[Videocardz] 290X Might Not Be Full Chip

[Priller]

http://videocardz.com/50947/amds-radeon-r9-290x-hawaii-xt-gpu-might-full-chip

 

It seems possible but alittle too soon for something new IMO.

[Askew]

So this is a Titan>780Ti/Titan Black situation...

 

Meh, if it gets any hotter it's going to torch your PC.

[The_Strict_Nein]

Why is it everytime someone talks about AMD they have to throw in a Nvidia sucks comment too?

It's such a political move. Rather than actually talk about what's good about you, just attack the other person

[JAKEBAB]

heres another source if u want http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-290x-successor-hawaii-xt-full-chip-planning-tackle-geforce-gtx-780-ti/

 

This is some what surprising i dont really know why they would even bother when nvidia is going to release the 800 series shouldntamd be focused on there next series?

[Mindtrickz]

heres another source if u want http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-290x-successor-hawaii-xt-full-chip-planning-tackle-geforce-gtx-780-ti/

 

 

 

That "source" is referering/citing the first source as their source. So, it's not really "another source".

[Izaya Orihara]

I already know that. That's old news. Like months old. 

[IAmSkip]

They better have a decent stock cooler this time around because it really hampered the 290x's reception, because the gpu itself is quite good.

[Lays]

If people don't have anything to add to the thread, I don't understand why they post.  If you want to talk about jokes and farm likes, go post in off-topic.

 

 

I think this is really cool, I wanted to buy a used 290x, but if this card ends up having the same PCB as a 290x, and it's priced decently, I may get one instead.

[Humbug]

We already knew / suspected for a long time that the 290x is not a fully unlocked Hawai. However AMD has no reason to release a fully unlocked Hawai since the yields would be lower, and their existing parts are already fast enough to compete with Nvidia. They probably reason that it would hurt their own profit margins to release such a product because the supply would be lower. Until recently miners were buying up all the cards so the priority for AMD has been to supply enough cards to the market with demand being so high.

[Biased Opinion]

I would not be surprised if they just let board partners go crazy right of the bat seeing as what happened with the 290x stock cooler.

[JAKEBAB]

That "source" is referering/citing the first source as their source. So, it's not really "another source".

ok more info because they do have different info in each article.

[mymouthandi]

I hope this is true, but it's going to burn if they don't replace that reference cooler. 

[Misanthrope]

Cool. Seriously though while Nvidia might have the upper tech hand AMD has been through this path before (as well as Nvidia mind you) I fully expect a round of rebrands and aggressive pricing to go along with em, which is great for enthusiasts on a budget capable of understanding proper temps.

[qwertywarrior]

so wait

ur saying we can unlock a 290x to 295X (etc) ?

[matin94]

say what?

few things, i wonder how much more power it will consume.

how much further can you push it.

is this the 780ti equivalent they were talking about.

when are they doing the stacked bandwidth GPU?