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** CRAZY PRE-ORDER SPECIAL: SAPPHIRE 290 TRI-X!! **

Gibbo

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Hi there


Sapphire have given us a great deal, due to 290 Tri-X demand being so high and supply so poor, they said to me, look we can get you many many units if we don't pre-overclock them to save us time, if this is OK we can get you lots and much quicker!

Of course I agreed to this deal and the stock is leaving Hong Kong today, we expect the delivery Friday or Monday, so this price is PRE-ORDER ONLY.

You all know my feelings on the Tri-X cooler, it is one of the best, can work in more or less silence whilst still keeping the card very cool and it can also function as a very powerful cooler too making it ideal in three way crossfire or for mining setups.

Such a great card, perfect for gamers and miners, I have only 500pc and were expecting them to fly out, the price when stock lands will increase by approx £20-£30 so be warned:-



Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) @ £341.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.

Specification:-
- Radeon R9 290
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 800-950
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 947MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£379.99] Inc. VAT

Only £341.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW











A great card at a great price. :)
 
Is the difference in terms of performance small or big compared to the 290x version. Also would it be very simple to overclock it to what sapphire should have done.
 
bakes0310 said:
Is the difference in terms of performance small or big compared to the 290x version. Also would it be very simple to overclock it to what sapphire should have done.
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Yes be quite easy yes. :)

No real reason why you simply can't get the Tri-X OC BIOS from techpowerup and simply flash the card to be a full OC version. ;)
 
bakes0310 said:
Is the difference in terms of performance small or big compared to the 290x version. Also would it be very simple to overclock it to what sapphire should have done.
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Easy as urinating when you need the toilet. Overclocking the core 50mhz is not exactly hard. I'd snap two of these up Bakes, forget about the 290X you were considering.
 
Gibbo didn't you do a review comparing the 290 vs 290x and it was a tiny performance difference. How tiny were you talking about 1-2 fps in games?
 
Great deal, but wondering why can't Sapphire match Asus, MSI and Gigabyte and offer 3 year warranty too. I'm sure their cards are not any worse.
 
Mmm i was all set on going from my 7970 to a 780 now you do this!

How much of a step up is this to my 7970? I game at 1080p 144mhz?
 
bakes0310 said:
Gibbo didn't you do a review comparing the 290 vs 290x and it was a tiny performance difference. How tiny were you talking about 1-2 fps in games?
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5-10% at most!

And a 290 can easily achieve a 10% overclock to match/beat a stock 290X. :)
 
LtMatt said:
You're in for a nice boost. These results were taken with a reference 290 that was throttling, so you can expect more fps with a Sapphire Tri X 290 than displayed here.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1032?vs=1068
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Cheers LtMatt, tbh the only reason i was looking at 780's is all the issues i have seen with the 290 on these pages i just want problem free gaming how reliable are these do you know?
 
Aneskimo said:
Cheers LtMatt, tbh the only reason i was looking at 780's is all the issues i have seen with the 290 on these pages i just want problem free gaming how reliable are these do you know?
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How long is a piece of string? These use Hynix memory so id say your chances of a black screen problem are minimal. The problem here is you only get people posting issues, most of the people with working gpu's don't post to say my gpu works fine.
 
Aneskimo said:
Fair enough, im fairly new here so i never saw how the 7970 faired at launch. Mine was a vtx which i never had a fault with.
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Yeah VTX are a solid budget brand. Using two reference VTX 290 Pro's myself at the moment with no issues.
 
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