** AMD R290X NOW AVAILABLE & OVERCLOCKING REVIEW!! **

Gibbo, what happens to all the cards you've unboxed/removed coolers and benched etc?
Do they end up as future B-grade or marked for extra staff discount or something?

I simply must know...
 
Should have released these with none stock coolers, from what I can see there is no difference between each brand, same cooler, clocks and package, what gives?

I really want to get one but not going to touch it with stock cooler and I don't have time to wait a week let alone months?? Is there any speculative dates on when none stock will be released?
 
bemaniac said:
they go back in the box get taped up and you buy them :P
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Y'know, there have been a few posts here from people that have received what appear to be used cards now that you mention it.

Of course, I wouldn't suggest anything of the sort.

Phot3k said:
Should have released these with none stock coolers, from what I can see there is no difference between each brand, same cooler, clocks and package, what gives?
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Some have different brand memory chips (OC potential between the two brands) and of course, there's the varying RMA situations with each manufacturer. Other than that...
 
CaptainUnlikely said:
Gibbo, or anyone available/interested - would love to see some distributed computing benchmarks, how about running a 290 on F@H for a little while to get some numbers for us?
Looks like they might have potential.
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Odd thing is, it seems to do very well in all the other compute tests...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review/18
 
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**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz. :)

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control. ;)

Asus BIOS FTW. :D

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!
 
Gibbo said:
**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz. :)

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control. ;)

Asus BIOS FTW. :D

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!
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That's really good news!

Do you know the ETA of the non-BF4 cards? I'm confused by these, as I thought these would be up too?
 
Gibbo said:
**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz. :)

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control. ;)

Asus BIOS FTW. :D

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!
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Would this work for the 7970's too?
 
Gibbo said:
**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz. :)

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control. ;)

Asus BIOS FTW. :D

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!
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Great work. Flashed R9 290 with voltage control is extremely interesting.
 
Addicted said:
I can see them, just didn't see an ETA on them :)

Cheers!

edit: Also, any word on MSI RAM type?
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We won't bother checking now, as it seems both RAM types are equal, the overclock is down to voltage.

Simply buy any card, flash the Asus BIOS to it and overclock. :)


Lets remember all this knowledge was provided to you by OcUK, no review site, not a competitor, OcUK!! We go the extra mile and don't just shift the boxes, we give you everything! :)
 
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