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** SAPPHIRE R290 PRO REVIEW & 1000+ IN STOCK!! **

Tempted by a pair of these in crossfire :-)

Good value and about the price of a 780Ti no doubt!

Just not sure I can put up with two making so much noise.
 
uksoldierboy said:
Your right matt, as i've said and even shown in pics, with my 290X @1100/1400 and fan set at 55% the card neither runs hot or loud.

I'd make a short vid if anyone was interested?
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Yes please do.

I found when overclocking for gaming and general use (not benchmarking) that setting a temperature target of 90c and fan speed upto 70% seemed to work well, the card rarely got up much over 50% fan speed and kept the card at 90c or lower, which obviously means no throttling. :)
 
Buckster said:
interesting comparing the anandtech and guru3d reviews

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/15

57dB in Crysis 3 sounds a bit crazy if I'm honest - as tempted as I am that sounds noisey

as tempted as I am - I'm just about decided to pay the extra 50 quid or so, sacrifice a small amount of performance and go 780
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780 or 290, both amazing cards, I can't see how anyone could be disappointed with either, especially now such powerful cards have being removed from their £500 perch and are now sub £400. :)

P.S. I just reviewed all our 780 / 770 prices, some have being tweaked down a little to be competitive. :)
 
ref 780 prices - will take a look Gibbo - the prices were pretty good to start with - cheers

<edit> just seen the classified price ... tempting !!
 
I've been waiting for the non ref r290x, but the price/performance ratio on these... DAMN! Do you know when these will have non ref coolers or are you planning on slapping a prolimatech cooler on it?
 
LtMatt said:
Indeed you can always change the fan profile yourself. We have 290X users here saying 55% fan speed is not that loud, yet they're kicking up a fuss over 40-47% fan speed. :confused:
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As a former Nvidia 680 user, the 290X upto 55% is fine noise wise for me. Infact I can hear it no more than the 680, maybe my hearing is shot :p
 
benjii said:
I've been waiting for the non ref r290x, but the price/performance ratio on these... DAMN! Do you know when these will have non ref coolers or are you planning on slapping a prolimatech cooler on it?
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We shall be doing some solutions yes, but as always we have to charge quite a price premium, as it takes our engineers time to fit them and then it is us who have to warranty the product, so we can't build non ref 290X/290 as cheap as an official board partner can.
 
AMD deserve every bit of critisism for their utterly atrocious and completely crap cooler.

Such a great card at a great price, but you have to purchase an expensive 3rd party cooler and invalidate your warranty fitting it. What idiot at AMD thought these reference coolers were in any way shape for form up to the task?

I can live with the power consumption and the heat, but that cooler is abysmal and a complete joke. So much potential wasted, pretty much sums up AMDs GPU releases for the past few generations.

Sorry AMD but reference R9 290 and R9 290X = fail for heat and noise. I wonder how long it will take for a class action law suit to be taken against AMD by deaf PC gamers? :eek:
 
Just bought a sapphire, canelled my 290x order, why pay £80 more for around the same performance, im putting the £80 towards a custom water loop. Plus I dont mind the noise because my PC is in a different room to the one I game in :)

I just wish I had free delivery, that £9 on a card with this premium hurt and cut into the bargainfullness.

Thumbs up to the free games, I hope BF4 becomes available under the silver coupon. Why do the games vouchers state "2 free games for buying a 7800 card" BTW
 
dom99 said:
Just bought a sapphire, canelled my 290x order, why pay £80 more for around the same performance, im putting the £80 towards a custom water loop. Plus I dont mind the noise because my PC is in a different room to the one I game in :)

I just wish I had free delivery, that £9 on a card with this premium hurt and cut into the bargainfullness.

Thumbs up to the free games, I hope BF4 becomes available under the silver coupon. Why do the games vouchers state "2 free games for buying a 7800 card" BTW
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I do have to agree, even though I am the one selling them.

Yes R290X is faster, but it varies from 6-10%, and both cards have more or less identical overclocking headroom. But the price difference is 30%, the R290 Pro is a clear victor in value for money. :)
 
dom99 said:
By the way, what is the policy on the Sapphire cards when it comes to removing the cooler and going under water?
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Fine, no warranty stickers and they allow OcUK customers to do this. Of course if you slip with the screw driver and kill it, your warranty is void, so be careful.
 
As much as i have said how much i love my GTX 690. 2 of these does sound tempting.... It's a shame that i keep getting bad experiences on the red side. Regardless, still tempting..
 
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