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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory
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I've been calling him Broomstick for ages.
Lol bumhug. That's up there with Mankini.
I had one lined up for you, rhymes with Matt but I don't want another suspension
Caporegime
I've been calling him Broomstick for ages.
Lol bumhug. That's up there with Mankini.
Mankini, that was a classic, almost had me in stitches.
Soldato
^^ Yeah we need to see prices, performance, I think between TTL, Linus and Elric you get a pretty good overview. Those reviews could be ages away though? Or will reviews go live before the actual product launch?
Caporegime
I believe it was a reference to the 3Dnow! patch for Quake 2 that let the K6-II/III CPU's open up a can on their Intel counterparts. Could apply to a number of 3Dnow! patches from the old days though
ah yes, got it, thanks
That's the good thing about Linus reviews, always overclocks. Generally shows AMD cards in a good light on his reviews because of this. Will it be the same this time?
Soldato
^^ No idea, 780 overclocks like a boss. The 290X could come heavy clocked with less headroom, no need to swap if that's the case, still for new buyers, the extra vram and being labelled as a Titan killer would prob be enough to sway people to the red team. Hopefully at the very least it will make Nvidia lower prices.
Anybody know if reviews will go live tonight? Or just AMD slides?
Anybody know if reviews will go live tonight? Or just AMD slides?
Soldato
Would be a massive upgrade from 6970's. Just a single 290X would give better performance, less power use and no stutter. Well worth the upgrade.
Linus only does what he deems reasonable overclocks that everyone should be able to achieve. For example he only overclocked his 7970 to 1100/1575. That's only a 50mhz bump on the core and 75mhz on the memory, same with his 7950. That was enough for the 7970 to beat the 770 is all of his benches apart from 1 i think and it allowed the 7950 to beat the 760 in every test rather convincingly.
Point is, i wouldn't expect massive overclocks. But still its better than nothing i suppose.
Even if the rumours aren't true the lowest spec thats likely would still be a decent upgrade from 2x 6970s.
Soldato
Well it was 14 years ago so our grey hairs and short memory go together.
It was the good ole days when AMD released a 3dnow patch for their AMD K6 cpu which boosted Quake 2 performance, while using 3dfx Voodoo graphics card
Caporegime
Might not be till October though that it actually launches.
My maths might be wrong but i think its 7pm?
Soldato
Shocked no one has broken their NDAs or leaked not even a picture or some US company accidentally put up the price tag and name of there upcoming AMD cards....
What's wrong with today's world, has everyone gone Straight
What's wrong with today's world, has everyone gone Straight
Probably more of a case that very few people actually have cards yet.
Soldato
CF7970 GHZ to 290X worth it? Shall wait and see.....
Yes Bru will do.
Here it is, will add it to the OP now.
http://ir.amd.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=74093&p=irol-eventDetails&EventId=5024687
Doubt it.
This.