MSI Radeon R9-290X Lightning review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/06/2014 05:56 PM [ 16 comment(s) ]

This review will cover the MSI Radeon R9-290X Lightning, this graphics card could be considered to be the beast that rules them all ! With a PCB redesigned from ground up and usage of only the best components (high current chokes, International Rectifier PowIRstage, DirectFET chips, tantalum capacitors) MSI designed to design something really special. The factory overclocked product screams performance all over and with that TriFrozr cooler it is dressed to impress. The 2816 Stream processor based Hawaii chip will get paired with 4 GB GDDR5 memory running along a 512-bit memory interface. The card will clock towards 1080 MHz but is clocked at reference clocks on the GDDR5 memory. Hmmm, I just catch your attention ? yeah I figured that much, let's go and check her out shall we ?

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unphoto
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Posts: 26

Posted on: 03/06/2014 10:15 PM

Cherry picked mem mods? yes
Cherry picked CPU's? no.

2nd high end lightning type that does not really offer that much more headroom on the "stock cooler" then the other 290's.

Looooooooong gone is the lighting of the 580 era :bang:

seaplane pilot
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Posts: 1295

Posted on: 03/06/2014 11:47 PM

Nice MSI GPU. I have a 7970L, 7970LBE and 2x XFX 290x's. I was thinking of selling off the 290x's for the 290x Lightning but I will just keep them as I would have to put out too much extra cash to run 2x 290x Lightnings for not much of a gain in performance over my vanilla 290x's.

Anyone know the actual price this monster will carry in USD? $900.00?

Smikis
Member

Posts: 61

Posted on: 03/07/2014 12:56 AM

so it offers 5% overclock, and 1% increase over reference 290x? ( or which 290x it was compared to? ), and super high end card for super hardcore made for overclocking gets praised for those results? You guys cant be serious about this.

amlett
Junior Member

Posts: 9

Posted on: 03/07/2014 09:31 AM

I was hoping better clocks. Mine did 1180 on air with stock cooler and 1225 with the ek block. Anyway that cooler does a great job.

lord_zed
Member

Posts: 55

Posted on: 03/07/2014 02:25 PM

Well i would like to point out MASSIVE FLAW in this whole review.
You used 14.01 drivers for Overclocking !!!!
Are You aware that +50% power limit DOES NOT WORK in 14.1 and 14.2 drivers ??
In my case i am loosing around 5-10% over 13.12 whql drivers with both mantle beta drivers due to power limit.

So basically if whole test was using new betas. Its...Crap

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