AMD Hawaii showcase

[MrKambo]

If your looking to buy one, you could always buy two and give me one.

If it's re-branded I'm not bothered, as long as it performs well for a good price then I'm happy. I just need A graphics card.

im only buying one this time, dont have the room to crossfire besides i wanna smash up some bitches on Battlefield ive never played it and the entire human race seems hyped about it, i want in!

the 290 is a new gpu and apparently 280 is the 7970 rebrand

 

[Tripp]

im only buying one this time, dont have the room to crossfire besides i wanna smash up some bitches on Battlefield ive never played it and the entire human race seems hyped about it, i want in!

the 290 is a new gpu and apparently 280 is the 7970 rebrand

yeah i thought as much kambo. hey if you are gonna try bf4 out, i will happly play a few games with you

 

[MrKambo]

yeah i thought as much kambo. hey if you are gonna try bf4 out, i will happly play a few games with you

yeah course, ill play with anyone....word of warning i have the foulest mouth this side of London (without the cockey accent lol) :lol:

 

[Tripp]

yeah course, ill play with anyone....word of warning i have the foulest mouth this side of London (without the cockey accent lol) :lol:

haha thats fine with me am used to playing with scouser's, who are pretty raw with what they say. i am looking forward to seeing some benchmarks from the R9 290x

 

[MrKambo]

haha thats fine with me am used to playing with scouser's, who are pretty raw with what they say. i am looking forward to seeing some benchmarks from the R9 290x

if we can order them on the 3rd, means Tom and other reviewers would probably already have them

 

[ShaunB-91]

I'm going to end up with a GeForce 2 at this rate. You've never played BF MrKambo!? Where have you been!?

 

[Tripp]

I'm going to end up with a GeForce 2 at this rate. You've never played BF MrKambo!? Where have you been!?

Could let you know when I am getting rid of my 7870 tahiti if you like bud (apologies if I am breaking rules here)

 

[MrKambo]

I'm going to end up with a GeForce 2 at this rate. You've never played BF MrKambo!? Where have you been!?

i work too much to invest time in games like that, besides you guys play in the evening im half way through my shift at this point, so never bothered getting into it

 

[ShaunB-91]

Could you Tripp? I'd appreciate it.

I was looking at getting a 780, but £550 is to steep now really, and this is only going to be for BF4, so it would be stupid of me to spend a fortune.

 

[Tripp]

Could you Tripp? I'd appreciate it.

I was looking at getting a 780, but £550 is to steep now really, and this is only going to be for BF4, so it would be stupid of me to spend a fortune.

yeah no problems mate

 

[Feronix]

So I was watching Linus' video and I noticed that the R9 290x does not seem to have Crossfire support?

http://youtu.be/3MU-DIKvY3U?t=11m43s
(Link because of the time code)

 

[SieB]

So I was watching Linus' video and I noticed that the R9 290x does not seem to have Crossfire support?

http://youtu.be/3MU-DIKvY3U?t=11m43s
(Link because of the time code)

Apparently they don't need the connectors any more and it can be done through the PCI-E lanes.

I read something about it only working on PCI-E 3 though.

 

[Feronix]

Apparently they don't need the connectors any more and it can be done through the PCI-E lanes.

I read something about it only working on PCI-E 3 though.

That would be weird as AMD CPUs don't support PCI-E Gen 3.0 at this point in time and it would exclude people on older platforms. It's not like it dramatically increases the looks of the card.

(Honestly I think this cooler design looks a bit tacky anyway, but that may just be me).

 

[d3rrial]

That would be weird as AMD CPUs don't support PCI-E Gen 3.0 at this point in time and it would exclude people on older platforms. It's not like it dramatically increases the looks of the card.

(Honestly I think this cooler design looks a bit tacky anyway, but that may just be me).

Its reference. Believe me when I say that most manufacturers will have nicer and better performing coolers at launch
I've never seen a reference cooler, beside the GTX Titan one, that I liked.

 

[SieB]

That would be weird as AMD CPUs don't support PCI-E Gen 3.0 at this point in time and it would exclude people on older platforms. It's not like it dramatically increases the looks of the card.

(Honestly I think this cooler design looks a bit tacky anyway, but that may just be me).

I'm not 100% sure on all the details, I had a quick read about the 290x on various sites and remember reading about it. Maybe it will work on PCI E 2 as well, not sure.

I don't like the cooler either, it's all about the after market ones for me though. The DCUII, TwinFrz and Windforce etc.

 

[Excalabur50]

From what I had heard the card didn't have the x-fire fingers as it was only a demo card if you look at the pcb you can see where it would got on it at least it looked like soldering points to me

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

The R9 290X is also supposed to light up (red stripes on the cooler shroud), atleast that is what linus said in his video after he saw the card running.

 

[Tripp]

The R9 290X is also supposed to light up (red stripes on the cooler shroud), atleast that is what linus said in his video after he saw the card running.

am not too bothered about the stock cooler, as i will be putting it underwater asap

 

[Feronix]

The R9 290X is also supposed to light up (red stripes on the cooler shroud), atleast that is what linus said in his video after he saw the card running.

Well, that's original and never been done before :lol:

 

[PeacefulJoe]

We won't see that "light up" feature that often since it's a reference card, but it could look pretty cool.