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

[Silent_Scone]

Would have*

yeah, that's what I said...

 

[Suarez7]

yeah, that's what I said...

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[Silent_Scone]

WINKY FACE. You lot are a tough crowd lol. Enough now anyway before this turns into another apple sauce debate.

 

[JediFragger]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm steak

 

[Silent_Scone]

You could cook one on a 290X if that Chinese lads GPU-Z is to be believed.

 

[MooMoo444]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm steak

I heard the new Hawaii GPU is good for cooking steaks on.

EDIT: damnit, beaten by a fellow steak enthusiast

 

[Silent_Scone]

LOL.

 

[Orangey]

These are meant for WATER... air plebs need not apply.

 

[Mal X]

i'm getting a bit too interested now, but i dont like the standard version, i'd get the Sapphire Dual X or similar !

 

[Uncle Petey]

1000 posts and 12 months reg I think although lately I seem to see a few people with less than 1000 posts sellng and buying stuff. Not sure how that works

It's actually 1000 posts and 6 months

People with lower posts that have access got in before the rules changed to 1000.

These are meant for WATER... air plebs need not apply.

 

[MrMarvelous]

Looks interesting if benches are to be believed. No doubt they'll only get faster as drivers mature.

 

[VincentHanna]

Going back to the AMD 6870 - The GPU core temperatures under load are 90C and nobody really batted an eyelid about it then

Mine's been going strong for 3 years and I think it has the reference cooler!, I don't ever hear it (but I sit 10ft away from the PC whilst playing games)

 

[Suarez7]

i'm getting a bit too interested now, but i dont like the standard version, i'd get the Sapphire Dual X or similar !

You going to coat the coils in varnish on arrival?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Intel Prescott CPU's used to run in excess of 80C and nobody was that fussed then either. That's because as dies shrink so should thermal output. Well that's not an exact science but generally speaking! 93C is pretty extreme for a stock card in 2013.

 

[nicnik]

It's getting hot in here!

 

[humbug]

I wouldn't put to much faith into anything those GPU-Z screen shots show, they have it down as having 384 Steam Processors.

They have obviously have not been updated with any of the BIOS information of the GPU, the chances are it doesn't even know how to read the temperature, it is in all likelihood wrong, 93c is beyond thermal tolerance, it will be throttling like mad at that, i know mine did past 90c

 

[Gregster]

So I am a little bored and done all my house work, so ran a test of 3D Firestrike to compare and it is looking pretty good for the 290X from the leaked slide:

When we compare it to my no boosting Titan with clocks of 928Mhz and 1502Mhz, you can see the 290X is nearly 500 points faster in the extreme test. Maybe the memory is giving it the boost at these extreme tests? or maybe it is the boost working, i will have to pass on that till we see user or acceptable reviewer reviews.

Things don't look any different when we compare the normal preset of 3D Firestrike either, with the 290X having a 1000 point advantage (which adds up to the 500 difference in the extreme preset).

I will run another test with my clocks at 1050Mhz (I believe this is what the 290X boosts to for comparison in 2 mins.

 

[MooMoo444]

Hmm, so if it beats Titan (fairly) comfortably, I wonder how they will price it, and how nvidia will react with their own Titan pricing.

 

[Frenzy]

Nice one greg

 

[Boomstick777]

It's getting hot in here!