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The AMD R9 290 (non x) Thread

Wow, I have to say, the moaning about noise is exaggerated, imo.

Just played a round of bf4 on Ultra @ 1200p, the usage got to 100%, the temp to 90C and the fan to 48%, its either about the same or a tad quieter than my 6970. Its just a 'whooshing' sound, not whiney or high pitched. I probably wouldnt get one if I were playing in the same room as someone trying to get some sleep, but if you have headphones then I'd say dont be put off, grab one :)

Im using it inside a Silverstone FT02, so its exhaust is exposed and in line of sight, about 1.5m from my ears.

At idle, its inaudible over the sound of my case fans.

BF4 looks lush!! :)
 
Gibbo said:
Our website descriptions clearly say this too!

However Antec PSU are very good, so a 650W should cope fine. :)
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Just finished install, runs a little hot but nothing to complain about - it's a massive step up from my 560ti 2GB!

I'm using a 650w PSU and have no issues. I think it would be risky overclocking to card too much though...
 
impressed with the 290, £100 cheaper and only a few fps behind 290x, its almost too good maybe they should have cut the vram to 3gb or something! insta buy for me when the custom coolers come out. a review said they put a HIS iceq cooler from a 280x on the 290 and it made temperatures go down to like the 60s!
 
I know it's probably been mentioned in a thread elsewhere but do we know when we might be seeing some versions with alternate coolers on them? I really fancy one of these but I cant help feeling that I might regret getting a reference card this time around.
 
DazQ87 said:
I know it's probably been mentioned in a thread elsewhere but do we know when we might be seeing some versions with alternate coolers on them? I really fancy one of these but I cant help feeling that I might regret getting a reference card this time around.
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Nothing official from AMD as of yet, afaik. Maybe we'll get some dates on their developer summit (11-13th Nov.)?

Should also have some Mantle details there, finally. ;)

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Cloud Imperium Games, Eidos-Montréal and Oxide Games will join AMD and DICE in speaking about Mantle architecture and implementation at the AMD Developer Summit (APU 13), running Nov. 11-14 in San Jose, Calif. In addition, Oxide Games will be showing a public sneak preview of Mantle performance at the event.
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Martini1991 said:
Doesn't need to be, no throttling.

Haven't had a proper test with it yet really.

100% is deafening :p
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That's a very impressive card then. Set fan 100%, max voltage and push it, best I've seen yet on stock cooler is 1230MHz, yours might be a new best.

There again my sapphire 290 pro does 1220 too but does like voltage. :D
 
Unwinder got his 290 pro at the weekend, he was working on voltage control but elected to argue with trolls on Guru3D forums instead. No ETA now.
 
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