**TODAY ONLY! 05/11/2013** AMD's new Radeon R9 290 & 290X! YOU READ THAT RIGHT!

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £439.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Features:-
- DirectX 11.2 Support
- Open GL 4.2 Support
- Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio support
- Crossfire Support upto 4-way: Native software crossfire (No bridge required)
- Gaming @ 4k Resolutions (UltraHD)
- Synergy with next-gen game consoles (Mantle)
- Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture - optimized from previous generation products

Specification:-
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1000MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- Fan Speed: 20% - 40% (Quiet Mode) & 20%-55% (Uber Mode)
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr



Only £439.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
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Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £319.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Features:-
- DirectX 11.2 Support
- Open GL 4.2 Support
- Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio support
- Crossfire Support upto 4-way: Native software crossfire (No bridge required)
- Gaming @ 4k Resolutions (UltraHD)
- Synergy with next-gen game consoles (Mantle)
- Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture - optimized from previous generation products

Specification:-
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 947MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr



Only £319.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Gerard93 said:
Are these still the loud, overheating cards? Really want an R290X now but holding off as everyone said it was noisy and overheating :(
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Green Fan Boy Alert....Wah....Wah....Wah !!!!:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p

although on a more serious note, I agree, a reference cooler design is not what I am after either, will wait for the more efficient / quieter variants to emerge :)
 
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Any chance of a 290x at the 400 mark? As I just missed an offer of another retailer having them at that price. I'd buy two in a heartbeat if possible.
 
Gibbo said:
Maybe next year.
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seriously :eek:?

Was there any major AMD driver issue in the last 1-2 years? One of the reason why I chose Nvidia is because I use I5 and I thought Nvidia goes better with Intel and better driver.

Since performance wise this is so damn fast and performance/price ratio is much better than 780

Sorry one of thing, the R290 only gets a bit noisy when I play games right? Is it still quite quiet when I am just watching movie?

(Sorry I am NOOB and never use AMD before, thank you MASTER :D)
 
jupiter_man said:
seriously :eek:?

Was there any major AMD driver issue in the last 1-2 years? One of the reason why I chose Nvidia is because I use I5 and I thought Nvidia goes better with Intel and better driver.

Since performance wise this is so damn fast and performance/price ratio is much better than 780

Sorry one of thing, the R290 only gets a bit noisy when I play games right? Is it still quite quiet when I am just watching movie?

(Sorry I am NOOB and never use AMD before, thank you MASTER :D)
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It really depends on your case cooling and room temperature, if your room is 30c+, its gonna get loud!

Movies etc. it should remain pretty silent, below 40% fan speed with no issues.

Gaming set fan speed at 55% with temperature target of 90c, and all should be well. :)

780 is a quieter card for sure, but 290 cost less.
 
only £10 off on 'today only'? You've had much better savings than that on othet 'today only' deals.
I've considered returning the 290x and wi going for the pro saving ~£150(will loose the bf4 but i'm not too bothered with bf4).
 
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