PowerColor shows off their Radeon R9 390X DEVIL GPU, but be warned, this is not AMD F
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Tolemac
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Having Owned both the GTX970 and the R9 290x I have had 1st hand experience with both cards i'll let the 3D mark results speak for themselves
Asus Strix GTX 970 http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2425164
Sapphire R9290X VaporX http://www.3dmark.com/sd/3025977
As you can clearly see the R9290X scored better "rests his case"
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Asus Strix GTX 970 http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2425164
Sapphire R9290X VaporX http://www.3dmark.com/sd/3025977
As you can clearly see the R9290X scored better "rests his case"
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Tolemac
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Only some of the R9 290x had 8gb variants of them as far as im aware unless you count the 12gb titan
yeah im looking forward to Sapphires cooling solution on them myself
It'd be great if you could crossfire the 390x with the 290x especially for you
I wouldnt mind, as long as they do pull the s*** they did with the 290x matrix.
The fact that the 390x core is called Grenada rather than Hawai (if its not some marketing scheme) points out there could be more changes. Hopefully a GCN update. The colour compression tech on Tonga cores was pretty good, perhaps its on 390x too now.
About the discussion earlier, what Mazty forgets is that when we are not speaking about the bleeding-tech-edge cards, price/performance is what most buyers will be looking for and a Sapphire tri-x 290 is cheaper than a gtx 970 and performance is the same, while temps are rly good. Gtx 980 are out of this comparison if the buyer will look at the price.
Lets see how AMD prices the 390 range, but if its 350 as most leaks say, it should have some other improvements than 4gb ram.
Tolemac
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It'd be great if you could crossfire the 390x with the 290x especially for you
I wouldnt mind, as long as they do pull the s*** they did with the 290x matrix.
I think I should be able to although I would have to put water blocks on them to fit in my case but I was going to put this R9 290x under water anyway'
and yeah I had the Asus HD7970 Matrix Platinum the sapphire coolers are far superior IMO but lets hope Asus do bring a tri cooler to these cards
You are right there EXAR most of us do go price/performance rather than "cutting edge" but I do hope the 390X is compatible with the 290x that would be awesome
I got my R9 290X VaporX for just £275 and I love it I barely hear it in my rig unless i'm heavily benchmarking
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CreatiXx
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- gcn update - well that has already been said a few times, so we can be kinda certain that will happen I think every one is eagerly waiting what amd will provide us price-wise.
To be honest, i've got the feeling that there has been no REAL improvement last year (2years) that made a person worth upgrading for. Or is that just me with too high expactations?
I think every one is eagerly waiting what amd will provide us price-wise. To be honest, i've got the feeling that there has been no REAL improvement last year (2years) that made a person worth upgrading for. Or is that just me with too high expactations?
Dawelio
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You totally forgot the massive coil whine issues on the 970's
... Got 3 different and all were screaming like a rat was being torned apart.Also, when will these be released?... and is the 390X gonna effect the 980Ti's pricing you think?...
Launch on 18th of june, at E3. I think AMD Fury(Fiji) will compete with GTX980ti. 390x will prolly be competition for 970, or if AMD did something unexpected maybe closer to 980, but thats the best possibility i can see.
