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

jkb · 3 Oct 2013 at 07:38

Matson said:
Do you get think you would get a discount if you ordered 2? >_>

That would be nice

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 07:54

HybridX said:
Seem the R9 290x may have raised its firestrike head.

If this si anything to go by im assuming this is stock clocks:

Source

Single Titan @stock

3930k @4.0

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1319236

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

gpuerrilla · 3 Oct 2013 at 07:57

In before the 9am page refresh..

1kiwi · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:17

Sorry not been monitoring this thread, whats happening at 9am? Spec and price confirmation?

whyscotty · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:18

1kiwi said:
Sorry not been monitoring this thread, whats happening at 9am? Spec and price confirmation?

Pre - order should be available

Kurisu Makise · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:19

Pre orders I hope

LtMatt · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:19

Kaapstad said:
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.

1kiwi · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:24

whyscotty said:
Pre - order should be available

Thanks.

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:27

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

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

Going on the figures above most non ref GTX 780s will beat it as they also beat my Titan @stock.

If you look more closely at the results above it is not a bad one for the R9 290X. The real question is what is the overclocking headroom.

Huggie86 · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:36

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.

LtMatt · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:40

Huggie86 said:
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.

VincentHanna · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:52

It is the deposit scheme:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-015-AM

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:52

LtMatt said:
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.

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

LtMatt · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:53

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

£99 i reckon.

uksoldierboy · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:53

That's it? :confused:

Disappointed

Locky · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:55

hahaha you've just been trolled by OCUK and Gibbo... mhahahaa

VincentHanna · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:55

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

SS-89 · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:56

How have AMD not decided on their pricing when launch is less than two weeks away :confused:

Issues with yields? (I wouldn't have thought since it is still 28nm)

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:56

LtMatt said:
£99 i reckon.

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.

RavenXXX2 · 3 Oct 2013 at 08:56

lol.

So what's the point of this? just to BF4 with your overly expensive GPU?