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

ashmanuk67 · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:04

LtMatt said:
Good question. Wiki says.

and I still don't know

well it looks like its a very important part of firing off those pixels to your screen.
Thanks Matt

I think the 290 pro is looking like the winner for most people that's the one I would go for.

Orangey · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:10

This might help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasterisation

Rezident · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:14

So what's the latest thinking? 290 X around 10% faster than 290 pro but up to 25% more expensive?

Always normally go with the higher card for a bit of extra headroom and future-proofing but that would be harder to justify.

ashmanuk67 · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:16

Sounds like Rastermouse "Rasterisation"

Matson · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:36

seems some slides have been leaked that wern't supposed to be available till next week and the 290x will have 64 ROPs

http://videocardz.com/46571/amd-radeon-r9-290x-confirmed-feature-64-rops

benjii · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:41

What are the real world implications of 256 less stream processors in the 290?

humbug · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:44

benjii said:
What are the real world implications of 256 less stream processors in the 290?

5%> Clock for clock

cainer · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:23

Matson said:
seems some slides have been leaked that wern't supposed to be available till next week and the 290x will have 64 ROPs

http://videocardz.com/46571/amd-radeon-r9-290x-confirmed-feature-64-rops

link wont load for me

ok working, looks good if true

imginy · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:51

Just wondered why people think the 290 will clock better than 290x?

stulid · 9 Oct 2013 at 19:35

http://www.techpowerup.com/192252/radeon-r9-290x-features-64-rops.html

Has this been posted already? (I admit I've not looked back through the posts)

64ROP is higher than was rumoured not long ago right?

Edit..ok ok it is on the previous forum page

Nightglow · 9 Oct 2013 at 19:58

Reading through the article in the link given by Matson, this paragraph interested me.
Does it mean we will no longer need to buy a seperate dongle (s) to get infinity now.

QUOTE:

AMD Radeon R9 290X and 290 will be equipped with four display outputs: HDMI, DisplayPort and two DVIs. Since R9 series you will now be able to connect displays to different connectors in order to enable Eyefinity configuration.

Matson · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:18

Im surprised theres no pre order up yet for none BF4 290x cards since there supposed to be released next week.

gpuerrilla · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:52

Matson said:
Im surprised theres no pre order up yet for none BF4 290x cards since there supposed to be released next week.

Shhhhhhh.

Kaapstad · 9 Oct 2013 at 22:14

imginy said:
Just wondered why people think the 290 will clock better than 290x?

Less active transistors producing heat allows higher overclocking headroom. As has been pointed out earlier though, AMD could nobble the 290 to stop people fully exploiting this.

MrMarvelous · 9 Oct 2013 at 23:20

When are the 290 cards coming out guys?

humbug · 9 Oct 2013 at 23:42

MrMarvelous said:
When are the 290 cards coming out guys?

About 2 weeks, maybe less.

sin · 9 Oct 2013 at 23:56

I think this is stupid game Amd is playing taking so long to say official price and to have pre orders on none bf4 290x & 290

benjii · 10 Oct 2013 at 08:59

sin said:
I think this is stupid game Amd is playing taking so long to say official price and to have pre orders on none bf4 290x & 290

If they didn't keep quiet, Nvidia would drop their prices before launch and AMD wouldn't be able to point to how much more competitive they are on pricing. It's annoying, I know, but from a business standpoint I can see why they're doing it.

Marine-RX179 · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:53

benjii said:
If they didn't keep quiet, Nvidia would drop their prices before launch and AMD wouldn't be able to point to how much more competitive they are on pricing. It's annoying, I know, but from a business standpoint I can see why they're doing it.

I can understand too, but from customer point of view it is not a good thing. If Nvidia did drop the price of their GTX780 right now, it would lead a all out price wars without delay, and us the customer who's planning on buying will be laughing loud than the laughing cow (well, not so much for the bunch that always cry about their cards devaluing/resell value).

Frenzy · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:57

Did you see what they told gibbo in the other thread? Remove the golden ticket from the new cards... wtf... that's really smart from a business point of view.