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

[rare]

Releases take so long these days.

No point in me upgrading from a 780, might as well get another 780 for SLI goodness.

 

[Frenzy]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Finally some benches

wait, where did you get the info ?

 

[jkb]

and I don't want to see a fork lift ram raiding R290X all over the place.

Think of all that B grade stock if it did

 

[mr griffin]

I'm hoping these at least beat the titans, so the next card NV release will have to be really good, making ppl upgrade, that way I can pick up a couple of cheap titans on the mm and wc them to replace my old 480's as they are showing there age @ 1440p

 

[Orangey]

Damn, I was hoping for better in Crysis 3.

Other than that pretty much jiving with expectations...

 

[VincentHanna]

Not officially on anandtech yet, where were they?

 

[Gibbo]

Taken from anand

@ Kaap looks like your prediction of the 290X doing worse at high res/high details vs a titan might be wrong.

R290 is all about 4k, the higher the resolution the more it pulls away, it has superior bandwidth.

 

[sin]

No official date or benches or price yet poor just poor

 

[starmanwarz]

I'm starting to get excited again after that bench. Wondering if I should get one when non reference come out or if I should wait even longer for the 780Ti...

My 560Ti is begging to be replaced!

 

[Noxia]

4k, also the amount of weeks away it will be before people use it.

 

[Gibbo]

I'm starting to get excited again after that bench. Wondering if I should get one when non reference come out or if I should wait even longer for the 780Ti...

My 560Ti is begging to be replaced!

780ti needs be good, it will be a damn good fight!

 

[Gibbo]

4k, also the amount of weeks away it will be before people use it.

5760x1080 is very popular, the R290 excels at such resolution.

 

[Boomstick777]

Think I found the inspiration for the reference designs.

 

[Noxia]

5760x1080 is very popular, the R290 excels at such resolution.

If it was that popular then I'm sure I'd see it on the main benchmark sites when they bench new cards. I understand you got to put your sales spin on it though, but I've not seen anyone on here ever say they use that res.
As it excels at that res does that mean anyone using the unpopular res like 1600p/1400/1080 need not apply?

 

[DeathofRats]

damnit I'd almost forgotten the initial release will only be ref designs

 

[Tonester0011]

If it was that popular then I'm sure I'd see it on the main benchmark sites when they bench new cards. I understand you got to put your sales spin on it though, but I've not seen anyone on here ever say they use that res.
As it excels at that res does that mean anyone using the unpopular res like 1600p/1400/1080 need not apply?

5760 is very popular, most people tend not to mention the numbers because it's easier to say surround/eyefinity, as we all kinda know that's what they mean, though obviously some people are different with their screens.

 

[JBod]

hah^ brilliant.

 

[Ragnahex]

i use 5760x1080!! so there you have seen someone

 

[Kaapstad]

Taken from anand

@ Kaap looks like your prediction of the 290X doing worse at high res/high details vs a titan might be wrong.

I will be testing this myself

It will be multi GPU v multi GPU setups using max settings

And at least I will have the cards in the same place at the same time on identical PCs which is a bit more than some of the review sites can boast.

The best bit is I will not have a vested interest in which is better, again unlike some of the review sites.

 

[starmanwarz]

damnit I'd almost forgotten the initial release will only be ref designs

It sucks doesn't it