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8GB Sapphire Radeon R9 290X TOXIC
Though I have no idea why any gamer should ever need it, Sapphire is stirring the marketing buzz a bit more by announcing a 8GB Radeon R9 290X, it will be a VaporX or Toxic edition. The presumably Toxic Edition ships with an orange accented cooler. Both of these cards will be limited edition and pricing has yet to be confirmed by Sapphire.
Currently there is no word on the clock frequencies whatsoever, but expect a 1050 MHz'ish clock frequency. Anyway below the photo's, courtesy of kitguru.
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LoccOtHaN
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#4781603 Posted on: 03/13/2014 08:42 AM
Maby is not only marketing ;-) look ahead and see the 4k Gaming and CF ;-) gRAM always welcome ! GL Sapphire
Maby is not only marketing ;-) look ahead and see the 4k Gaming and CF ;-) gRAM always welcome ! GL Sapphire
Cryio
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#4781618 Posted on: 03/13/2014 09:24 AM
This is future proofing right here, seeing how 3 GB of VRAM is becoming normal for 1080p, 4xAA and High-Rez textures.
This is future proofing right here, seeing how 3 GB of VRAM is becoming normal for 1080p, 4xAA and High-Rez textures.
Koniakki
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#4781619 Posted on: 03/13/2014 09:27 AM
2 of these in CF and 4K gaming and it will make a bit more sense.
But again, 8GB of vram... HOLY VRAM! :p
2 of these in CF and 4K gaming and it will make a bit more sense.
But again, 8GB of vram... HOLY VRAM! :p
drbaltazar
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#4781624 Posted on: 03/13/2014 09:56 AM
With h265 just around the corner !unless application plan to real time more?sapphire might need to give an example where this is useful (probably some form of bitcoint mining?)4gb was the sweat spot because file size system of window is 4gb .but this 8gb?I can't see its use ,it isnt ram ,so like most say it would be slow when used as a ram replacement !
With h265 just around the corner !unless application plan to real time more?sapphire might need to give an example where this is useful (probably some form of bitcoint mining?)4gb was the sweat spot because file size system of window is 4gb .but this 8gb?I can't see its use ,it isnt ram ,so like most say it would be slow when used as a ram replacement !
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I agree with Hilbert, 8GB is total overkill ATM, this is nothing more than a marketing stunt IMHO.