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

nickrorschach sapphire cards dont have stickers on screws. So we can get away with putting stock cooler back on them in case they die for some reason.

If i knew both memories Overclock same like Gibbo just proven then i would have went for MSI OFC :P

Gerard One thick 240 rad would do the job.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
They wanted to hit that magical price point that undercuts the Nvidia card by a good amount, I guess the cooler had to be sacrificed to do so.

They basically done what Nvidia did to the with the cheaply made 680, this caused 7970 prices to tumble, hopefully it will have the same affect on Nvidia and lower prices all round.
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Id love to know what happened to the supposed talk of companies submitting versions of coolers and the best design became the stock cooler for this card. This is basically the same AMD cooler all over again with a facelift on the front. They really need to improve their cooling, its been an issue for ages now and its something that needs to be addressed.
 
Gregster said:
Not to burst peoples bubbles but is it just me or is anyone else thinking that water cooling is a must for these reference 290X's? Those temps alone do put me off (and I know AMD have stated this is within the cards working parameters) but the noise is a no no.

Custom cooled cards for the noise and heat conscious among us and reference for those who don't care about heat and noise because they are water cooling.
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Yeah water cooling and up rated PWM.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
They wanted to hit that magical price point that undercuts the Nvidia card by a good amount, I guess the cooler had to be sacrificed to do so.
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They also have to provide some room for the AIB's to innovate/distinguish themselves from each other and AMD designs - so they can't be too good. It should be better/quieter but its probably good enough for 97.5% of people and keeps the partners happy.
 
Gerard said:
Id love to know what happened to the supposed talk of companies submitting versions of coolers and the best design became the stock cooler for this card. This is basically the same AMD cooler all over again with a facelift on the front. They really need to improve their cooling, its been an issue for ages now and its something that needs to be addressed.
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If they were all serious they might start by putting the Die on the top of the card !
 
Gerard said:
Id love to know what happened to the supposed talk of companies submitting versions of coolers and the best design became the stock cooler for this card. This is basically the same AMD cooler all over again with a facelift on the front. They really need to improve their cooling, its been an issue for ages now and its something that needs to be addressed.
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I agree as with a decent stock cooler there would be no debate to whether the r9 290x is a better card than the gtx780. When releasing a card they should be aiming for no bad press what so ever and with this cooler it gives reviewer's all the ammo they need to put a little downer on something that is otherwise great compared to the competition.
 
TheRealDeal said:
I agree as with a decent stock cooler there would be no debate to whether the r9 290x is a better card than the gtx780. When releasing a card they should be aiming for no bad press what so ever and with this cooler it gives reviewer's all the ammo they need to put a little downer on something that is otherwise great compared to the competition.
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You don't see AMD reference cards for long though, they're mostly aimed at reviewers, benchers and people who want to dump the cooler to put them under water (or people who don't care about noise/heat). The 7970 was the same, all the launch reviews complain about heat and noise, while the custom cards removed the problem entirely.
 
teppic said:
You don't see AMD reference cards for long though, they're mostly aimed at reviewers, benchers and people who want to dump the cooler to put them under water (or people who don't care about noise/heat). The 7970 was the same, all the launch reviews complain about heat and noise, while the custom cards removed the problem entirely.
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Yea it's just the negative publicity they could be doing without though. Imo they would definitely sell more cards without it.
 
Those temps are crazy, I cant believe they run hotter than a 7990 lol. I think if i was going for one of these id wait for other models with better cooling if your staying with air.
 
fozzybear said:
This is one noisy bugger:


65.4dBA with fan at 100%. Headphones are a must.
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There is no reason to ever run anything close to 100% on the fan, outside of someone going for a max 3d mark score the gain in cooling and overclocking from 40-50% on the fan to 100% is almost nothing and never remotely close to worth it. What the fan can be set to and what it will hit under normal usage aren't at all connected.

My 7970 at stock never gets over 40% fan, overclocked with more voltage for max runs it never goes over 50-55% which is already way to loud. In reality my 7970 could run significantly lower voltage than stock at significantly higher clocks. It will do 1050 or so at 0.98v or so which also means the fan rarely gets above 35%, it will do 1100-1150 at quite a bit lower than stock volts still.

I always find AMD GPU's significantly overvolted for stock running.
 
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drunkenmaster said:
There is no reason to ever run anything close to 100% on the fan, outside of someone going for a max 3d mark score the gain in cooling and overclocking from 40-50% on the fan to 100% is almost nothing and never remotely close to worth it. What the fan can be set to and what it will hit under normal usage aren't at all connected.
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Watch the video - even under normal loads its significantly noisier than most other cards.

AMD really do need to work on those reference coolers/sheaths.
 
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