CapitanoMal
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I have a friend who told me his shop was given info about a certain non reference card from MSI for "early November."
So, take that with a grain of salt.
So, take that with a grain of salt.
AMD R9 290X Review
- Thread starter tinytomlogan
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since AMD won't allow any till end of november i call bullshit.
Nvidia staff didnt even know the Ti was coming. I was talking to them about it the day after and thats the first they had saw or seen it too!
Tripp
too many shrooms
my mouse is hovering over the buy button
, decisions decisions
barnsley
born in a.....
How weird xD. I mean I thought it was common knowledge that of course Nvidia would release a card in case the 290x was way better than the titan/780 and to take the attention away from AMD and back to them. Especially as it was only recently that AMD released their 'new' line of cards?
I know you're planning on watercooling this GPU to see if temperatures are a limiting factor. Assuming that it yields improvements in overclock or w/e is there any chance you could do a review with a Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus II Cooler bolted on it to simulate what possible custom cooler performance would be like?
No because you have to glue all the mosfet and memory heatsinks on. They are bonded on for life mate and Im not doing that to this card and making it useless for future reviews
ObscureParadox
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I've had a similar thing with a source of mine. I'm calling a spin doctor on the whole thing. Just there to get people talking about Nvidia again I think and to stop them from going out and getting a 290X.
I have to admit when I first saw TTLs review I sorta though, why would you recommend the 780 over the 290X? After watching the explanation video and seeing the prices of 780s available at the time (which I originally thought was more in the £500 region) I sorta started to see his point of view. I will still reserve judgement until I see custom cards though as I do think that will help the card out a lot.
Not sure if this has been posted before, if not here it is:
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http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=688001
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Tom! I've been building with AMD gpus since I started building PCs, but I think I may switch over to nVidia. Thanks for giving a very insightful and truthful review!
But before I switch over, I really want to see how much overclocking is possible in a watercooled system, otherwise I may just buy a waterblock for the 780 and use that card. Any ideas on when you'll get a waterblock and run some tests? A month or so?
But before I switch over, I really want to see how much overclocking is possible in a watercooled system, otherwise I may just buy a waterblock for the 780 and use that card. Any ideas on when you'll get a waterblock and run some tests? A month or so?
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
The 290x is still faster if you are looking at performance. The 780 just got a price drop which makes it cheaper than the 290x so that would sway my decision.
Tom wanting(as he said in the video) to do a watercooled 290x vs a watercooled 780 may not happen.. he wants to doesn't mean will be able to. We'll see though.
Kaapstad
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With the 290X it is very easy to stick 1.4v through it out of the box, add waterblock and it will take some beating.
You can also put 1.4v through a GTX 780 if you have the right one but it is a lot more of a pain, thank you NVidia.
What I am really saying is there is a lot of variables if Tom were to do a review.
ObscureParadox
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1.4v :O No chance in hell could you do that to them cards, they wouldn't last very long anyway.
Tripp
too many shrooms
he has his cards watercooled
ObscureParadox
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All the same, I have seen those things go pop with 1.3V going through them. I'd hate to imagine how long it would last with 1.4V watercooled or not.
Kaapstad
Active member
I was pointing out how easy it is with the 290X
For normal use in gaming I don't believe in overclocking, overvolting, or anything else, I just run the cards at stock.
I also don't run any of my intel hexcore CPUs at more than 4.0 24/7, I prefer to max game settings which reduces the need to overclock.
iiBetrayforAR
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