AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

[LtMatt]

I was expecting the R9 290X to do better on the Ice Storm and Cloud Gate scores.

Not demanding, favours Nvidia's gpu boost. Same old.

Not long ago Kaap you said a 290x would not even beat a 780.

 

[LtMatt]

If this ends up around £500 I guess I'm switching from Nvidia if its much above that then hell no. AMD really need to price this aggressively.

If this is the pre-order edition including Bf4+premium its not going to be cheap. If you wait for the retail card launch (October 15th?) it will be about £450-£500.

 

[LtMatt]

How much difference in price do you think there will be.

£99 i reckon.

 

[LtMatt]

To be fair it's exactly what AMD said it would be in their Hawaii conference thing.

Aye pre -orders were to be available on the 3rd. What did everyone think it was? Lol trolled.

I think a smart move for anyone wanting one of these cards would be to avoid the BF4 edition, wait a few weeks and pick up a R9 290X then and get BF4 as one of the free games that come bundled with AMD cards anyway.

I agree Kaapalini, but maybe AMD won't add it immediately.

Mr Scotty has already pre-ordered one though.

 

[LtMatt]

£99 and several hundreds pounds to pay later.. Will people seriously buy something they don't know the final price for?

Not even wait for reviews? That's a risky game imho, remember remember the AMD Bulldozer..

Of course they will. People paid £900-£1000 pounds for a titan which is a few percent faster than a £500-£550 780.

 

[LtMatt]

That was before the 780 had launched though bud, most then sold their Titan's and either bought one or two 780's as the performance is only -5%.

I hear you but people will still order it. It comes with BF4 and Premium i think. That's worth £100 if you buy via origin, though i appreciate you can pick it up cheaper elsewhere.

If it was me id wait but many people will still pre-order.

 

[LtMatt]

Good spot Bumhug. 290x specific driver maybe?

 

[LtMatt]

Could be, Ltvvatt

There are a lot worse things that could've been added after Lt so ill take that.

 

[LtMatt]

Only one

For now.

 

[LtMatt]

post #3092 beat you good

Damn straight. Whoever that was must have been a genius. I'll just go back and see who it was...

 

[LtMatt]

post #3092 beat you good

Damn straight. Whoever that was must have been a genius. I'll just go back and see who it was...

Oh, what do you know?

Not sure what cards these are. Posted by an AMD PR guy on rage3d. The new 7970ghz ala 280X cards, maybe??

Spoiler

 

[LtMatt]

You and your blasted time machine!!

Mine was broken,honest!

I've got a finger in every pie.

Looking back i thought that was the new 7970ghz but it turns out its a 290X. Non reference design as well.

 

[LtMatt]

Yeah maybe i don't know. Those other ones look grey and this looks black. The design does look the same though.

 

[LtMatt]

Or you have a bag of turd and want people to pre order as much as possible before you unleash the numbers.

Wishful thinking there stanners.

 

[LtMatt]

WhyCry is saying he has "2 sources" claiming it's 64 ROPs now.

http://videocardz.com/46303/amd-radeon-r9-290x-final-specifications-bf4-bundle-available-preorder

64 rops?

That's some increase from 44.

 

[LtMatt]

Yep, that is 20

Seems an odd number of ROP's to have. 44.

Remember the specs leaked yonks ago? That had 64rops and a 512bit bus. That will certainly throw a spanner in the works, if true.

 

[LtMatt]

I would have thought it would have 48. 44 always seemed a bit strange to me, but i don't know enough about how it all works so there you go.

 

[LtMatt]

AMD have not officially set a price so any price you see from a retailer should be taken with a grain of salt.

EDIT

What Jono said.

 

[LtMatt]

Bieber endorsed.

Mei is gonna be all over that.

Any news of a Beadle limited edition version?

 

[LtMatt]

I will do some digging

Make sure the little hand is in the middle of the fan.