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[AliG]

a week isn't it Thursday ?

Clearly I was speaking in hyperbole. My point remains the same: just wait for the real reviews

[Tha Last Meal]

AMD Radeon R9 290X makes the first appearance in a store



Maybe one of these cards is yours

[bill_d]

AMD Radeon R9 290X makes the first appearance in a store



Maybe one of these cards is yours

not mine i'll wait to see what a asus directcu ii top looks like and price

[kromosto]

hahahah they forgot to put windows 8.1 compatible banner on the box

[STEvil]

have you got any more pics from diff angles on the card and how you rigged it up?

I'll grab a few later when I have time. Just cut a rectangle hole into the shroud between the gpu heatsinks and taped that fan into the hole pretty much. Nothing special, just fresh air for the second gpu.

I was going to duct it with the fan laying down but got lazy.

[Tha Last Meal]

hahahah they forgot to put windows 8.1 compatible banner on the box

lol

[Tha Last Meal]

R9 290X Card will cost??

$800
$700
$650

[dasa]

all the gtx780 at ple are $850+ other than a palit card at $739
if the first bf4 pre order prices are under $800au then id say $650-700au is in with a fair chance once normal stock appears

[Tuvok-LuR-]

7970 -> vanilla version with 4 games
290x -> premium version with 1 game
AMD better evolve their bundles or I'll go green this time

[Lanek]

R9 290X Card will cost??

$800
$700
$650

Its again the 290x Limited BF4 edition and in pre order, dont expect got the good price with them.

[Heinz68]

R9 290X Card will cost??

$800
$700
$650

I was hoping for much better price. Maybe around 600 USD max 650.
The XFX Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 Bundle $799.00 you posted is being offered by Australian retailer.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?...CategoryID=468

[BababooeyHTJ]

Guys, AMD hasn't released the official msrp. If I'm not mistaken they've released something like 3000 pre-order bundles world wide. So retailers are just gouging.

Just like with every launch that I can remember don't go by pre-order prices. I am always shocked that some of you guys who have been here for at least as long as me post those pre-order prices and go "omg xxxx is going to be so expensive". It happens on every launch without fail.

[Sparky]

Guys, AMD hasn't released the official msrp. If I'm not mistaken they've released something like 3000 pre-order bundles world wide. So retailers are just gouging.

Just like with every launch that I can remember don't go by pre-order prices. I am always shocked that some of you guys who have been here for at least as long as me post those pre-order prices and go "omg xxxx is going to be so expensive". It happens on every launch without fail.

This x10000

You cannot base a card's normal retail price by random retailer pre-order prices. EVER.

[OutSider]

I never trust pre-order prices especially in my country where pre-order price of iphone 5s 16gb in some places was 1000Euro.

[Chickenfeed]

I'm happy to see gpus bundled with decent games again for a change... Last bundled game I liked was YEARS ago when ATI had their HL2 / steam bundle. More than not included games have just no longer been included to cut costs for the board partners. Trouble is the prices didn't drop for the customers as a result more than not.

All in all AMDs aggressive push to better their developer relations has gotten Nvidia attention. Mere months ago Nvidia only offered free to play game credit... now they are at least trying to match AMDs offers.

Tell me Sony/Microsoft, is your PS4/Xbox One including a nice handful of games with purchase... I'm waiting *crickets*

yoda, "Begun the bundle wars have... '

[Hornet331]

So anyone wana buy?

http://www.casetac.com/index.php?rou...BP&language=en

[DefStar]

not mine i'll wait to see what a asus directcu ii top looks like and price

Remember the Asus 7970 directcu ii? they didn't use a reference pcb so you couldn't flash the GHz bios onto it...and then it turned out they used "bad" voltage regulators so you couldn't give it much more voltage.

Bundle wars are cool, I just bought two 7970s and got $40 back by selling the game bundle...that's guaranteed $ back, unlike a rebate.

[dasa]

Remember the Asus 7970 directcu ii? they didn't use a reference pcb so you couldn't flash the GHz bios onto it...and then it turned out they used "bad" voltage regulators so you couldn't give it much more voltage.

you can increase the v a lot i had my 7970dc2t up to 1.45v with software verified with a multimeter trouble is it made no difference to clock speeds vs 1180mv it still topped out at 1204mhz and this was the typical result with this card so they bodged somthing
many of the 79#0dc2 models were totally voltage locked against software adjustment though which is a really thing to do
the heatplate on the card only half contacted ~3 memory chips the rest it made no contact even with thick pads and tightening it wouldnt help it just didnt fit the card

[Heinz68]

EK Water Blocks are ready shipping. Read more and pictures at TPU

EK Debuts Water Block for AMD Radeon R9 290X
Up to four EK-FC R9 290X series water blocks can be interconnected with EK-FC Terminal which allows for hassle-free piping job. The product is available in five different variants, an aesthetic retention backplate is also available:

EK-FC R9-290X - 92,95?
EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal - 94,95?
EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel - 104,95?
EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal+Nickel - 105,95?
EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel (Original CSQ) - 105,95?
EK-FC R9-290X Backplate - Black - 26,38?

Products are readily available for pre-order through EK Webshop and Partner Reseller Network. Due to embargo on the aforementioned graphics card the shipping will commence on October 25th 2013.

[Heinz68]

Newegg USA has R9 290X listed from 4 vendors, but no price. All listed as coming soon - auto notify.
All have Battlefield 4 game included, limited offer.

Newegg Canada has the same listing.

Edit, the R9 290 are also listed

[kuroikenshi]

^^ that's old news from a few pages back

[Heinz68]

^^ that's old news from a few pages back

I'm sorry did not see but if that's the case the mods should delete the post.

[Ace123]

Little issues like that are of no consequence, Nobody expects everyone to read every single post on every single page all the time.

[Ace123]

[Heinz68]

I didn't know the NDA on both cards does not end at the same time. Guess because there was not much rumors about the R9 290 or I was not looking for them.