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AMD Radeon R9-290 review
We review the reference AMD Radeon R9-290, the product priced at 399 USD / 349 EUR is going to shock and awe in terms of price, features and performance. We'll test the card with FCAT Frametimes, Ultra High Definition and of course, we'll check out game performance with the latest games next to power consumption and heat levels as well. The Radeon R9-290 will compete with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 at performance and price levels. These cards are little beasts.
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EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce world's first full-cover water cooling solution for the latest AMD Radeon R9 290X, the new flagship per...
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#4693946 Posted on: 11/05/2013 09:31 PM
I'm of a similar mind tbh. I'd never buy a reference cooler when buying from either company unless I intended to fit a waterblock or a high end aftermarket air cooler. As it is I'd rather just wait for one of my favoured vendors to release a non-reference design, like a Toxic or Lightning.
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#4693962 Posted on: 11/05/2013 09:38 PM
Don't I care if my room is like sauna? Once I put my open HD 595's on, I can hear everything like I did before putting them on. No isolation what so ever.
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Who cares about heat and noise?
Do you play with no sound, cause once my headphones are on my ears, i can't hear anything. If you ask me, it could be a helicopter and i wouldn't care less. Same goes for heat. I won't be having the card more than 2 years and i'm pretty sure it will last a lot longer, even at 100 degrees. I bought my 670 last year and i will be selling it on ebay to get me this beast  In the end it will cost me 200 bucks, max. |
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#4693963 Posted on: 11/05/2013 09:40 PM
Looks like the custom coolers will solve the heat/noise problem on these.
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Looks like the custom coolers will solve the heat/noise problem on these.
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#4693964 Posted on: 11/05/2013 09:41 PM
I would like to add my 2 cents here.
Last week I bought 2 290x for CF reasons and I have to admit the reference cooler suck. However, for one card only is fine. It is not loud after a long session of BF4, the card is still quiet and around 70+ - 80+ range.
I think this cooler is alright if you have one card and you run it at stock clocks.
If you go CF, those reference coolers are a big NO. Either watercool (like myself) or wait for custom coolers.
The 290 is amazing value !! like holy crap I paid $550 for my cards last week and similar performance for $400 is available now
I already bought the blocks and sold the BF4 coupons ..lol so I cant return them.
I would like to add my 2 cents here.
Last week I bought 2 290x for CF reasons and I have to admit the reference cooler suck. However, for one card only is fine. It is not loud after a long session of BF4, the card is still quiet and around 70+ - 80+ range.
I think this cooler is alright if you have one card and you run it at stock clocks.
If you go CF, those reference coolers are a big NO. Either watercool (like myself) or wait for custom coolers.
The 290 is amazing value !! like holy crap I paid $550 for my cards last week and similar performance for $400 is available now
I already bought the blocks and sold the BF4 coupons ..lol so I cant return them.
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#4693973 Posted on: 11/05/2013 09:54 PM
The performance gap will be larger in your case since you're on water.
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I would like to add my 2 cents here.
Last week I bought 2 290x for CF reasons and I have to admit the reference cooler suck. However, for one card only is fine. It is not loud after a long session of BF4, the card is still quiet and around 70+ - 80+ range. I think this cooler is alright if you have one card and you run it at stock clocks. If you go CF, those reference coolers are a big NO. Either watercool (like myself) or wait for custom coolers. The 290 is amazing value !! like holy crap I paid $550 for my cards last week and similar performance for $400 is available now I already bought the blocks and sold the BF4 coupons ..lol so I cant return them. |
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#4693981 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:04 PM
I wouldn't say 290 performs similarly to 7970 cf at 1300mhz. Not even close.
I wouldn't say 290 performs similarly to 7970 cf at 1300mhz. Not even close.
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#4693983 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:05 PM
He has two.
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#4693984 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:05 PM
A question for the thermal scientists here:
Even with a custom cooler that lowers the temperature AT the source (the chips), doesn't the card still produce and expel the same heat into the room? I'm quite sure the answer is yes, and that's why I went with a reference card. I don't need to overclock this beast. AMD says it will live out a good lifespan @ 95c, so in the end does a custom cooler matter if you don't plan to overclock?
