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** SAPPHIRE CUSTOM 290's ARE ON THE WAY!! **

Mine is on the way also, will be with me tomorrow :D
I ordered mine on boxing day, I think they are shipping them on a first come first serve basis in the order of when orders were placed, as stock comes in.
 
Seems I underestimated how big this card is, whilst I have the images below, it does not fit my case (Zalman Z11 Plus). Going to take a dremel to the HDD/optical Bays on the weekend which should give it adequate room :P

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Oh man that is gorgeous. What kind of temperatures do you get, is it loud? Mmmm you lucky sod. :)

Edit. Just read it doesn't fit in your case, wow must be huge.
 
OMG how are u guys getting the cards already when its still ETA 17th of January??!!!

I only just pre-ordered the 290 tri-x on the 6th, does that mean i'll have to wait till end of this month to get mine T.T
 
FatChocobo said:
OMG how are u guys getting the cards already when its still ETA 17th of January??!!!

I only just pre-ordered the 290 tri-x on the 6th, does that mean i'll have to wait till end of this month to get mine T.T
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There was a batch available just before/around Christmas, people pre-ordered, and OCUK sold out. The ones coming in next week are the second batch.
 
OMFGGGGGG

I've been waiting for a non-ref since end of october. I was actually considering pre-ordering through xmas as well.

OMG i want to headbutt a brick right now. And since I only pre-ordered on the 6th, theres absolutely no chance of me getting one in this batch.

I think about this card day and night, every day and night.
 
Mine turned up 7/1/14. Ordered on the 27/12/13.
Pleased it turned up early.

Installed. It's a bit of a monster being 12 " long and a bit taller than my previous hd5870.
Still fits in with ease into my modded Apple G5 case (been running this awesome case for a few years, it stays very cool thanks to mesh front and back and thick thick aluminium chassis with adequate space for my components. Hard drives are tucked away under a false bottom).

So at games run superbly at full detail (Bioshock infinite was running lat night at ultra spec and 130fps)(mechwarrior online at full detail 70 to 100fps)(crysis 3 at full ultra detail : 70fps).
Litecoin @ 807khash/s.
Temps at full gpu usage: 76deg stable after couple of hours mining and then gaming (I don't mine as a rule, just trying it out of interest)
Fan at full gpu: 45% (very quiet).

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