AMD Radeon 390X Graphics Card WCE

Mal X · 18 Mar 2015 at 10:39

Gregster said:
This thread is quite lively, so is there any solid info on release and specs? I don't think there is and people should be careful on getting their hopes up on this being a TX beater. I hope it does beat it but with the heat and power of the 290X, it needs some serious overhauling to achieve that.

have you read the reviews !! because the Titan X runs hotter in extreme 4K than the 290X :eek:

and by quite a long way

plus the new 390X is water cooled

lordfletch · 18 Mar 2015 at 10:48

if the 390x is a titan beater expect leaks soon, as you would expect amd to pee on nvidias parade.its the way of the graphics card industry.

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:24

Mal X said:
have you read the reviews !! because the Titan X runs hotter in extreme 4K than the 290X and by quite a long way

Are you serious, you do know what a reference 290X runs at don't you.

Mal X said:
plus the new 390X is water cooled

Is it

No one knows for sure whether it is Water/LN2/Phase change/Air cooled or anything else for that matter.

bemaniac · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:30

Kaapstad said:
Are you serious, you do know what a reference 290X runs at don't you.

Is it

No one knows for sure whether it is Water/LN2/Phase change/Air cooled or anything else for that matter.

Well I know it's water cooled from all the leaks and it's called WCE.........

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:36

bemaniac said:
Well I know it's water cooled from all the leaks and it's called WCE.........

There is nothing definite about that, unless you are quoting from that slide with the spelling mistakes and layout errors.

Ayahuasca · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:37

Kaapstad said:
There is nothing definite about that, unless you are quoting from that slide with the spelling mistakes and layout errors.

You're the one who has titled this thread with **AMD Radeon 390X Graphics Card WCE**

If you can come up with any other words the WCE is an acronym for then spill them

The Only Beardy · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:38

I'd like to see how AMD plan to market a card used for gaming that requires LN2 to cool it

Ayahuasca · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:38

The Only Beardy said:
I'd like to see how AMD plan to market a card used for gaming that requires LN2 to cool it

You do realise LN2 isn't water right?

Gregster · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:39

Guys guys guys, this whole thread is rumour and nothing is fact. Always take your salt with anything that is still not released. Great to pre-empt what could be though but don't quote as fact

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:41

Ayahuasca said:
You're the one who has titled this thread with **AMD Radeon 390X Graphics Card WCE**

If you can come up with any other words the WCE is an acronym for then spill them

Actually I am not the one who titled the thread.

With the likely price of HBM memory how about Wallet Clearing Edition.

Bonjour · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:43

******'s Cramp Edition

Ayahuasca · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:44

Kaapstad said:
With the likely price of HBM memory how about Wallet Clearing Edition.

Then the Titan X should have been the Titan WCE

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:46

Ayahuasca said:
Then the Titan X should have been the Titan WCE

If it is slower than the 390X that would be appropriate, The Titan Water Closet Edition.

arcon33 · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:53

Where Crossfire (support) Ends

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:54

Worst Cooler Ever.

J.D · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:57

Wonky Crossfire Experience.

Joking, one more day and that will hopefully be erased.

Gregster · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:57

Kaapstad said:
Worst Cooler Ever.

Lol

Ayahuasca · 18 Mar 2015 at 12:00

Titan WCE (Whitehot Chips Edition)

humbug · 18 Mar 2015 at 12:01

Gibbo said:
My personal view on this is the following, but this is my personal view.

NVIDIA TitanX was coming, always was but expected much later and now its being sprung upon us and the price could be half decent, especially if around £799 inc. vat in the UK.

I feel that maybe AMD have had a change of heart, realised that most board partners have sold their 290 series stocks of at cost or below to etailors who have also sold 290 series at low margins to hit all time lows of sub £300 for an 8GB 290X, well at least at OcUK.

As such AMD have realised they have a product they can launch far sooner as now it won't hurt sales even if they launch 390X at 290X pricing as 290X is £500 area and I expect 390X 8GB HBM 4k Edition to be around £600 and worth every penny for the outrageous performance it will offer.

NVIDIA have probably gotten wind of this and even though TitanX is also a mighty card I feel the TitanX and 390X will trade blows with TitanX upper-hand being in compute and the additional 4GB VRAM buffer. As such NVIDIA need to get TitanX to market first, to well be first and grab the early adopters and at anything under £800 its a great buy. But I suspect 390X will have similar performance and cost less, where NVIDIA will potentially own the AMD card is on power consumption, but me myself as an overclocker and gamer, well power consumption is no concern to me, that is why we sell 2000W 8 Pack power supplies.

What excites me more is the potential of NVIDIA releasing a new TitanZ with a pair of TitanX onboard with 12GB as 6GB VRAM per GPU would be acceptable and that would be insanely powerful and around £1500 which is same as current TitanZ pricing which sells fine.

Yeah. if AMD, AIB's and Retailers are making little to no money on the 290's then if the 390X is ready just get it on the market ASAP.

Sub £600 390X and Sub £400 for the 380X they can still sell off the remaining 290/X stock for around £250, which is what they are doing now, just hold off on the 370X...

SiDeards73 · 18 Mar 2015 at 12:05

I plan on buying a 390X Kaap, infact i plan on buying 2, and a Freesync screen this year, but the order of upgrade will be 390X + Freesync screen, then upgrade mobo / ram and CPU to X99 platform to add a 2nd 390X.

Then kick back and enjoy for a year or two