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

Silent_Scone · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:28

Still nothing published. Have to be up at 5 screw this.

Phixsator · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:31

Rusty0611 said:
I think we've seen both ends of the rumour mill now. IMO it was never going to be Titan beating when both were clocked but I also don't think it will be as bad as implied in the latest rumours.

Somewhere in between is, for me, a given. Interesting points now relate to overclocking headroom. With the mass majority of Titans and 780s reaching 1200 ish and a good proportion going further... the real performance of both the 780 and Titan is far in excess of what is shown in normal benchmarks.

The 7950 was rightly heralded for it's massive OC headroom but the 780s have a pretty similar headroom in percentage terms. I wouldn't expect heralding on this forum for anything nVidia related but it is sometimes overlooked how much headroom GK110 has... Especially factoring in AB tweaks and custom bios.

Which is why ive always said that if you were looking for nvidia the only thing worth mentioning in the 700 series was the GTX 780 and its a beast in its own right.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:31

This is getting silly.

AMD must have the cards ready. Retailers are ready. AMD have no power over what nvidia will do. Nvidia already have their cards out there.

Why not just release the damn things, either they are good enough or they aren't. Time for AMD to get on with the release before people get bored and buy a 780.

dom99 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:33

First review up? I'll take anything I can get at this point

http://g.pconline.com.cn/x/363/3631256_all.html

Gregster · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:36

dom99 said:
First review up? I'll take anything I can get at this point ��

http://g.pconline.com.cn/x/363/3631256_all.html

For the third time it is the first time

Boomstick777 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:38

Rusty0611 said:
it is sometimes overlooked how much headroom GK110 has... Especially factoring in AB tweaks and custom bios.

^^ This, most I have seen are good for 1250mhz+. Even if 290X is faster @ stock, how much power use / cooling would it take to match the 780 performance @ 1250mhz?

I'm very happy with mine 1300mhz @ 55c on a £30 cooler

Def keeping this beauty until 20nm.

All of this rumor stuff must be horrible for the guys that have pre-ordered...

dom99 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:41

Gregster said:
For the third time it is the first time

I have no idea what you mean :confused:

flopper · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:43

Boomstick777 said:
^^ This, most I have seen are good for 1250mhz+. Even if 290X is faster @ stock, how much power use / cooling would it take to match the 780 performance @ 1250mhz?

I'm very happy with mine 1300mhz @ 55c on a £30 cooler Def keeping this beauty until 20nm.

All of this rumor stuff must be horrible for the guys that have pre-ordered...

1100mhz 290x matches 7990 in many games.
at least according to someone at xtremeforums.
I call that awesome.

Gregster · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:45

dom99 said:
I have no idea what you mean

That link you posted has been posted twice already and you made it the third time it had been posted.

Rusty0611 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:45

flopper said:
1100mhz 290x matches 7990 in many games.
at least according to someone at xtremeforums.
I call that awesome.

You've got absolutely no chance of that being true.

MooMoo444 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:48

Rusty0611 said:
You've got absolutely no chance of that being true.

Maybe it was with vsync enabled at 720p

dom99 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:49

Gregster said:
That link you posted has been posted twice already and you made it the third time it had been posted.

Oh right oops! Had a quick scan through and couldn't see it!

Wish they would hurry up and release it, I want to know whether the 290x is worth the extra ££ over the 290, then I'm going to finally replace my 6950

humbug · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:49

dom99 said:
First review up? I'll take anything I can get at this point ��

http://g.pconline.com.cn/x/363/3631256_all.html

Its not a review, its a Chinese forum member claiming to have one, its probably some guys 280X with a modified BIOS clocked up to the rafters.

The NDA lifting today was a rumour made up by review sites looking to generate traffic.

Rusty0611 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:50

Or it could have been delayed. Shock horror.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:50

Whats funny that in less than 2 years,this will make AMD top or match the fastest single GPU Nvidia cards for the third time in a row.

To put that in context AMD/ATI had only done this twice in the last five years.

Gregster · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:51

humbug said:
Its not a review, its a Chinese forum member claiming to have one, its probably some guys 280X with a modified BIOS clocked up to the rafters.

The NDA lifting today was a rumour made up by review sites looking to generate traffic.

Lol Humbug, your optimism never ceases to amaze me

Are you getting one?

Rusty0611 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:51

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Whats funny that in the last 2 years,this will make AMD top or match the fastest single GPU Nvidia cards for the third time.

To put that in context AMD/ATI had only done this twice in the last five years.

I don't know why that's considered funny but then again I do class myself as normal.

IT Troll · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:51

Looks like the release date is the 25th. At least we will know what Nvidia has planned.

http://www.amd.com/battlefield4offer

Boomstick777 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:52

flopper said:
1100mhz 290x matches 7990 in many games.
at least according to someone at xtremeforums.
I call that awesome.

That would be awesome.

We need a reliable source for benchys, everyone should be taking all of this with a pinch of salt until the proper reviews are out.

Marine-RX179 · 15 Oct 2013 at 22:55

Boomstick777 said:
^^ This, most I have seen are good for 1250mhz+. Even if 290X is faster @ stock, how much power use / cooling would it take to match the 780 performance @ 1250mhz?

I'm very happy with mine 1300mhz @ 55c on a £30 cooler Def keeping this beauty until 20nm.

All of this rumor stuff must be horrible for the guys that have pre-ordered...

The thing is...the 290X might not need to have huge overclocking headroom on the core clock, IF their memory clock was very overclockable, considering they are on 512 memory bus.

From the Sleeping Dogs bench with extreme AA (supersampling), the 290X is already 10fps ahead of the Titan, most likely because of the higher memory bandwidth.

But of course, performance ain't most people concern right now...it is the pricing.