Gigabyte Radeon R9-290X WindForce 3X OC review

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The initial press-samples had a bit of an issue with an improper heatsink, not bringing enough cooling performance to the product. This story got uncovered at Tom's Hardware and got a bit out of hand.  Basically the surface area of the GPU block needs more surface area and needed to be a hint thicker, Gigabyte ordered these cooler but simply received the version that diverted from the specifications. The second this was discovered Gigabyte halted the production line and replaced the coolers. From what we have learned, the pre-production run that was send out to some partners and media that where defective was merely a batch of 30 cards, the production board with improper cooling never made it into retail. 

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Above the final 'fixed' retail sample result. 72 Degrees C in Uber mode and 82 Degrees C in quiet mode. You'll also notice very little core frequency 'turbo' changes. It's 99% of the time at a full 1040 MHz.

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And here some photo's with the product cooler removed.

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