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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory
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lol wow
Looks reference design to me.
That was on pre 290X drivers though Kaap. If you're referring to the benchmarks i posted date 22sept. They showed the 290X faster than the titan in games but slower in synthetics. The 290X drivers, 13.11, released after that showed gains in synthetics. Even us with lower spec cards noticed that.
I'm more interested to see how a 290X does at high settings, with high amounts of AA whilst playing the latest games. Synthetic benchmark scores mean nothing unless all you play is synthetic benchmarks. I understand this applies to you though.
The thing with these synthetic benchmarks is consistency. You can run it time and time again and you will only get a couple of points either way difference. You yourself have said that game benchmarks are inconsistent when the reviewers run random different tests. 8 mins from Sweclockers and 8 seconds or something like that from gamegpu, so it is hard to gauge and of course we have different games suiting different GPU's.
Synthetic benchmarks are consistant, so I like to use those for gauging the fastest GPU.
Good point, fair enough.
Yes, but I think the likes of Asus, Gigabyte and MSI will put better IC's on them.
Never been a fan of XFX for this reason - even back in the day i.e. the GeForce FX GPUs they did similiar and (while some people will try and argue against this) they've done similiar with power supplies (don't know if they still do) causing meltdowns and/or voltage spikes that killed stuff. Even if they do have Seasonic internals people have measured a difference in voltage tolerances, etc. between the same hardware in Seasonic's own PSUs and XFX ones suggesting similiar is going on despite the whole thing about ratified PSU designs.
We'll see. My money is on the 512bit bus.
XFX do cheap out but im not sure if they'll be allowed to alter things yet.
I would never buy an XFX GPU, but I have had the 750w version this PSU for 2 to 3 years and I have to say it has been and is absolutely solid, no spikes or ripple.
I do know older models of those PSU's had problems, the ones with the green fan I think, but reviews on these models are glowing. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/arti...tion-Full-Modular-Power-Supply-Review/1716/13
My experience of this PSU is very good, I would rate it higher than Corsair's TX series.
Yeah not sure what the state of their current PSU lines are but having seen the problems with their PSUs a generation back I'd be very very reluctant to use one.
I have that psu Humbug. The reason its good is because its a seasonic psu and it has a 5 year warranty.
Only if you register it with XFX, its 2 years if you don't, did you register it?
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No voltage was added so 1130 on the core is pretty good and supposedly was in quiet mode. 512 bit memory bus does not really need uber memory clocks to be effective. All in all apart from the furmark tests the temps look decent.
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Crap. I assumed it was 5 years through OCUK.
whoops.....
Not sure i want to deal with XFX RMA process.
No experience of it, yet, touch wood, ^^^^ *lifts finger to head*
XFX written on the PCIe protector, tiz all you need to know
Great work on the grease.... Why on earth they couldn't at least clean it up prior to snapping beggars belief.
XFX written on the PCIe protector, tiz all you need to know