.. Actually - I can answer that as AMD already commented on that themselves. Honestly throttling is not bad at all, even much better then I expected. My early tests show 5 to up-to 10%, however this is based on an open test-bench. I will be moving it into a warmer closed Micro ATX chassis and will check thermal behavior versus trapped ambient heat etc. But for the specifics on that one you'll have to wait until the embargo lifts alongside all other benchmarks and tests.

Thank you. Is there any chance you have a small ITX chassis around (or could borrow one) for the review? Perhaps compare it against the 970 ITX in the same environment. I'm really curious to see the results of an ITX (with its restrictive thermals, power, etc.) showdown.

so will these be strictly limited to the 175w or will they be temperature limited and if power limited can the thresh hold be opened for O.C.?

whilst looking at the pictures of this card something dawned on me: would it compromise the structure / increase the production cost of the card that much if the double plate that slots into the PC chassis was changed from a double to 2 individual removable backplates? what got me thinking about this was the fact that all the inputs are on one half of the backplate, and therefore liquid coolers will have quite an easy time to cut off the second half and turn this into a beastly single slot SFF GPU.

Other then the API overhead performance test 3DMark has nothing to offer DX12 testing wise. I started using Ashes ever since last week and all pending GPU reviews published starting next week will include it, However it's a fairly poor benchmark designed to target and demo just one very specific DX12 feature. None the less due to the buzz it created, I'll include it, yes.

Thanks, you rock. I was indeed referring to the draw call test in 3dMark, of course. As for Ashes, since it is supposed to represent how the actual game performs, I think it is a valid test, regardless of it being a good representation of DX12, at least across GPU brands. It should be a good indicator between brands though, so AMD cards compared to AMD cards, and Nvidia compared to Nvidia. Also, you can never have too much data!

I will be moving it into a warmer closed Micro ATX chassis and will check thermal behavior versus trapped ambient heat etc. But for the specifics on that one you'll have to wait until the embargo lifts alongside all other benchmarks and tests.

VERY good. This card will find it's way into many smaller form factor builds, that's where it's supposed to shine.

Other then the API overhead performance test 3DMark has nothing to offer DX12 testing wise. I started using Ashes ever since last week and all pending GPU reviews published starting next week will include it, However it's a fairly poor benchmark designed to target and demo just one very specific DX12 feature. None the less due to the buzz it created, I'll include it, yes.

Interesting. Wouldn't have expected that...

.. I will be moving it into a warmer closed Micro ATX chassis and will check thermal behavior versus trapped ambient heat etc.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this card more for the Mini-ITX market considering most Micro-ATX cases are able to handle larger, far less expensive cards? Right now if you want a powerful GPU in a mini-itx build, most AMD cards wont fit and high end nVidia cards only fit if you make some "adjustments". The thermal environment of a mini-itx case is FAR more restrictive than a micro-atx and by testing it in a mATX case, potential buyers won't get an accurate representation of what they should expect. Hmm... makes me want to build another ITX system. My last one was a Core-2-Quad. seems like ages ago.

I started using Ashes ever since last week and all pending GPU reviews published starting next week will include it, However it's a fairly poor benchmark designed to target and demo just one very specific DX12 feature.

I'm glad to hear you say this about Ashes. I had posted my thoughts about this benchmark which were basically identical on another forum and the rabid mouth-breathers came out in full force. It was like I called all their mothers a bad name it was such a frenzy. hehe. Thanks for the vindication.

Looks good boss. Will there be a possible Crossfire review as well because I am curious to see that. Plus there are some small form factor PCs out there with an SLI or a Crossfire setup some where.

Are you gonna let TechReport borrow your card once finished Hilbert:D

It's appears Techpowerup also will not be able to put up a review of the R9 nano as they have not received an test sample either... It seems alot of places that would normally have gotten one for testing are SOL this time round unless they either A: Buy one themselves or B: Are loaned one by a Member for testing

asus have their R9 Nano up : asus.com/Graphics-Cards/R9NANO-4G/