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9387/amd-radeon-300-series

AMD had told us that there are a number of small changes from the 290 series to the 390 series that should improve performance by several percent on a clock-for-clock, apples-to-apples basis. That means along with the 20% memory clockspeed increase and 5% GPU clockspeed increase, we should see further performance improvements from these lower-level changes, which is also why we can’t just overclock a 290X and call it a 390X.

The first optimization is that AMD has gone back and refined their process for identifying the operating voltages of Hawaii chips, with the net outcome being that Hawaii voltages should be down a hair, reducing power and/or thermal throttling. The second optimization mentioned is that the 4Gb GDDR5 chips being used offer better timings than the 2Gb chips, which can depending on the timings improve various aspects of memory performance. Most likely AMD has reinvested these timing gains into improving the memory clockspeeds, but until we get our hands on a 390X card we won’t know for sure.
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Techspot [HIS MUSTARD COOLER]

Link: http://www.techspot.com/review/1019-radeon-r9-390x-390-380/

We'd like to thank HIS for supplying us with their Radeon R9 IceQ X² graphics cards. The company's IceQ X² cooler performed exceptionally on all three cards and they look great, too.
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Hardware Canucks

Link: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...69646-amd-r9-390x-8gb-performance-review.html

Regardless of whether you want to call this a rebrand or refresh (I’m firmly on the refresh side), the R9 390X is an undeniably appealing card for anyone who can’t justify spending over $450 for a GPU. It is truly amazing to see that a Hawaii-based derivative can be so competitive this far into its life. I’m just not sure if that represents a ringing endorsement for the versatility of AMD’s GCN 1.1 architecture or an honest critique about how the graphics performance yardsticks haven’t moved all that much in almost two years. Maybe it’s both.
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ETeknix

Link: http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-tri-x-r9-390x-8gb-graphics-card-review/

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If you see any more post 'em here and I will add to OP.

So far we have a pretty good collection of info, Anands has some details on Grenada, techspot covered the HIS cooler which was popular last gen, and the benchies are there for everyone to pore over.
 
Also in news, OCUK have dropped the prices of many higher priced 970 cards. The Gigabyte G1 is the cheapest I've ever seen and all the premium 970s are now cheaper. So I ordered my MSI Gaming 970 just now, since it provides the best bang for buck at it's price point. I would have gone with a 980, but folks helped me realise it's not really worth the extra £££, especially as I plan on going for a die-shrink card (like Pascal) in a year or two.
 
to be honest, i am surprised by these rebrands, they really bring some extra value to the table compared to the 200 series, but price wise...beh could have been 50 bucks cheaper for the 390X.
 
So I take a look at the reviews, thinking ooo what can this offer over my 290x.

I wonder how many shaders it has, I wonder if the core is smaller than 28nm, I wonder whether it could be worth upgrading to?

It turns out there is almost nothing different. A skim read suggests a ram increase and ram speed increase? Lazy rebrand :(.
 
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What's new about them? A small clock bump, some extra memory, and...?

"A much needed refresh" = a different name on the card?
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apparently they boost the compute of all the line up by 5-10%, without overclock and with same power draw or slightly lesser, and with that double the Memory, to be honest it's not that bad, most reviews put 390X performance over 980's, which wasn't the case for the 290.
and performance goes toward AMD as the resolution goes up, not bad at all, but still not cheap enough for a rebrand to make it a nobrainer choice.
 
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