Yes and R2 290,R 290x and R2 280 all went up to $80 to $100

Really hard to believe that actually this card is really good for gaming but most of people is not buying it for gaming but to do  business.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2358139

Yup



and here

http://imgur.com/a/L86XJ

http://i.imgur.com/T5BbvrG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dDamPHX.jpg

hey guys, just wondering, whats the difference between r9 290 and r9 290x.? because ive asked around, some of them said that theres not much difference other than the clock speed (is there a significance difference.?), but some said that theres a huge difference in terms of performance.

and also, is the any non-reference r9 290 out there.?

i really need new pc .. but still cant decide which one better .. i wan R290 non x but need to wait...   consider 770 i scare if R290nonx  better than 770 after release ...    pls help!

7950?

Later...balik Kampung...price rm1260+490=rm1750
Using bitfenix prodigy itx.

Comes with 1 fan only, but the rad got mount for extra fan, so use silverstone fm121 coz good airflow. 3 hours taken to complete assemble hybrid on 290.

i will b getting r9 290 this couple of days. so, before i confirm wiv shop, may i know is it the right time to get it now or shud i wait for the gpu wiv better cooler to come out, lets say from asus? if so, is there any rumor when will it b released and will the price increase or same?

so, is it ok if i buy r9 290 now? do u hav it? i read comments saying that the temp is around 95. will it spoil go overheat if i play hours of game?

Ya, thanks to Litecoin, prices of AMD GPUs have gone up again...
Ini semua salah Litecoin!!!

i am thinking of getting R9 290(4) can any tell will damage my mobo or something beacause of heating issue

Plz guide me that how is really  Xfire performance of R9 290 and i dont trust reviews.I trust real time experience.

i talking about R9 290 Cf performance what really hold me back is this
http://www.overclock.net/t/1440600/r9-290-...-with-crossfire

The Crossfire dont work well in past games and some new games as the thread says.

Yes but did read that it only solved new games like BF4.If u continue to read it has problem in games like Max payne 3,Far cry 3,Sleeping Dogs etc but at win 8.1 it running battlefield 4 at max there is no doubt

R9 290(3)>GTX 780(3) in battlefield 4

Yup as all review says and suggest AMD should not solve Multi GPU by software.AMD trying to solve their CF issues with software that is why CF cannot be compare with SLI in terms of reliability and stability.Nvidia has SLI hardware solution called Frame mattering

XDMA CrossFire Frame Pacing - It Works!!!

As you might be able to tell: we didn't get this second AMD Radeon R9 290X card from AMD. They preferred us to wait a bit for our CrossFire testing and, in particular, our 4K CrossFire testing. But sometimes hardware finds its way to our office; when it does, we test!

And to be honest, I am not sure why AMD wouldn't have wanted this story out.  When I published an article in September that looked at the severe problems that plagued the Radeon HD 7000 series in Eyefinity configurations (and thus tiled 4K ones, by association) that also used CrossFire, we wanted to push the company forward to release a fix sooner rather than later.  Today's release of the Radeon R9 290X, based on a new architecture with a completely new CrossFire implementation, proves that the GCN design can be improved!  Our testing with the 4K ASUS PQ321Q monitor with a pair of R9 290X cards clearly shows that to be the case.



The results are not perfect though. Notice I said the issues have been "improved" and not "fixed."  There are clearly some games and situations that need more work to get to a point where game stutter is no longer noticeable.  Metro: Last Light, for example, no longer drops frames when in an Eyefinity/4K configuration but it clearly has a need for tighter frame variances to improve the gaming experience.

And of course, this fix, that comes with a combination of a new driver and a completely new hardware level implementation of CrossFire, doesn't help users of the R9 280X, 270X or even the Radeon HD 7000 series cards that are already out in the wild.  We are still waiting on the promised answer from AMD for those consumers that bought into the idea of CrossFire as well as multi-display gaming.

That is all we have for now - I had only a single day with the second R9 290X and thus testing was short and sweet.  You can expect some more detailed analysis, video comparisons and benchmarks of Eyefinity in the days to come.

Sauce: Frame Rating: AMD Radeon R9 290X CrossFire and 4K Preview Testing

U should ask ur self how many of gamer are playing games at 4K i think not even 0.1%

meaning r9 290 is not good for gaming?

Hi guys,

Which better between HD7870 CF or R9 290?

Thinking about it too but HD7870 sale market for used drop dramatically. That's why planning to CF my card if got offer low price of HD7870

Really poisoning me ar       

BTW, how much PSU wattage (safety range - not too overkilled) for my system if HD7870 CFx. Just OCed my CPU and GPU will leave it stock clock. my PSU can handle it?

if count for its wattage, yes. it will be. but if calculate amp per rail, totally scare to handle second unit of Pitcairn XT