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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory
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Caporegime
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HMDI 1.4?! What a strange choice considering 2.0 has been ratified.
95 degrees!?
So i presume if you did want to play at 4k and had 2 or more of these you would have to waterblock them or your house might explode....
Imagine the heat of say tri fire with these if they are designed to run at 95 degrees!
So i presume if you did want to play at 4k and had 2 or more of these you would have to waterblock them or your house might explode....
Imagine the heat of say tri fire with these if they are designed to run at 95 degrees!
95C target temp? I'm not saying nuffin
I have a quote from Thracks (pm from another forum which i can repost if needed) telling me the 7970 was designed to run at 90c so i wouldn't read too much into it. What hes saying is its fine operating up to that temp and will not throttle. Its likely going to reach that temp if you keep it in quiet mode. (40% fan speed) Of course you can increase the fan speed a little if needed to bring the temp down. I predict this is going to run at a similar temp to pure 7970 ghz reference edition cards.
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Ah, that makes more sense. This can only mean good things for overclocking then.
Looks like I may finally take a gpu under water.
The other interesting thing is the UBER switch
Perhaps that just changes the fan profile and increases the boost limit?Someone mentioned a second bios at one point...
Really though, has there ever been a GPU designed to run at that temp? Thought most would be struggling with stability at 90+
IIRC the HD 5970s were designed to run at some crazy temps.
The other interesting thing is the UBER switch
Someone mentioned a second bios at one point...
Exactly. I bet it (second bios) also increases the voltage limit and TDP limit of the card. Titan mode, if you will.
Who wants to bet against me?
That i don't know. You might be right, but you'd think paid reviewers would have picked up on that if that was the case.
Exactly. I bet it (second bios) also increases the voltage limit and TDP limit of the card. Titan mode, if you will.
Who wants to bet against me?
I suspect it just increases the fan profile overwise they would have only been too pleased to have used it at the Montreal event.
Soldato
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It means they just shot themselves in the leg.
LE: never mind, it was the AMD-SWAT-fermi stuff back in past.
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High temps aren't ideal but it won't damage the card is the point i think. If you want cooler temps, just raise that fan. Knowing how a reference card sounds above 60% i think id prefer quiet mode and 90c temps.
