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Gigabyte Radeon R9-290X WindForce 3X OC review
Posted by: on: 01/07/2014 10:10 AM [
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We review the Gigabyte Radeon R9-290X WindForce 3X OC edition. A lot of you guys have been waiting on a custom cooled version of this product. Armed with the latest revision of the WindForce 3X cooler and will get that 2816 Stream processor based Hawaii chip with and 4 GB GDDR5 memory running along a 512-bit memory interface. The WindForce 3X card will be equipped with a fully custom PCB design. The card is powered through 8-Pin + 6-Pin power configuration and obviously runs at factory overclocked specifications. The card can Boost towards 1040 MHz and is clocked at reference clocks on the GDDR5 memory.
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elazul
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Posted on: 01/07/2014 12:44 PM
So what card would you go for guys ? The Sapphire Tri X or the Gigabyte Windforce ?
So what card would you go for guys ? The Sapphire Tri X or the Gigabyte Windforce ?
Pale Rider
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Posted on: 01/07/2014 12:49 PM
Do you know if this is one of the cherry picked gpu's sent out only to the review sites?
Or, is this card typical of off the shelf versions?
This story has been out for a while now and just because AMD said they fixed it, doesn't mean that they actually did so.
I'd hate to buy one or two of these cards only to find that they run significantly less than the ones sent to the review sites.
My Titans don't run as well as those reviewed, so Nvidia is also suspect, as such, I really no longer know who can be trusted. The reviewers themselves don't know for a fact what they've been sent to review.
I don't understand why the manufacturers cannot give review sites coupons so they can get such items themselves from any retailer.
That way they would be reviewing exactly the product that we have to buy.
I'd happily forego reading the very 1st reviews and wait for store bought samples to be reviewed before making my purchasing decisions.
That's really the only way reviews can be fully trusted.
Do you know if this is one of the cherry picked gpu's sent out only to the review sites?
Or, is this card typical of off the shelf versions?
This story has been out for a while now and just because AMD said they fixed it, doesn't mean that they actually did so.
I'd hate to buy one or two of these cards only to find that they run significantly less than the ones sent to the review sites.
My Titans don't run as well as those reviewed, so Nvidia is also suspect, as such, I really no longer know who can be trusted. The reviewers themselves don't know for a fact what they've been sent to review.
I don't understand why the manufacturers cannot give review sites coupons so they can get such items themselves from any retailer.
That way they would be reviewing exactly the product that we have to buy.
I'd happily forego reading the very 1st reviews and wait for store bought samples to be reviewed before making my purchasing decisions.
That's really the only way reviews can be fully trusted.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45915
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45915
Posted on: 01/07/2014 12:55 PM
Do you know if this is one of the cherry picked gpu's sent out only to the review sites?
Or, is this card typical of off the shelf versions?
This story has been out for a while now and just because AMD said they fixed it, doesn't mean that they actually did so.
This was a production sample, not cherry picked.
Do you know if this is one of the cherry picked gpu's sent out only to the review sites?
Or, is this card typical of off the shelf versions?
This story has been out for a while now and just because AMD said they fixed it, doesn't mean that they actually did so.
This was a production sample, not cherry picked.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Don Vito Corleone
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Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45915
Posted on: 01/07/2014 12:56 PM
Sapphire refuses to submit samples to Guru3D.com, so I don't know / can't comment on it really.
So what card would you go for guys ? The Sapphire Tri X or the Gigabyte Windforce ?
Sapphire refuses to submit samples to Guru3D.com, so I don't know / can't comment on it really.
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Don Vito Corleone
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Yes, did you actually read the article ? Page 4 and the conclusion.