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

MOOGLEYS · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:15

I'm more excited about all the decent cards that will be on the MM soon.

billyturbo · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:26

Looking at the power requirements for the 280X on Sapphire's site, it says that the 280X requires a 750W PSU (1000W for crossfire). Now considering that this is supposed to be the r series version of the 7970 - which has a range of 500W - 550W also on Sapphire's site, if these figures are accurate and not a typo, you would think that the more powerful 290X would need a lot more juice than the 280X's 750W.

I can't work out why a 280X would need that much more power than a 7970 given that it's supposed to offer comparable performance.

What does the panel think?

ubersonic · 12 Oct 2013 at 16:39

billyturbo said:
Looking at the power requirements for the 280X on Sapphire's site, it says that the 280X requires a 750W PSU (1000W for crossfire). Now considering that this is supposed to be the r series version of the 7970 - which has a range of 500W - 550W also on Sapphire's site, if these figures are accurate and not a typo, you would think that the more powerful 290X would need a lot more juice than the 280X's 750W.

I can't work out why a 280X would need that much more power than a 7970 given that it's supposed to offer comparable performance.

What does the panel think?

The answer is because they pulled the numbers out of their rectum

humbug · 12 Oct 2013 at 16:43

billyturbo said:
Looking at the power requirements for the 280X on Sapphire's site, it says that the 280X requires a 750W PSU (1000W for crossfire). Now considering that this is supposed to be the r series version of the 7970 - which has a range of 500W - 550W also on Sapphire's site, if these figures are accurate and not a typo, you would think that the more powerful 290X would need a lot more juice than the 280X's 750W.

I can't work out why a 280X would need that much more power than a 7970 given that it's supposed to offer comparable performance.

What does the panel think?

Put simply, it doesn't. you should ignore PSU recommendations, if its a good PSU it only needs to be 500w, if its a cheap and nasty one then it may well need to be 750w, if you want to pick one of those up for £29.99...... i suggest you spend a bit more on a 500w one from a good brand.

Suarez7 · 12 Oct 2013 at 16:43

Power requirements are always over estimated unless you like running furmark on your card.

EL_NEO · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:38

Mythril1976 said:
Well that's me skint. Just pre-ordered an R290X. Now, who wants a GTX680 lol ! Anyway looking forward to seeing just how fast it is. Fingers crossed ATI's drivers are up to par

hope so to...hope they fix frame rating in trip screen

LtMatt · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:41

EL_NEO said:
hope so to...hope they fix frame rating in trip screen

The 290X comes with hardware frame pacing built in.

Currently only the 690 offers such a solution.

EL_NEO · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:55

LtMatt said:
The 290X comes with hardware frame pacing built in.

Currently only the 690 offers such a solution.

sweet

Buckster · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:08

LtMatt said:
The 290X comes with hardware frame pacing built in.

Currently only the 690 offers such a solution.

nice - just 290x though or 290x and 290 ?

thanks

LtMatt · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:09

Buckster said:
nice - just 290x though or 290x and 290 ?

thanks

Both.

nicnik · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:13

Jokester said:
Tuesday, maybe. There's an NDA on when the NDA gets lifted apparently

So when's the NDA lift for the NDA that's on the NDA... :rolleyes:

LtMatt · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:16

nicnik said:
So when's the NDA lift for the NDA that's on the NDA...

Not sure as there's an NDA on that as well. Basically theres a continuous stream of NDA's so the release date will never be announced. One day it will just appear in stores, although even that is subject to an NDA currently.

littlepuppy · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:40

NDA lift tuesday, isnt that the day everyone can sell their royal mail shares and buy AMD GPU's

Buckster · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:48

LtMatt said:
Both.

great - thanks for reply/confirmation - great news

Something Else · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:47

Jokester said:
There's an NDA on when the NDA gets lifted apparently

Sin_Chase · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:51

sin · 13 Oct 2013 at 20:07

AMD Radeon R9 290 series launch postponed

http://videocardz.com/46729/amd-radeon-r9-290-series-launch-postponed

Buckster · 13 Oct 2013 at 20:08

as I posted in other thread - if true - you couldn't make it up

this is why I like Apple products, its announced, you order one week later, simple

I wonder if its stock availability/yields ?

Martini1991 · 13 Oct 2013 at 20:09

Well that's put a downer on my day if true.
That said, Gibbo's stated there was never a date set.

sin · 13 Oct 2013 at 20:14

According to the information we received from manufacturer AMD has postponed the launch of the Radeon R9 290X.

It’s not October 15th
Long story short it is not October 15th and the final date has not been disclosed yet. Of course I’m talking about the embargo on the reviews, I’m not sure how is this going to work with so many cards listed at etailer’s websites. You will probably be able to preoder them, but you also will have to wait for the delivery.

So when?
You’ve all seen previous embargo date which has been changed to an unknown date. AMD is yet to decide when the R9 290 series will be announced. It is said that Battlefield 4 launch date is now being discussed. From what I’ve learned AMD did not yet deliver the samples to all major reviewing partners. The rumor has it that AMD has problems delivering units, not only to reviewers but also to etailers offering Battlefield 4 bundle (that would explain why Newegg has not yet started its preoder).

Why delay it?
Other theory is that AMD wants to see what NVIDIA will launch in few days. Although no information has been confirmed yet, I heard that a Ti model is being prepared, probably GTX 770 Ti with 1920 CUDA cores, which would be a gap filler between GTX 770 and GTX 780. There are also rumors about a new TITAN with full GK110 enabled. So which card is NVIDIA going to show (if any?). AMD wants to know that too, so this could’ve been another reason for the postponed launch.

I’m far from making assumptions but this launch is getting little frustrating to follow. We all know how the cards look, we all know the specs. What we don’t know is how do both cards perform and how much will they cost. AMD could, or even should, at least allow reviewers to release the information about the new Hawaii architecture, leaving performance numbers for later date.