Amd Volcanic Islands details

[FlanK3r]

reviews will be 15th for both (290x and 290)?

[Stukov]

Stukov - 280X is rebranded 7970 GHz with old Power Tune syst?m, 290X has new, different system

Is there info out there on the 290's system? I know it isn't released so I hadn't seen anything, I was just assuming based on the 280, the 290 would act similarly. You could be right though.

[Sushi Warrior]

290X almost never would sit at base state (barring terrible throttling or something). Last clocks I saw were ~960-980 on warmup and ~920 once at thermal throttle. Give it some extra fan speed (default is 34%) and it should always stay at 960-980. Give it some extra power budget and it should sit at 1000-1070 (max boost bin, might not stay there even with a giant power budget though. Stock voltages are very high for top DPM state, to accommodate for bad yield chips).

Remember that DPM states don't behave like a base/boost, it smoothly transitions inbetween states very rapidly and has the ability to scale anywhere between 300-1070, it's unlikely it would decide on 800MHz.

Edit: to above, Hawaii uses DPM states which have different voltages and clock speeds for each bin, and it decides what bin to used based on die activity, measured temperature, predicted temperature, current on rails, predicted current, VDDCI/memory power consumption, etc. to hit exactly max spec power usage (208w by default).

[chispy]

reviews will be 15th for both (290x and 290)?

Yes my friend

[Death^Dread]

R9 270X 2GB ($200) have the same HD 7950 3GB ($200) Performance= The best choice HD 7950 3GB
R7 260X 2GB ($140) Lost 15% Comparison to HD 7850 2GB ($135) = The best choice HD 7850 2GB

Jesus AMD!!!What is this strange pricing for these rebrands card???

I think the best card of these new cards are R9 280X 3GB ($300)

Was waiting on an upgrade for my girlfriend's PC to see 260X reviews. Went and got a 7850 2GB for $124.99 after MIR. For my own build, I'm going to try to wait and see if there's a R9 270 (without the X)...

[Flanman]

I'm most curious about the non-x 290 variant.

[SKYMTL]

Will it Crossfire? R9 280X & HD 7970 Scaling Tested.

[Mk]

Will it Crossfire? R9 280X & HD 7970 Scaling Tested.

dude technically its not mixed CF... its the same exact card with a different sticker :P

[PedantOne]

Is there info out there on the 290's system? I know it isn't released so I hadn't seen anything, I was just assuming based on the 280, the 290 would act similarly. You could be right though.

no it is not act similarly as Tahiti, it is completely different. No base clock, only min and max. we have this card over three weeks here, i know how it is working

[[XC] Oj101]

dude technically its not mixed CF... its the same exact card with a different sticker :P

Extra sticker, not different sticker. I don't know if it was only for early revisions or if all will be the same, but peel away the R9 280X sticker and tell me what you see

[kromosto]

Extra sticker, not different sticker. I don't know if it was only for early revisions or if all will be the same, but peel away the R9 280X sticker and tell me what you see

what if i tell you when i peeled 7970GE sticker i found a r9-280x sticker?

[Greg83]

meep
http://www.directdial.com/21227-00-40G.html
http://www.directdial.com/21226-00-40G.html
meep

[Lanek]

[Hornet331]

hmm so basically around 500-550€ (maybe 600) at least i hope for that... would be funny when we see 1:1 again when €/CAD is 1:1,4.

[[XC] Oj101]

what if i tell you when i peeled 7970GE sticker i found a r9-280x sticker?

I'd say you were lucky to get some decent games bundled with that card

[SKYMTL]

dude technically its not mixed CF... its the same exact card with a different sticker :P

So what would you call it?

Technically, according to AMD's CCC, it IS mixed Crossfire.

[wez]

Hmm, any word on unlocking shaders on non-x 290's?

[Lanek]

So my good old watercooling supplier send me this today..

EK Water Blocks is also working on a full-cover water block for the upcoming AMD? Radeon R9 290X flagship graphics card, based on the Hawaii XT GPU, which is due to release on October 15th 2013. Full-cover water blocks.

EK-FC R9-290X will be available in all five versions, and an aesthetic retention backplate will be available for purchase by October 18th.


Best regards,

EK Team

[Dimitriman]

So what would you call it?

Technically, according to AMD's CCC, it IS mixed Crossfire.

The main point as mentioned by your article as well, is that AMD chooses to make it CFX available, and Nvidia on the other hand does not allow for 770 to SLI with the 680.

[nossy23]

700 bucks for a R9 290X? I hope they can deliver a significant amount of performance above a 780 if that is the case. If not, Nividia will not be lowering prices on their 780 cards.

[Lanek]

700 bucks for a R9 290X? I hope they can deliver a significant amount of performance above a 780 if that is the case. If not, Nividia will not be lowering prices on their 780 cards.

Where have you seen this price, 700$ ..? ( huum the preorder of the BF4 limited edition maybe ? )..

I like so much the Nvidia guys ( and im one before been an AMD guy ), but seriously,... AMD release a new GPU, what they think first, is " the price of Nvidia card.. " you cant fight against this, lol ...

Just for you, Nvidia will do a monstruous annonce in Montreal next week, and for tease it, they say: " this will radically change the price of the gpu market " .. maybe they will decrease the price of the 780 and Titan by 2, who know.. or maybe they will be 2x higher, who know..

( Nvidia Montreal conf is on the 16th October, the AMD launch is on the 15th .. Maybe with some luck, we will have in Montreal, Carmack, who will come praise the new low level extension for OpenGL nvAPI made by Nvidia )

[nossy23]

Where have you seen this price, 700$ ..? ( huum the preorder of the BF4 limited edition maybe ? )

http://www.techspot.com/news/54229-p...ed-at-699.html


Of course, nothing is set in stone. I hope this news is wrong.

[kromosto]

Where have you seen this price, 700$ ..? ( huum the preorder of the BF4 limited edition maybe ? )..

I like so much the Nvidia guys ( and im one before been an AMD guy ), but seriously,... AMD release a new GPU, what they think first, is " the price of Nvidia card.. " ... Just for you, Nvidia will do a monstruous annonce in Montreal next week, and for tease it, they say: " this will radically change the price of the gpu market " .. maybe they will decrease the price of the 780 and Titan by 2, who know.. or maybe they will be 2x higher, who know.

funny thing is they raise the prices in gpu market by titan and now they will fix it and be hero ???

[figuretti]

http://www.techspot.com/news/54229-p...ed-at-699.html


Of course, nothing is set in stone. I hope this news is wrong.

meep
http://www.directdial.com/21227-00-40G.html
http://www.directdial.com/21226-00-40G.html
meep

that's about 600 bucks for the 290X and about 540 for the 290

[Lanek]

funny thing is they raise the prices in gpu market by titan and now they will fix it and be hero ???

Yes i know.. this is so much funny to see them coming with that..

But Nvidia have allways been able to surprise us, for the bad and the good, maybe, who know.. maybe we will see jens with a pink t_shirt and white glasses...

http://www.techspot.com/news/54229-p...ed-at-699.html


Of course, nothing is set in stone. I hope this news is wrong.

They dont even got the right spec, and you think they have the right price ? Its funny because i was think he was in the nda presentation in Hawaii .. As for Pre order, you will seen all and nothing as price.. untill they got the MSRP...

( i like how the 290 have a base clock of 900mhz for a 947mhz boost, and the 2900x have a base clock of 800mhz and 1000mhz boost.. completely logic.. ) ... 44Rops.. lol