HIS Radeon R9-290X Hybrid ICEQ review

Posted on: 08/21/2014 08:58 AM

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Thanks for the review Hilbert

I don't know, somehow I'm not that impressed with that cooler design. Yes, 80°C might be acceptable, yet again it doesn't look like an overly quiet card, nor a exceptionally cool one... and you need some place to put the radiator too, so it is "costly" in space inside the chassis, and maybe needs an additional opening, thus probably making your whole system louder again. Not really something I'd get, but that's just my opinion. At least the vrm stay cool, and the memory overclock seems to be nice too.

Also, just a little hint: the overclocking section seems to still show some ASUS references from the last card you reviewed

Posted on: 08/21/2014 09:20 AM

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yap ,yap i do appreciate the x series ,the only downfall is the cooler design ,but that is a personal opinion...

Posted on: 08/21/2014 09:33 AM

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Stunning card, however, as others have said, what's with the funky looking cooler?

Posted on: 08/21/2014 12:53 PM

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I would still point out, that according to AMD's CodeXL, Hawaii (and Bonaire) are Sea Islands, not Volcanic Islands, and that first Volcanic Islands GPU's are Tonga (already out in FirePro-form) and Iceland

Posted on: 08/21/2014 12:55 PM

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Tonga is coming this saturday so hopefuly HH let us know more about those cards.

Posted on: 08/21/2014 02:58 PM

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What's with that benchmark list that includes 7 of 8 gaming benchmarks from the AMD Gaming Evolved series?

Posted on: 08/21/2014 05:57 PM

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Damn HiS has been making some funky and ugly looking coolers lately. There is no way in hell even a 290x should be hitting 80c with a AIO unit. Thats not really an improvement over a stock cooler IMHO.

My 7950 doesnt go over 50c(I know not as hot as a 290 though) with single fan at 1000rpm as an intake fan in a warmish room. And it was 85c at stock clocks with stock cooler with fan at 75% which is very loud.