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

[CaptainUnlikely]

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

Just saw your edit, that is odd/interesting.
Would love to see some real results from a few hours crunching...OcUK boys, fancy giving it a shot? Thinking perhaps it's just down to early drivers or maybe it will perform well on some units and not on others.

 

[Roady]

Do it snips!

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

Great to see Gibbo giving real positives AND negatives as well as his personal advise and not just saying "buy buy buy" really good to see and gets a big thumbs up from me

I'm really pleased with the price considering the performance! I wonder if Nvidia will lower prices now? a 780 is still a tempting prospect but only if its nicely cheaper than the 290x now.

 

[HeX]

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

Get it uploaded and linked

 

[snips86x]

Do it snips!

I would but there is no guaranteed outcome. I dont know enough about it to make an informed and confident decision.

 

[Drangueos]

I have a feeling that the R9 290 will come around 359.99 / 369.99

 

[mrozik]

Oh boy! finally!

waited soo long for them!

wanted to get 2 but all are out of stock till 11/11/13 lol more waiting... but sooo worth it!

 

[mcleish]

**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.

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!

This is a game changer in terms of price/performance!.. Thats if its in the £350-£380 bracket. Wow!

 

[AvengerUK]

Very nice, ordered myself two

However, I will be wanting to put some custom cooling on there

I seriously distrust myself with anything water (poor old 6990...) so, hoping AC or someone will come out with compatables!

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Some HIS spare, order button added!

 

[Gibbo]

Asus arriving tomorrow, lots, order button re-added.

 

[uksoldierboy]

Enough to last till monday gibbo?

Got my DSR stuff refund today, hoping the cash will be in my account tomorrow (long shot) i know.

 

[Gibbo]

Enough to last till monday gibbo?

Got my DSR stuff refund today, hoping the cash will be in my account tomorrow (long shot) i know.

I doubt it, they are flying out like crazy things!

 

[uksoldierboy]

Damn it,

then lets hope my refund is back in my account tomorrow, or i'm off to the post office with a shotgun!

 

[Nathanielvk]

Just Pre Ordered 2 OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom R9 290X lets hope im not disappointed

 

[a66as]

Would a i5 2500k at 4.6gig bottleneck one of these cards? or an sli 280x?

 

[Drangueos]

Would a i5 2500k at 4.6gig bottleneck one of these cards? or an sli 280x?

One R9 290X would be ok with your cpu.
a CROSSFIRE 280x would bottleneck a little bit, even with the bootleneck you will get more performance than one R9 290x

but all comes down to what resolution do you game.

 

[TAZOO7]

Would a i5 2500k at 4.6gig bottleneck one of these cards? or an sli 280x?

No mate, it would not, you will be fine

 

[fowler002]

Would a i5 2500k at 4.6gig bottleneck one of these cards? or an sli 280x?

Sli is for nvidia cards
But as the others have said one should be fine, if you want to go crossfire then might be worth upgrading the CPU to i7 3770k(being a z77 chip set your mobo should support it).

 

[a66as]

i game at 1080p