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

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Oct 2013 at 13:44

The link posted earlier shows a picture of the R9 290X FireStrike Extreme score,which is 4511.

That is halfway between a GTX780 and a Geforce Titan:

http://legitreviews.com/images/reviews/2201/firestrike-extreme.png

Marine-RX179 · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:11

JediFragger said:
Hopefully they won't **** up the 290Pro pricing In exchange they can do what the hell they want with the X pricing )

Amen to that. Gimme 290Pro for £350 (or less!)

Martini1991 · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:57

290 pro at 350, and I'd probably buy it.
Though a 7950 Crossfire would ultimately cost me less

Kaapstad · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:01

Martini1991 said:
290 pro at 350, and I'd probably buy it.
Though a 7950 Crossfire would ultimately cost me less

Just looking at the specs for the 290 pro, I think they will be very good overclockers as well and could hit clocks higher than the R9 290X. This could narrow the performance difference to less than 5%.

Martini1991 · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:05

I don't really ever like buying the second tier, but in this case I may have to.
Only if the price is right, even if it is only 350, that's still almost 200 quid over after selling my 7970...

So, bit of a weird one.

BaDBoY_uK · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:29

humbug said:
mini-ITX? make sure it fits, its a big card

Yeah, already done and Google'd to death. Thanks for the tip though

VincentHanna · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:54

Wasn't the NDA for the 270, 280 etc meant to expire today?

Fulax · 7 Oct 2013 at 15:55

VincentHanna said:
Wasn't the NDA for the 270, 280 etc meant to expire today?

The 8th, I seem to recall. Which would be tomorrow.

Martini1991 · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:12

What's the rumour on the 290?

Frenzy · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:27

Fulax said:
The 8th, I seem to recall. Which would be tomorrow.

Fiber day, tommorrow is going to be good.

Silent_Scone · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:28

I've cheekily put my order in for two...how that'll transpire depends on reviews though!

benjii · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:34

What do you get with the BF4 edition? If it's just BF4, aren't they rumoured to be putting that in the game bundle?

Either way, if the normal ones are =<£550 I'm game! Pending good reviews though. I don't remember from previous launches, how long did it take for non reference coolers to appear? I can't fathom buying a reference cooler as they just sound like vacuum cleaners.

Frenzy · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:40

Standard BF4 and orange lights instead of red.

Rusty0611 · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:47

Shame there ain't more BF4 versions was planning on getting a code cheap off the MM. May as well just buy a copy now. Still pretty decent value considering the time I'll get out of it though.

Fulax · 7 Oct 2013 at 16:54

Martini1991 said:
What's the rumour on the 290?

NDA-wise? 15th October.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Oct 2013 at 17:01

Martini1991 said:
What's the rumour on the 290?

Its a graphics card with the name R9 290. Not R9 285 or even R9 295,just R9 290.

Matson · 7 Oct 2013 at 17:04

I can't remember if this was mentioned but was there a price given for the normal 290?
The 290x doesn't look much more powerfull and im wondering if it would be better going 2 x 290.

LtMatt · 7 Oct 2013 at 17:47

64 rops on the 290X and the 290 Pro.

Steampunk · 7 Oct 2013 at 17:49

Matson said:
I can't remember if this was mentioned but was there a price given for the normal 290?
The 290x doesn't look much more powerfull and im wondering if it would be better going 2 x 290.

No pricing yet on either the R9 290 or the R9 290X.

Ian Evey · 7 Oct 2013 at 17:57

Another 3 weeks till we 'can' get our hands on a new amd card?

Sheesh Amd really dragging heels with this one, hope its worth it