The AMD R9 290 (non x) Thread

DeathofRats · 27 Oct 2013 at 21:06

Fulax said:
With these hot/loud cards being released, now would be a great time for a massive watercooling sale, don't you think...?

Actually, give it a couple of weeks so I can afford it.

or just a sale on the aftermarket air coolers (for your drier customers) ... or better still, the OC Tech Labs not so subtle hint

Orangey · 29 Oct 2013 at 06:29

Got a response from EK, they say they can't comment on if the 290X block fits the 290 pro...

Strange considering it seems to indicate in the product blurb that it does, plus why can't they comment, they released their block before the 290X was even out...

Gripen90 · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:20

A danish/swedish retail site just had an "oops" with pricing of a Sapphire Radeon R9-290 at 3234Dkk = £370. They took down the link nevertheless.

Orangey · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:35

Nordic countries = hella expensive (Denmark in particular I think) so we can infer a lower price than that.

Gripen90 · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:20

Orangey said:
Nordic countries = hella expensive (Denmark in particular I think) so we can infer a lower price than that.

Last couple of times the prices have been the same. Same price in the UK as DK when I bought my 780's

There may be £5-10 difference.

Orangey · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:27

Gripen90 said:
Last couple of times the prices have been the same. Same price in the UK as DK when I bought my 780's There may be £5-10 difference.

Well, 370 isn't too bad. If the 780s drop any further before launch AMD might have to do a last-minute adjustment.

Interesting to hear about the DK prices, is there much difference between online/retail?

Scougar · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:50

290 @ £370 vs 780 @ 400 = I'll be taking the Nvidia card!

If the 290 is £350 or below then I'd consider it over the 780. Right now with the games bundle, the 780's are defo the better deal.

Steampunk · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:25

When are the non-stock cooler versions arriving?

flopper · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:29

the1gooner said:
The 290 is shaping up to be the best new card to buy.

Yes its the "gamers" card IMO.

290 is likely to cost around here 360euro or so or even less due to Nvidias price cuts.

MrMarvelous · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:51

I think i'll be looking to get a 290 myself. Won't be a massive upgrade from a 7970 but I want a new toy.

thewanted · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:39

I REALLY hope this article is wrong.

AMD Radeon R9 290 pushed back by a week

According to the information from 3DCenter, AMD has postponed Radeon R9 290 launch date by a week.

The reason for that is supposedly a new, better driver which will increase R9 290 performance significantly (probably increasing power consumption at the same time).

NVIDIA’s offensive with the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, and now with GTX 780 GHz Edition is nothing that AMD expected. The funny thing is that they still deny it, they even say that they knew about new NVIDIA cards for a long time. Turns out they weren’t prepared for any move from NVIDIA, and now reviewers will have to retest their 290s, only because AMD changed something in the driver.

3DCenter also reports that NVIDIA is still thinking about the new TITAN, only this would be with fully GK110 enabled. The original TITAN will soon be replaced with GeForce GTX 780 Ti, at lower price, meaning there’s absolutely no reason to keep the current pricing for TITAN.

AMD Radeon R9 290 will be released on November 5th.

http://videocardz.com/47439/amd-radeon-r9-290-pushed-back-week

LtMatt · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:42

AMD guys should hope that is true tbh. The 290 score posted in the 290X thread is already scoring over 10k in firestrike before this supposed new performance driver.

thewanted · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:45

LtMatt said:
AMD guys should hope that is true tbh. The 290 score posted in the 290X thread is already scoring over 10k in firestrike before this supposed new performance driver.

I'm getting tired of waiting to pull the trigger. Last week it was the 7990 for £399, this week it was supposed to be 2 x 290s, and next week the 780Ti apparently gets released.

Too. Much. Choice.

d_brennen · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:45

Wonder if we'll see HD79xx style performance increases over the launch drivers for R9 GPUs...

Yaayuh! · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:46

LtMatt said:
AMD guys should hope that is true tbh. The 290 score posted in the 290X thread is already scoring over 10k in firestrike before this supposed new performance driver.

Over 10K "Graphics" that is, just want to add that in there.

Here's the score Matt mentioned.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1515052

primouf said:
hello , i just got my 290..... but i think they sold me the non X version, the Sapphire box says 290 and on the card i have this part number 21227-00-40g and also 290 with no X.

my gpu is at 945mhz, it should be at 1ghz ?

primouf said:
gpu-z installed and got this.

LtMatt · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:47

thewanted said:
I'm getting tired of waiting to pull the trigger. Last week it was the 7990 for £399, this week it was supposed to be 2 x 290s, and next week the 780Ti apparently gets released.

Too. Much. Choice.

Aye it must be annoying for people waiting to buy. Still good things come to those who wait. Will be interesting to see if this new 'performance' driver will mean a 290X ends up topping a 780TI. That would raise a smile.

I'd suggest this performance driver talk is rubbish, but it wouldn't be the first time this has happened. 12.11 Never Settle anyone?

Rossi~ said:
Over 10K "Graphics" that is, just want to add that in there.

Here's the score Matt mentioned.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1515052

Lol, of course in graphics. I'm not talking about the cpu score. Derp.

Yaayuh! · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:49

LtMatt said:
Lol, of course in graphics. I'm not talking about the cpu score. Derp.

Just in case people thought as an "overall"

Martini1991 · 30 Oct 2013 at 15:50

I'm skeptical at how good the driver can be.

The R290 isn't worlds away from the R290X in performance.
If they use the launch driver results for the R290X results, it raises the possibility of the R290 results being better in results unless they redo the R290X reviews.

Todays GHZ edition 7950 will be besting launch day 7970 results.

Mei · 30 Oct 2013 at 16:36

the release has been put back to tuesday?
it was meant to be this friday?

Martini1991 · 31 Oct 2013 at 08:47

It would be apt to say AMD has given us a trick on this day, rather than a treat.