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MSI Announces their Radeon R9 290X Gaming 8GB Graphics Card

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MSI is proud to announce the availability of the new R9 290X GAMING 8G graphics card. Packed with 8 Gigabyte GDDR5 memory operating at 5500MHz and all the extra features stuffed with it, the new 290X GAMING 8G is sure to drive UltraHD gaming resolutions without any problem.

 

R9 290X GAMING 8G Technical specifications

  • GPU: Hawaii XT
  • R9 290X GAMING 8G Clock speeds: 1040 MHz (OC Mode)
  • Memory size / Speed: 8096 MB / 5500 MHz
  • Connectivity: DisplayPort / HDMI / 2x DL-DVI-D
  • Card Dimensions: 276x127x39 mm
  • Afterburner OC support: GPU / VDDCI Overvoltage
  • Power connectors: 1x 8-pin, 1x 6-pin PCI Express

 

 

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Source: http://www.techpowerup.com/206950/msi-announces-radeon-r9-290x-gaming-8gb-graphics-card.html

 

Sapphire announced theirs, as did XFX, now it's MSI's turn. Still, this would be a really nice card for 3-way Crossfire Eyefinity setups. 

 

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1381504-community-standards/

 

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This might might sound stupid but what does the extra RAM on the GPU do for it. n00b here.

What else is there to say i am to n00b to understand computers so yea...

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This might might sound stupid but what does the extra RAM on the GPU do for it. n00b here.

Helps with 4k gaming i guess. 

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This might might sound stupid but what does the extra RAM on the GPU do for it. n00b here.

It's basically like DRAM, but only for GPUs in the way that with normal ram it's how many things you can have open at the one time, VRAM is basically how big the resolution/3d scenes can be

 

EDIT: 3d scenes are probably on the normal RAM

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This might might sound stupid but what does the extra RAM on the GPU do for it. n00b here.

allows better textures and quality to dumb it down. better for higher res. 

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This might might sound stupid but what does the extra RAM on the GPU do for it. n00b here.

 

This amount of memory is mostly useful for Multi-Monitor Setups, as you increase your resolution drastically your VRAM utilization goes up. This means people who have three of these in Crossfire could drive the Multi-Monitor Resolution at max to near max settings without being bottlenecked by lack of VRAM. 

 

 

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This amount of memory is mostly useful for Multi-Monitor Setups, as you increase your resolution drastically your VRAM utilization goes up. This means people who have three of these in Crossfire could drive the Multi-Monitor Resolution at max to near max settings without being bottlenecked by lack of VRAM. 

 

this is probably enough for 1440p surround to now be a reality for more people

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Sapphire, XFX and MSi?

 

What about HIS?

 

I really don't want to go with XFX just so I can have a cooler that doesn't look like crap

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this is probably enough for 1440p surround to now be a reality for more people

 

I agree, 1600p surround too. I think if games start to take advantage of Crossfire (and SLI) better, perhaps even with a 4-way Crossfire they could drive 4K surround. But there's not many games that take advantage of 4-way configurations aside from maybe Tomb Raider.

 

Sapphire, XFX and MSi?

 

What about HIS?

 

I really don't want to go with XFX just so I can have a cooler that doesn't look like crap

 

You think Sapphire's and MSI's coolers look like crap? 

 

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1381504-community-standards/

 

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Looks pretty good, but why are they not using the Twin Frozr 5 cooler on this?

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price?

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Wont the card max out  before all 8gbs are being used?  Maybe even for cross-fire.  It might work for tri-fire.  If Nvidia had a 8gb card it would work for DSR, probably.

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Nice, wish they would release the R9 300 series though.

 

Isn't that next year?

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Isn't that next year?

Possibly, AMD hasn't really said when. But I'll just make a guess and say either December or Q1 2015

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The 295X2 alone can't handle 4K gaming because of the 4gb limitaions.  I have read that you can tri-fire the 295X2 with a 290X, with fair results.  Would this 8gb card do the trick for that?  You could run the 8gb card as your main.  Too much of a premium product at this point.

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The 295X2 alone can't handle 4K gaming because of the 4gb limitaions.  I have read that you can tri-fire the 295X2 with a 290X, with fair results.  Would this 8gb card do the trick for that?  You could run the 8gb card as your main.  Too much of a premium product at this point.

 

?? I don't know about that. 295x2 is about as fast a 4k solution you can get in any game that isn't Ubisoft or Nvidia Games Works related.

 

My one R9 290 can run a locked 30 plus on Shadows of Mordor at 4k. It just can't do Ultra texture pack (which many people think they are running when they click ultra but aren't, because you have to download it and restart the game after you change the setting) without stutter. 2 of these new 8 gigs should be able to do that with ease.

 

Other than that game and maybe Skyrim with a metric crap ton of mods? It should perform the same as the 4gb versions or the x2. Bout the only games I can think of that can take advantage of this. I don't know how many more games are going to release 6 GB texture packs. I imagine not many. Maybe 4 GB if we are lucky.

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and a bunch of skyrim mods.

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Why didn't the use the nicer coolers like the ones they had for the 900 series.

My guess is they're saving it for the 300 series not to mention that twin frozer workds pretty well anyway.. My question would be why skimp on the back plate hell even the MSI 4gb 270x has a better back plate this things is almost pointless.

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(the new AMD cards Rx 300 will use the new Vram, so we can use all GDDR5 on the cards we have now)   :ph34r: 

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Well the 980 is more powerful, cooler and more quiet so I would rather have that...

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