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

If you guys are only getting the cards delivered from ordering for the 27th December batch, does that mean I will have to wait till February to get my hands on one of these since I only just ordered on the 6th.

I also assume that a ton of people must have ordered between 28th and the 6th. I hope I won't get pushed back onto another batch by ordering too late.

Has anyone here actually ordered around Xmas time and still not got their 290 tri-x yet?
 
yeah i don't think I can jump boats for GTX780. All the other parts for my new comp comes tomorrow, so im gonna unplug my 7750 off my current computer and just make do for now.

This sapphire cooler just looks too good. Out of the triple fans, the gigabyte wind force ones look ugly IMO.
 
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The thing to bear in mind is the Sapphire is a reference card with a better cooler. Other non-reference cards may have upgraded components, higher GPU and memory speeds in addition to a better cooler.

Also, don't forget to check the space in your PC - that Tri-X cooler is pretty long.
 
I was tempted to get it when it said it had one in stock near the end of december. I thought it was weird that OCUK has the 290x's but no 290s. But it turned out that the pre-orders on the 290 were so heavy that the 290 page stayed on pre-order till now.

I hope to God that i'll get mine in this 17th-Januray batch. Im currently using my comp without GPU. Havent tried any games yet. I don't know what games the z87x-d3h mobo can handle.
 
thought about getting the 290x one myself but im gunna sit it out till end of year because there isnt any big games now till then as a few been delayed till next year.

all other games will run fine even maxxed at my res. :cool:
 
~>Dg<~ said:
thought about getting the 290x one myself but im gunna sit it out till end of year because there isnt any big games now till then as a few been delayed till next year.

all other games will run fine even maxxed at my res. :cool:
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That card are you currently using?

My old computer is using HD7750 and at 168x1050 res. I get micro freezes and stuttering whilst playing bioshock infinite on medium - high. Though, it could be my filled up, fragmented to hell HDD thats causing it.

I have no problems with Tomb Raider and FIFA14 though. Both at mid and a couple of high settings.
 
Finaly dremel'd my case so this card would fit.

I have just benchmarked it on Valley Extreme and ExtremeHD.

In both the GPU maxed out at 65C (Idle is 30C), this was using the below fan curve (as a rule I never use CCC's fan control).
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BF4 on Ultra looks amazing, glad I got the card now, haven't done any mining on it yet so unable to provide performance.
 
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iFrag said:
Finaly dremel'd my case so this card would fit.

I have just benchmarked it on Valley Extreme and ExtremeHD.

In both the GPU maxed out at 65C (Idle is 30C), this was using the below fan curve (as a rule I never use CCC's fan control).

ExtremeHD
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BF4 on Ultra looks amazing, glad I got the card now, haven't done any mining on it yet so unable to provide performance.
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74 more points than I got in Valley, although you have a slightly better CPU. I still have a 2500K :)

Got my card doing 1100/1350 on stock volts at the minute :D
I did have the mem up to 1400 on stock volts but is wasn't stable in some games so I dropped down to 1350. It's Heaven and Valley stable at 1100/1400 on stock volts though.

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iFrag said:
Finaly dremel'd my case so this card would fit.

I have just benchmarked it on Valley Extreme and ExtremeHD.

In both the GPU maxed out at 65C (Idle is 30C), this was using the below fan curve (as a rule I never use CCC's fan control).
1389485749.png


Extreme:
1389525866.png


ExtremeHD
1389547581.png



BF4 on Ultra looks amazing, glad I got the card now, haven't done any mining on it yet so unable to provide performance.
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I have Sapphire Tri-X R9 290X and having some problems.
Which OC program are you using? I am not OCing my card but Trixx is causing BSOD during a normal video playback in the web browser(chrome) but not while gaming! first video slows down then screen goes black with nothing but the mouse icon and the wait symbol, then it tries to restart to display I guess but fails and gets stuck in a glitchy all Blue screen no writing. When I close trixx then it plays videos normally at least up until now... 290x have problems I guess there are lots of BSOD reports around and I just wish it is fixable through dirver update and it's not my card that is bad. Yeah I really hope my card is not a bad one.
 
Gibbo said:
Well I prefer to go from the real numbers which show 290 custom to be selling already faster than 290 reference was.

The 290 is faster than a GTX 780, the custom cards even more so as they come overclocked and once prices have settled custom 290's will sit in the 360-400 price range, same as 780. Yet 290 is faster, has better OC headroom potential, has a very high-end sound card onboard, is also handy for mining with ;) and if Mantle kicks off then some big performance leaps still to come.
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True audio isnt a sound card...end of nit pick!
 
DamnedLife said:
I have Sapphire Tri-X R9 290X and having some problems.
Which OC program are you using? I am not OCing my card but Trixx is causing BSOD during a normal video playback in the web browser(chrome) but not while gaming! first video slows down then screen goes black with nothing but the mouse icon and the wait symbol, then it tries to restart to display I guess but fails and gets stuck in a glitchy all Blue screen no writing. When I close trixx then it plays videos normally at least up until now... 290x have problems I guess there are lots of BSOD reports around and I just wish it is fixable through dirver update and it's not my card that is bad. Yeah I really hope my card is not a bad one.
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Hi, I'm using MSI Afterburner to OC, try upping your core voltage by +30, fixed it for me (Black Screen).
 
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