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[VideoCardz] Sapphire to launch Radeon R9 290X VAPOR-X with 8GB RAM

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Done this on all 3 posts now...

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Step 1. Rob a bank.

 

Step 2. buy 3 of these & 3 4K monitors for eyefinity.

 

Step 3. Rob another bank to pay for power

 

Step 4. have the most amazing gaming setup EVER.

 

Step 5. profit

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Step 1. Rob a bank.

Step 2. buy 3 of these & 3 4K monitors for eyefinity.

Step 3. Rob another bank to pay for power

Step 4. have the most amazing gaming setup EVER.

Step 5. profit

step 6 rob another bank and seal yourself into a bunker 10 miles under the earth crust to avoid the feds

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Step 1. Rob a bank.

 

Step 2. buy 3 of these & 3 4K monitors for eyefinity.

 

Step 3. Rob another bank to pay for power

 

Step 4. have the most amazing gaming setup EVER.

 

Step 5. profit

 

Or, you know:

 

Step 1. Rob a bank.

 

Step 2. Profit

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I have a 4GB 290X. NEVER played a game that used more than 3GB... I game @ 1080p which is standard this gen.

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Might help with some heavy OpenCl stuff...

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holy shit the card looks amazing, that blue ahhhhhhhhh. They should make a card all that colour ^_ ^. 

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well... let me just get my Radeon R9-990X out with its 128GB of VRAM and lets see how well it does.

 

 

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That cooler looks really unique and special. This is one great card for mutliple monitor 4K gaming (if the R9 290X can handle multiple 4K monitors and be able to use most of the vram which I don't think will because it's only around 50-60fps for a single 4k::http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/11/11/geforce_gtx_780_ti_vs_radeon_r9_290x_4k_gaming/) but the price tag will be pretty expensive.

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That is a fantastic looking card. It is just a shame that hardly anybody makes blue motherboards any more (seriously Asus, what kind of crack were you smoking when you chose the colour "tacky plastic gold"?).

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Goddammit. I want to get this card if the price seems fair. Please Sapphire, make a Vapor X version of the 290 that looks like this with the normal 4 GB and I will instant buy 2 of them!! Would look awesome in my black and blue setup.

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R9 290 sucks at 4k

780ti already beats it in 4k so idk why sapphire botgee with a weak card at 4k

It's hardly a few fps difference.

 

It wouldn't be such a big deal if it wasn't for miners jacking up the price.

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The colour scheme is off putting to me, I want someone to make either a chrome cooler or an anno purple one with either chrome or red accents

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I see no point in this, I can't imagine a single 290x can even remotely get close to playable framerates whilst using 8gb of vram. 

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Although its blue doesn't quite match the one on my MSI board it looks reallly fantastic.

8GB Vram might be overkill because you can't put enough of these cards into a rig to get 60Hz at 4k surround. Atleast not for a game like Crysis 3

144Hz goodness

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that's ridiculous, i cant really see where 8 gigs of v ram is necessary but its still a cool card

love that backplate design too

Eyefinity, i wish i had 8GB on my dual 7970 setup, i'm still planning on upgrade, and this one has got my attention

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Running with 3 monitors, this is very appealing... Currently running out of Vram with a single 780, getting a second very soon... Still interested in the 8gb of ram... Sexy for them higher Resolutions...

6,000 x 1080p for life :P  (Until I can go up to 3 1440p [or 4k] monitors...)

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2 of these, and 4k is no longer such a daunting resolution.

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oooooooooooooooooooooo 4k ! :P

 

Seems like we are slowly but steadily resolving all bottlenecks for 4K Gaming ! Lil more horse power please ! :P

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That look amazing! Also why do people talk about videocardz as if it was an unreliable site, as if they lied all the time or something... I've followed it for a while and they get it right everytime.

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