Good call on voiding the warranty with a custom cooler, but Sapphire's card has 2 years parts and labor.. so if the heat affects the card's life span, I'll RMA no biggie.
A question for the thermal scientists here:
Even with a custom cooler that lowers the temperature AT the source (the chips), doesn't the card still produce and expel the same heat into the room? I'm quite sure the answer is yes, and that's why I went with a reference card. I don't need to overclock this beast. AMD says it will live out a good lifespan @ 95c, so in the end does a custom cooler matter if you don't plan to overclock?
Good call on voiding the warranty with a custom cooler, but Sapphire's card has 2 years parts and labor.. so if the heat affects the card's life span, I'll RMA no biggie.
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#4693987 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:08 PM
Interesting, man AMD should have ditched those crappy stock coolers 4-5 years ago with 5000 series,.
I hope they really learned their lesson now and use something better by next next-gen gpu.
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Looks like the custom coolers will solve the heat/noise problem on these.
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I hope they really learned their lesson now and use something better by next next-gen gpu.
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#4693988 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:09 PM
But the heat does effect performance after it gets up to 95C it starts to down clock (this takes less that 10 minuets) as low as 600Mhz. This is the main problem not the heat dissipation into the room. Us nvidia guys are just having a bit of fun here getting to use all the 480 heat jokes.
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A question for the thermal scientists here:
Even with a custom cooler that lowers the temperature AT the source (the chips), doesn't the card still produce and expel the same heat into the room? I'm quite sure the answer is yes, and that's why I went with a reference card. I don't need to overclock this beast. AMD says it will live out a good lifespan @ 95c, so in the end does a custom cooler matter if you don't plan to overclock? Good call on voiding the warranty with a custom cooler, but Sapphire's card has 2 years parts and labor.. so if the heat affects the card's life span, I'll RMA no biggie. |
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#4693991 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:12 PM
Just surprised that all AIB cards announced so far are with ref coolers for 290/290x. When will the non-ref and exotic coolers begin to appear? As with Fermi, they made a worthwhile difference, so should do well on these cards too.
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#4693993 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:14 PM
Meh, his spec needs changing too.
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#4694012 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:39 PM
Lets see some custom coolers on these things.
Nice card though, great price.
Lets see some custom coolers on these things.
Nice card though, great price.
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#4694013 Posted on: 11/05/2013 10:40 PM
I think AMD would sell more of these if they were more expensive and had better cooling, adding your own cooling puts off people worried about warranty, it also eats away at the value for money as AMD could/should be absorbing part of that cost.
On that subject though, I thought most custom coolers dumped the heat back in the case, I'm all for bringing the heat of the GPU down but not at the expense of the other components in the PC.
I'm sure these cards are due a refresh in GF100-GF110 fashion, the extra performance gained from controlling the heat would make that worthwhile on its own.
I think AMD would sell more of these if they were more expensive and had better cooling, adding your own cooling puts off people worried about warranty, it also eats away at the value for money as AMD could/should be absorbing part of that cost.
On that subject though, I thought most custom coolers dumped the heat back in the case, I'm all for bringing the heat of the GPU down but not at the expense of the other components in the PC.
I'm sure these cards are due a refresh in GF100-GF110 fashion, the extra performance gained from controlling the heat would make that worthwhile on its own.
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I personally do not mind stock coolers on AMD. Because I believe 1st batch should go to those who understand what they are getting.
To those who want to do alternative cooling. I would even get 290x without heatsink at all if that means lower price
BTW Hilbert, can you get us VRM temperatures while GPU is at it's peak 94/95°C?
I really wonder how much they heat up.
One thing is I can do same crazy modification I did on my HD7970 by hybridizing stock heatsink with accelero extreme.
With today's OpenCL benchmarking GPU went up to 49°C and VRM to 63/66°C.
I guess If I do same on 290x it will be as silent as 7970 while keeping GPU under 70°C. But I am not sure about VRM. That is why I would like to know difference between GPU and VRM temperatures on Stock 290(x) cooling.