*** AMD Radeon R9 290X Reviews Thread ***

[Orangey]

Here is the list:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/23/amd_radeon_r9_290x_video_card_review/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_review_benchmarks,1.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-R9-290X-Hawaii-Review-Taking-TITANs
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/61505-amd-radeon-r9-290x/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290x-hawaii-review,3650.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...iews/63742-amd-radeon-r9-290x-4gb-review.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/10/24/amd-radeon-r9-290x-4gb-review/1
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/490...eview-amds-new-high-end-hawaii-gpu-conclusion
http://www.techspot.com/review/727-radeon-r9-290x/
http://semiaccurate.com/2013/10/23/amd-radeon-r9-290x-review/
http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-r9-290x-video-card-review_126806
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5823/amd-radeon-r9-290x-4gb-reference-video-card-review/index.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X/
http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/17772-amd-radeon-r9-290x

 

[Orangey]

For those watching the TTL video, he whinges about the stock cooler for 10 mins before getting to the review.

Skip to about 8:20.

 

[Orangey]

I'm very happy with numbers I'm seeing so far, beats a Titan in Metro @ 1080p.

 

[Orangey]

Reading the [H], here is some VERY interesting info about Uber mode / throttling:

This testing shows that going higher than the 55% fan cap employed by uber mode can make a difference, depending on the games. Far Cry 3 did not get a big jump from 40% to 55% fan, but by allowing the fan to go up higher (and in this case it maxed out at 65%) the performance jumped way up in this game. This game was being held back quite a bit by the fan speed and temperature. The true potential of the R9 290X was not exposed with the low fan caps. This is why we think "Uber Mode" should just unlock the fan completely, in our opinion. We'll talk about that more in the conclusion.

By manually setting a fan cap of 100% (with it only spinning up to 65%) they got min fps to go up from 34 to 38.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/23/amd_radeon_r9_290x_video_card_review/13

 

[Orangey]

Beats a 7990 in Metro @ 1080p!

http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/17772-amd-radeon-r9-290x/9#pagehead

 

[Orangey]

If a stock 290X beats a 7990 in some things it's not looking good for Matt's 7950s vs a clocked 290 pro.

 

[Orangey]

What things does it beat it in Orangey? I better get my Ice-Q's ready for battle.

I saw on sweclockers, better min in Metro:

http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/17772-amd-radeon-r9-290x/9#pagehead

Probably an anomaly but still.

 

[Orangey]

One has to wonder what the green camp could do with a target temp of 95 though

Fermi

 

[Orangey]

The end of titan dominance is nigh.

Oh how the overpriced have fallen.

 

[Orangey]

You don't need to copy any paste anything you can find that puts the 780 ahead to multiple threads...

Yeah a bit obvious, still PJS is a terrible affliction.