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nsiboro
post Oct 10 2013, 02:01 AM

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Wow! We are up to v9 already!

Thanks Acid_RuleZz! rclxms.gif

To start things off... any more info re Vesuvius? rclxm9.gif
(a.k.a. R9-290XT)
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post Oct 11 2013, 12:32 AM

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QUOTE(NecroPhilia @ Oct 10 2013, 11:25 PM)
guys,R9 280X toxic,vapour-x vs windforce,which one would be a better bang for buck?
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The way I think/differentiate between them:

TOXIC = when you don't want to play the overclock lottery/game. Already tested to run stable Factory OC-speed

VAPOR-X = vapor-chamber, better heat transfer, slightly lower temps, useful in our weather or you don't have AC in your room/workstation

DUAL-X = vanilla, want to OC yourself

EDIT:
Wants sauna in your case? Iif your case is not well ventilated may make your motherboard components & CPU hotter = lower OC, instability, etc. (fixed, thanks goldfries)


rm60 difference only bro, fuhget about it and go TOXIC if you want the best out of the box overclocked 280X. Bright orangey-yellow looks cool too. tongue.gif


EDIT: The summary of Anandtech Sapphire 280X Toxic is also good advise
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With that said while this isn’t necessarily a head-to-head article between the 280X Toxic and the Asus 280X DirectCU II TOP, it’s a logical comparison we have to make given the fact that both are factory overclocked 280X cards shooting for strong out of the box performance.

For gaming workloads the 280X Toxic cleanly and clearly beats the Asus card here by a meaningful performance amount.

However Asus is absolutely a spoiler here due to their aggressive pricing and their very quiet cooler. Their 280X DCUII TOP can’t match the Toxic, but it’s $40 cheaper and over 5dB quieter.

Consequently if all you want is the fastest 280X on the market then Sapphire’s 280X Toxic is clearly the card to get, otherwise the Asus card is worth a consideration for its better price/performance ratio and cooling performance.

As is almost always the case for factory overclocked cards there is a price to pay for the very fastest card, both in literal cost and in power and acoustics.
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post Oct 11 2013, 12:45 PM

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Battlefield 4 Beta Performance: 16 Graphics Cards, Benchmarked

For completeness. tongue.gif

2GB cards like gtx770 suffers, best to think about getting 280X.


EDIT: article also got CPU benchmark

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post Oct 11 2013, 11:46 PM

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I advise we all need to cool our heels leh... just a few more days.

290x could be USD499 or USD550. shocking.gif

290... drool.gif

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post Oct 15 2013, 04:17 PM

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QUOTE(azsace @ Oct 15 2013, 03:11 PM)
hmm.. interesting read http://www.techpowerup.com/192552/amd-expl...n-xbox-one.html
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I actually take this as very good news.

Microsoft feels sufficiently threatened to do a boycott-PR on Mantle/OpenGL and I think Microsoft will be backpedalling again when games (1) runs better on PS4/Wii and (2) devs deploy more/better games on PS4 due to easier porting to a different platform/OS (Windows/Linux/MacOSX).

Mantle may not "run" on XBONE, but there is no stopping devs from using Mantle SDK. rclxms.gif


QUOTE(sasaug @ Oct 15 2013, 01:16 PM)
There is no point to argue until we see the Mantle SDK, ...
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This is so right. thumbup.gif

nsiboro
post Oct 15 2013, 04:27 PM

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Ooooookay, time for 290X un-boxed & benchmarks from chiphell.

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http://www.chiphell.com/thread-878018-1-1.html

Go! Go! <gadget?!> tongue.gif



EDIT: OMG! shocking.gif X5728 ?!?!?

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post Oct 15 2013, 04:49 PM

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QUOTE(BrianLai @ Oct 15 2013, 04:45 PM)
Wow. too bad i cant read
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I think you can... read. blush.gif

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post Oct 15 2013, 11:20 PM

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@owikh84:

Yeah, we should look at the graphic score.

So far, R9-290X's 5.324k > Titan's 4.6k
And like you, I'm quite concern with the reported temps.
Let's hope it's due to GPU-Z.

