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

[Pr0SteR]

Any chance of this card outperforming OCed 670 SLI setup and I mean by at least 20% , I saw the leaked benchmarks but I guess I ll wait for the real deal.

My guess would be on par at least? In that case is it worth it for 1080p 120hz gaming?

 

[sin]

 

[Kaapstad]

How many have you put down for? 2?
Looking forward to an actual user review though

Four

I think I am going to need waterblocks fast.

 

[tommybhoy]

Any chance of this card outperforming OCed 670 SLI setup and I mean by at least 20% , I saw the leaked benchmarks but I guess I ll wait for the real deal.

My guess would be on par at least? In that case is it worth it for 1080p 120hz gaming?

Outwith utilising>2GB vram(which is doubtful@1080p), not a chance.

 

[flopper]

Any chance of this card outperforming OCed 670 SLI setup and I mean by at least 20% , I saw the leaked benchmarks but I guess I ll wait for the real deal.

My guess would be on par at least? In that case is it worth it for 1080p 120hz gaming?

OC to 1100mhz+ close to 7990 in games.
if you play BF4 I guess Mantle will do things there.
its not a performance jump but single card always better than multi gpu set up, less hassle with profiles and support for games.
especially if you play lots of them.

 

[bru]

Any chance of this card outperforming OCed 670 SLI setup and I mean by at least 20% , I saw the leaked benchmarks but I guess I ll wait for the real deal.

My guess would be on par at least? In that case is it worth it for 1080p 120hz gaming?

Beat OCed SLI 670 by 20% not in this life time.

 

[Azrael1]

Ahh but if its close to a 7990 and its single card it will be perfect for me. ( I play mmorpgs mostly in windows which disables sli/crossfire.)

 

[Marine-RX179]

Beat OCed SLI 670 by 20% not in this life time.

It might be possible in games using high SuperSampling settings, as it would seriously hammer card(s) with low memory bandwidth (SLI670 could lose up to 50% of its frame rate for just using SS alone). We've already seen GTX690 being barely faster than the GTX780 in Sleeping Dogs with extreme AA (SuperSampling).

But of course, we still don't know have any reliable source on the 290X performance yet.

 

[Kaapstad]

Ahh but if its close to a 7990 and its single card it will be perfect for me. ( I play mmorpgs mostly in windows which disables sli/crossfire.)

It won't be close to a 7990

R9 290X = 37.5% more than HD 7970

HD 7990 = 100% more than HD 7970

 

[Azrael1]

Close enough for me as in windowed mode that will still be 37.5% faster but Im also waiting for the 780 Ti benchmarks !

 

[4737Joker]

those charts seem to say buy 2 7950's and save some money

 

[bru]

I really get the feeling that some people are expecting miracles from this chip.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Four

I think I am going to need waterblocks fast.

Four!? Aren't you tempted to wait out for the Ti? I've got 3 on order currently but scratching my chin at the moment.

 

[Geeman1979]

Four!? Aren't you tempted to wait out for the Ti? I've got 3 on order currently but scratching my chin at the moment.

Nah!

He'll just order 4 Ti's 'as well' once available

 

[Phixsator]

It won't be close to a 7990

R9 290X = 37.5% more than HD 7970

HD 7990 = 100% more than HD 7970

Correct me if im wrong here but this is how i look at it.

7990 = 2x Non ghz 7970.
7970 ghz = 5-15% > 7970 non ghz = 290x stock is roughly 43% faster than 7970 stock(using your 37.5% as base).
With some luck we may be able to drag atleast 10% out of that monster putting us in the 80%ish faster bracket vs stock 7970.

example game1
7970= 100 fps
290x=143 fps = 43% faster vs stock 7970
290x 10%oc=157,3fps(with perfect performance scaling that gives an extra 14,3 fps)
7990=195 fps(near perfect scaling which isnt always the case)
(100/195)*157,3= 80.6=19,4% slower than 7990@stock

And this example is even set up to be showing worse case scenarios with the 290x as i believe it would be possible to get more than just a 10% OC on it.
Also i am assume when you say 7970 in your comment that you mean the GHZ edition cause otherwise it doesnt add up with the charts i pulled together from various different reviews of the 7970 ghz & gtx 780.

 

[Boomstick777]

Four!? Aren't you tempted to wait out for the Ti? I've got 3 on order currently but scratching my chin at the moment.

Kaap will likely just get four of them as well

 

[1kiwi]

Based on the leaked benchmarks is it worth upgrading from a GTX780? I play BF3 and will be playing BF4.

 

[Orangey]

Kaap could probably start a high-end computer museum!

 

[Besty]

Correct me if im wrong here but this is how i look at it.

7990 = 2x Non ghz 7970.
7970 ghz = 5-15% > 7970 non ghz = 290x stock is roughly 43% faster than 7970 stock(using your 37.5% as base).
With some luck we may be able to drag atleast 10% out of that monster putting us in the 80%ish faster bracket vs stock 7970.

example game1
7970= 100 fps
290x=143 fps = 43% faster vs stock 7970
290x 10%oc=157,3fps(with perfect performance scaling that gives an extra 14,3 fps)
7990=195 fps(near perfect scaling which isnt always the case)
(100/195)*157,3= 80.6=19,4% slower than 7990@stock

And this example is even set up to be showing worse case scenarios with the 290x as i believe it would be possible to get more than just a 10% OC on it.

I don't have time to work out the numbers but I agree with what you are trying to say. There will still be a fair gap between the two cards though, at least 20%-30%.

Looks like the card is going to hard-launch, so it will be worth the wait. AMD have learned their lessons, soft launches are bad, hard launches with broken drivers are even worse (i.e. 7990).

 

[Silent_Scone]

Kaap could probably start a high-end computer museum!

LOL.


I thought I was bad . I may just cut my order down to one of these just to play with in the meantime though