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

[Matson]

Oh well i gave in lol. £455 for that friday only deal 7990.
Tired of waiting for the 290x lol.

 

[pgi947]

Are these all full length blocks.

I haven't seen them yet, they'll be announced a day or two after the nda lifts I'd imagine.

Most likely be full coverage (no pcb on show) as this is a direction ek seem to be taking, especially with acetal top blocks, Titan xl, 780 lightning, 780 jetstream, 7990 and probably some othet recent blocks all come in complete coverage flavours

 

[Kaapstad]

I haven't seen them yet, they'll be announced a day or two after the nda lifts I'd imagine.

Most likely be full coverage (no pcb on show) as this is a direction ek seem to be taking, especially with acetal top blocks, Titan xl, 780 lightning, 780 jetstream, 7990 and probably some othet recent blocks all come in complete coverage flavours

Thanks.

 

[Noxia]

I really hope the wait is worth it, nobody is going to mind if this card turns out great. There will be meltdowns if it turns out a bit naff though although I seriously doubt it will be judging from the previous releases.

 

[VincentHanna]

If it was a choice between the 290X and HD 7990 as a single card option I would go for the HD 7990.

I'm going for a single card solution, but am quite interested in this True Audio, despite not knowing a great deal about it.

Not sure how it's going to work with my onboard soundcard which has a 5.1 optical out.

 

[Matson]

Well iv had 2 x 5870 for the last 4 years and never really had any issues especially now with the frame pacing driver. The 7990 is obviously faster than the 290x and might even be around the same price so its win win really.

 

[Silent_Scone]

To be fair, all the actual info could fit in one small post. May as well delete everything else

Specs

Runs quite nice in 4K

Furmark's still a pointless bench

AMD don't know how antistatic bags work

Probably faster than a 780 and comes in at around £500

Goats occasionally live like royalty.

 

[ThundyCat]

Stop with the silly images and gif's please gents. Lets get the thread back on topic!.

 

[Frenzy]

So tom said he was working through the night on reddit, I would have guessed that would mean we would see more benches today. But officially it's all coming out on the 25th? Or have I got that wrong?

 

[LtMatt]

Stop with the silly images and gif's please gents. Lets get the thread back on topic!.

Yes sir.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Stop with the silly images and gif's please gents. Lets get the thread back on topic!.

I can understand the need to stay on topic, but the total lack of news from AMD, the goats are actually good distraction to make the waiting more bearable, and this is coming from someone who's waiting for the release of the 290

 

[VincentHanna]

So tom said he was working through the night on reddit, I would have guessed that would mean we would see more benches today. But officially it's all coming out on the 25th? Or have I got that wrong?

Maybe it'll be this afternoon/evening when it's morning in the States.

 

[Gregster]

I can understand the need to stay on topic, but the total lack of news from AMD, the goats are actually good distraction to make the waiting more bearable, and this is coming from someone who's waiting for the release of the 290

I am inclined to agree but there was some interesting reading getting swallowed up by the pics/gifs. I could see some real info just getting swallowed up with the hundreds of goat pics.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

there was some interesting reading getting swallowed up by the pics/gifs. I could see some real info just getting swallowed up with the hundreds of goat pics.

This..

Any further off topic posting that gets deleted will come with a suspension.

 

[MooMoo444]

So.. err... R290X looks pretty warm. What do you guys think?

 

[RavenXXX2]

So.. err... R290X looks pretty warm. What do you guys think?

I think we wait until official reviews show how hot the card runs and not some random guy in china.

 

[flopper]

So.. err... R290X looks pretty warm. What do you guys think?

furmark trottle cards, no manufacturer runs the cards in furmark.
its a bad testing program.
one reason any nvidia card has a stop in the driver for it.
they be burning up if they didnt have it in place.
so the test those guys did is a misdirection.

290x is a card for eyefinity, bigger resolutions, a 7970/280x is a 1920x1080 due to at such resolutions there are minor difference even between mid to top end cards. I blame DX there.

some picture
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ands-details&p=5211529&viewfull=1#post5211529

 

[LtMatt]

furmark trottle cards, no manufacturer runs the cards in furmark.
its a bad testing program.
one reason any nvidia card has a stop in the driver for it.
they be burning up if they didnt have it in place.
so the test those guys did is a misdirection.

290x is a card for eyefinity, bigger resolutions, a 7970/280x is a 1920x1080 due to at such resolutions there are minor difference even between mid to top end cards. I blame DX there.

some picture
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ands-details&p=5211529&viewfull=1#post5211529

Will you look at that sleeping dogs performance with SSAA. 512bit bus/compute ftw. Sleeping dogs 2 has just been announced as well.

Who said 4gb wasn't enough for 4k?

 

[Frenzy]

Difference is massive in some games.

The whole thing is pointless to the vast majority of us though. Hardly anyone games in 4k or will for another couple of years. Getting very frustrating but this is the point marketing seems to be pushing at the moment.

edit: Do you think the higher bandwidth would translate to lower AA performance hits? If so then that is a definite plus.

 

[Xcandyman]

I think AMD should stop the NDA at 3PM GMT today just as the Nvidia conference starts. Steel their thunder