AMD will release an updated version of its TressFX hair simulation technology with the ability to animate grass and fur, according to the schedule for the AMD Developer Summit 2013.

TressFX debuted in Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider reboot and was available exclusively for the Windows PC version of the game. The technology allowed developers to render and simulate thousands of individual strands of hair, giving Lara a more life-like appearance. The talk at AMD Developer Summit will cover the new capabilities of TressFX 2.0 and discuss how its rendering and physics work, as well as how research will be applied to future products.

AMD Developer Summit 2013 kicks off today at the San Jose Convention Center and comes to a close Nov. 13. A schedule is available on the official website.

awwwhhh, and I thought I wanna use 280x for 4k reso

what about the temperature? cool enough?

The only thought why I wanted to get Toxic is this

What everyone here fails to realise is the R9 290(X) is designed to run at 95 degrees. AMD deliberately set up the fan profile to keep the temperature at a constant 95 degrees (probably because temperature fluctuations are bad for hardware and to keep the noise levels as low as possible within the spec of the components). The card itself is rated at between 250 and 300W so obviously it can only output that much heat (power gets converted to heat). The 290X outputs pretty much the same amount of heat as a 7970. Due to the poor quality of the cooler and the fact that the fan profile is set up to maintain 95 degrees and go straight back to 20% fan speed when idle this means that a) the card runs "hot" during load and b) the card will remain "hot" during idle (hence the hot reputation). Keeping in mind the amount of power these cards consume is similar to the 7970 and power is 99% converted to heat, if a 7990 runs at a decent temperature with its cooler, two 290(X) GPUs will be able to have their heat just as effectively dissipated.

It has already been proven that attaching a custom cooler from a 280X to a 290 will vastly decrease temperatures to the range of a custom cooled 7970. AMD just wants the card to run hot, that's all. The card itself is not "hot".

Aight?

While these third party coolers help with core temps, a few users had been reporting higher VRM temps especially on the left top (11 o'clock position) though - Either because the cooler's fan coverage does not properly cool the VRM/the heatsinks for VRM uses thermal tapes/pads instead of thermal adhesive which greatly decreases efficiency.

Will need to do some experimenting when I get my 290. Hmm.

^ bad cooler for 290s imo since there's no airflow to cool off VRM1.

This is nice, wonder how much will be? 

whoa I cant help then since I'm using win7 64bit..probably its a windows problem with this driver, have you tried latest 13.11 beta 9.4 btw? Maybe someone with Win8.1 PC and Radeon GC can help here

no, sometimes the BSOD is not defect, it's just AMD drivers are rather wonky.

I had a same machine with HD 3450 / HD 5450 / HD 7790 and HD 7970.

The HD 7970 works with the latest drivers but not the rest.
The HD 7790 needed it's dedicated driver, and will not work with legacy or latest drivers.
The HD 3450 will only work with legacy drivers.

NecroPhilia could you take note of the file mentioned during BSOD? It might be same issue as i was facing.

I solved it by disabling some stuff.

I now it is of the topic so plz it is just one question what the hell is this bitcoin.

my rig consists of asus r9 290, but i already confirm cm gx650 wiv the shop as he has no other psu stock. has anyone tried this kind of psu with r9 290 before? is it really will damage my gpu in long run?

Yup, EA is trying to screw them up with BF4...  Even I have low FPS in games despite of my hardware...

Pissing contest aside, the first review of non-ref 290X

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_...c_review,1.html

Load temps at 77C and silent to boot, woohoo!

Sapphire R9 290 custom cooler review, just saw they post the link on FB:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-...0p-ultra-hd-4k/

ya' know that's really makes me itchy...   
but... but... sold my old setup to my friend today so I don't have gc now... have to get 280x today 

don't know how high that custom 290 will be priced here anyway. 

hii guys...im use r9 270x....want to ask...why i play GTA4 still can't do not to high graphic?i saw average too poor only 30-40....why?my proc fx 8350...why?