PowerColor PCS+ R9 290X with 8GB available
TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards since 1997, has released a new model, the PowerColor R9 290X with an advanced frame buffer memory of 8GB.
Designed to fully support future graphically demanding titles at 4k resolution, the PCS+ R9 290X 8GB GDDR5 comes packed with an 8gb memory size, as well as latest GCN architecture innovations such as DirectX 12 and Mantle API. Offering gamers an incredibly immersive HD gaming experience at unrivaled performance.
The new PCS+ model utilizes 8GB of GDDR5 memory with 2816 stream processors. The larger 8GB frame buffer caters to latest applications and games that are getting more memory intensive. Clocks speeds are 1030MHz for the core and 1375MHz for the memory, which is connected via a new high speed 512-bit memory interface delivering excellent performance. To maintain higher OC performance with stability, PowerColor uses their own exclusive Gold Power Kit, including a Digital PWM to decrease the ripple and enhance power efficiency; the PowIRstage enables the Peak Efficiency up to 93.2% and the Multi Phases Design can enhance power efficiency and stability.
PowerColor PCS+ R9 290X |
|
Core Speed |
1030MHz |
Memory Speed |
1375MHz (5.5Gbps) |
Memory |
8GB GDDR5 |
Memory Interface |
512 bit |
Eyefinity |
Yes |
DirectX® |
12 |
CrossFireTM |
Yes |
Output |
DL DVI-D/ DL DVI-D / HDMI / DP |
The newest PCS+ R9 290X is armed with PowerColor’s exclusive PCS+ triple fan design, which combines three 8015 fans, two sets of aluminum cooling fin and a total of 5 heat pipes. This offers gamer superb cooling performance that is 24% cooler and 17% quieter than ref. design. The PCS+ R9 290X only use the highest quality material with a metal back plate and shroud, making it a one of a kind product that gamers have never seen before.
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Adding another 25W to the 290s' TDP should make those cards even nicer space heaters...
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It dosnt take up to 8gb, lol. You can freaken max it out with 4gb.
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So sick of these dumb comments.. do You own one or are you just trying to fit in on these forums?? Does it warm up the room like the gtx 280 and 480?? It's really not that hot.. mine never peaks over 85c when it's overclocked to 1170core and 1550 on he memory.
My GTx 780ti peaks at 84c when it's overclocked 1250 and 7ghz on memory
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My 2 290 cards never go above 60c ever, even when I was litecoin farming,
I do have 4 scrythe gentle typhoons fans fitted and 2 intel water coolers fitted that cost me next to nothing and its dead silent to boot

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/70-pounds-to-water-cool-2-290-cards.197317/
Why anyone would want anything faster is beyond me.
silent cool fast what more can you ask for.
And because its running much cooler I can overclock it more and also use less power due to the lower temps.
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I hope that is enough VRAM. I mean, I'd rather shell out another 100-200 bucks for a 16GB version because Shadow of Watch Orcs takes up to 8GB of ram which is really pushing it...