Of coz, we don't play 3DMark11X - we play games.
It'll be interesting to see R9-290X gaming beating Titan & GTX-780 at the rumored USD 500-600 price range.

I'm also looking forward to 290X(5.6)/290(4.9) TFLOPs of compute power.

Wonderful time to get NVIDIA GPU after massive price drop.
For those who already paid the NVIDIA-tax, think of this as you already use those cards for many months already. Alternately get another Titan/GTX-780!
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post Oct 15 2013, 11:22 PM

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QUOTE(azsace @ Oct 15 2013, 10:56 PM)
The score looks good.. but me more interestd with r9 290...hope they hav a toxic version...hehe
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Yeah... I'm eying 2x 290. blush.gif
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post Oct 15 2013, 11:26 PM

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*** never mind ***
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post Oct 17 2013, 11:01 PM

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R9-290X first batch only 20pcs. *sigh* sad.gif

I predict... sky high price gorging man...
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post Oct 18 2013, 01:40 PM

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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Oct 18 2013, 11:07 AM)
That's good to know.
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Anyone play Dota 2 in Linux here? What FPS u get?
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____________ AMD __ R9-290X ______Us____



TFTFY.

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post Oct 24 2013, 11:59 PM

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QUOTE(freakenstein @ Oct 24 2013, 11:26 PM)
Wait , free Sapphire cooler? Does that mean reference cooler or what? Oh and btw , did I miss some news? Since many have claimed that there will be custom cooler by the 1st and 2nd month , I thought AMD have said that 290x won't be having any custom cooler ?
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Officially yes - no custom cooler.

Yet, after 780-Ti release = smack new custom cooler all guns blazing

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post Oct 25 2013, 08:02 PM

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QUOTE(-bLiZZarD- @ Oct 25 2013, 07:46 PM)
what do you all think, go for sapphire 6970 at 5++, new set or r9 270x 7++, new set? want to know about performance and temperature.

lingloong offer.

p/s : still waiting for msi r9 270x.
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Go for R9-270x
+ 28nm
+ GCN
+ Mantle

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post Nov 5 2013, 03:12 AM

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There is an unlocked BIOS for R9-290X. (Source)

Apparent AMD set the voltage quite high = lots of heat.
Using the PT1.rom on air, allows voltage tweaking and by lowering it to 1.15v = much lower temps & stable boost @ 1GHz.


Alternately, there is a thread over @ Overclock.net that details overvolt/overclock = undervolt/underclock.

Just be weeeeeerry careful. sweat.gif


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post Nov 5 2013, 04:09 PM

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@Acid_RuleZz

Dude, looks like it the card for us. smile.gif

Just gotta be patience and wait for custom cooler.

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post Nov 6 2013, 04:43 PM

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Yeah, I've already look up ncool15's pricing...

[WTS] ARCTIC COOLING GPU COOLERS - XTREME 3, ~Selling Below SRP!Cheapest price~!


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post Nov 6 2013, 06:53 PM

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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Nov 6 2013, 05:27 PM)
Between this and MK-26, which one perform better in term of cooling performance?
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I'll be going Arctic if I cannot wait (doubt it, as I got a strategy to keep myself not buying reference design tongue.gif )
+ Comes with fan
+ 2 slots

The MK-26 require 3-4 slots. shocking.gif
Some reviews says no fans included.

EDIT: MK-26 is quite heavy.

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post Nov 6 2013, 06:57 PM

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QUOTE(storm88 @ Nov 6 2013, 03:45 PM)
er... mine confirm less than 1.5k lor
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I didn't know the exchange rate is 3.75... rclxub.gif
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post Nov 6 2013, 07:02 PM

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Some of us are waiting for custom coolers of our R9-290/X.

Tom's Hardware did a round up of 7x R9-280X using different custom coolers.
The best part of the review is the sound/noise section, there are videos to give you an idea of how different noise/sound custom coolers made.

Although it's quite difficult to judge sound volume via these videos, it nevertheless highlight the "pitchiness" as Simon says... tongue.gif

I think I'll be going with my fav DCUII and forgo Toxic.


EDIT:
Whoooooopsie! I gave the wrong URL.
This is the right one.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon...-up,3655-6.html


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