MSI Radeon R9 290 Photos and PCB Pictured

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/16/2013 05:48 PM | source: | 6 comment(s)

The MSI R9 290X Gaming OC and the R9 290 Gaming OC card have gone up for pre-order at Canadian e-tailer NCIX, likely a little stunt or a booboo as that information should not yet be on-line. The R9 290X Gaming OC is priced at $699 CAD which includes taxes (US $660). On the other end of the scope the Radeon R9 290 Gaming OC is priced at $529.99 CAD (US $500). Though there already have been photo's shown last week on the product, this one reveals the PCB as well.

Looking at it, the PCB definitely a custom MSI design with a fairly reference layout. Components wise things are not reference though, the good news is that MSI uses SK Hynix memory chips (thus not Elpida ).

Product Name	R9 290X GAMING 4G
GPU	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Codename	Hawaii XT
Processors	2816 Units
Core Clock (OC Mode)	1040 MHz
Memory Clock	5000 MHz
Memory Size	4G GDDR5
Memory Bus	512 bits
Outputs	DisplayPort / HDMI DL DVI-D*2
Power Consumption	250W
Card Dimension	257 x 114 x 39 mm
Form Factor	ATX

If you look closely you'll spot a dual-BIOS. NCIX shows that the memory clock speeds is 5.00 GHz, The R9 290 Gaming OC would get GPU clock speeds (possibly PowerTune boost) of up to 1000 MHz (948 MHz reference), while the R9 290X Gaming OC features a 1040 MHz boost frequency. The card is cooled with the MSI TwinFrozr series cooler.

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#4725626 Posted on: 12/16/2013 06:12 PM

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#4725657 Posted on: 12/16/2013 06:31 PM

So stock R290 ~350€, this custom R290 ~370€ (500$)?

I hope so, 500€ would be a joke imo.

Edit:
Although custom 780 sells for 440€ and that 370€ looks perfect