290 Pro @ 5am!

[thewanted]

Guru3D Crossfire Review

It looks like one overclocked 290 will be enough for 1440p. For now

EDIT: Ordered a Sapphire. Still tempted for two, but I think I'll wait for a few more reviews to surface.

 

[Duvar]

Gibbo make a shop in Germany, your sister company is not the cheapest here.
As far as i see, your shop there is fantastic and your support perfect.
Guys i have to tell ya that its not all fantastic.
Look at here http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Gefor...e-257241/Tests/Radeon-R9-290-im-Test-1095627/
Clocks go down a lot because of the ... cooler and with 6.9Sone during gaming its not really silent

 

[CEUOTC]

Sapphire R9 290 on it's way north.

 

[thefogo]

Would probably get two if the cooler wasn't so awful. Crazy to see it drops to 280X performance when the fan is set to a level that's still louder than the GTX 780.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo make a shop in Germany, your sister company is not the cheapest here.
As far as i see, your shop there is fantastic and your support perfect.
Guys i have to tell ya that its not all fantastic.
Look at here http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Gefor...e-257241/Tests/Radeon-R9-290-im-Test-1095627/
Clocks go down a lot because of the ... cooler and with 6.9Sone during gaming its not really silent

If you want quiet buy a 780.
If you want something damn quick out the box with new technologies and bargain for the money buy AMD. Just be prepared that when you over clock on stock cooler it's gonna get loud.

 

[mearle73]

If you want quiet buy a 780.
If you want something damn quick out the box with new technologies and bargain for the money buy AMD. Just be prepared that when you over clock on stock cooler it's gonna get loud.

One MSI ordered,any news on full cover water blocks for these.

 

[Silent_Scone]

It's faster than a Titan in eyefinity, in an Nvidia bias game (Battlefield 3)

Enough said!

 

[Kaapstad]

If you want quiet buy a 780.
If you want something damn quick out the box with new technologies and bargain for the money buy AMD. Just be prepared that when you over clock on stock cooler it's gonna get loud.

Better still buy two, when overclocked two don't sound any louder than one.

 

[oap]

Ordered, I assume it will be a boost from my olde GTX570 ?

 

[Gibbo]

Ordered, I assume it will be a boost from my olde GTX570 ?

My god yes. Should be more than twice the speed I'd have thought!

 

[straxusii]

£320 and in stock, that's a nice deal.

First we thank AMD for forcing the 780 down in price, now the 290 buyers thank Nvidia for the same

 

[Gibbo]

£320 and in stock, that's a nice deal.

First we thank AMD for forcing the 780 down in price, now the 290 buyers thank Nvidia for the same

Once again ONLY OcUK launches in the UK!

 

[teppic]

Once again ONLY OcUK launches in the UK!

And since bit-tech and hexus are in the pockets of a competitor, they're deliberately not mentioning this or that it's available now

 

[MartynB85]

So how do these compare to the 290x? Also what brands let you keep the warranty if you remove the stock cooler?
Thanks

 

[Boomstick777]

@ Gibbo

Any word on when we can expect non ref 290 / 290X?

 

[Scramz]

Oh man 290X didn't get one i feel sad now

I got a AMD Gold Ticket with my 290x

 

[Kaapstad]

I got a AMD Gold Ticket with my 290x

I didn't get any gold tickets with mine.

 

[Scramz]

I didn't get any gold tickets with mine.

I got the Asus BF4 edition, the Gold tickets was not on it for long. I managed to get in before it was removed

 

[Ragnahex]

amd told them to take it off but they honoured anyone who preordered before then

 

[chaotic_uk]

Once again ONLY OcUK launches in the UK!

another well known etailer also has stock but only the msi version