AMD Radeon R9 390X Teaser Pic – Definitely Water Cooled + Small Form Factor

[othertomperson]

Maxwell I can't argue with whatsoever, but other than the 290(X)s, AMD generally had decent heat output for all of their cards. They weren't far from their nVidia counterparts.

 

Also the 9590?

 

The rest of the 200 series had passable TDP but it was nothing to shout about. The 280X started life as a competitor to the 580, and beat it both in TDP and performance, but that doesn't necessarily mean it makes the transition down to mid-range all that gracefully imo.

 

And yeah the FX 9590 was the first (to my knowledge) product that AMD shipped with a watercooler because it was just overclocked to hell rather than being anything particularly new or exciting.

 

This is the third time they've done this, and you're wondering why they're getting a reputation.

[Norman_the_Owl]

Maxwell I can't argue with whatsoever, but other than the 290(X)s, AMD generally had decent heat output for all of their cards. They weren't far from their nVidia counterparts and even beat them in certain cases..yet jokes and over generalizations are made. I don't get it.

 

Also the 9590?

The 780 ti and 290x were basically on par as far as heat prouduction/power consumption, but AMD gets a bad rep because of their bad stock cooler.

[Guest]

The 780 ti and 290x were basically on par as far as heat prouduction/power consumption, but AMD gets a bad rep because of their bad stock cooler.

My 780 is not the quietest thing ever. I can't imagine a 290x. That would just force me to spend $400+ on a custom loop so that my ears don't bleed.

[Norman_the_Owl]

My 780 is not the quietest thing ever. I can't imagine a 290x. That would just force me to spend $400+ on a custom loop so that my ears don't bleed.

Dang, you're ignorant.

They're are even better coolers available (IMO) for AMD cards than for Green Team cards, and seeing as how reference AMD cards are irrelevant SINCE THEY ARE NO LONGER PRODUCED, you need to step back in line

[Decon]

If only the whole card was single slot

waterblock yo

[NumLock21]

only hdmi and dp. time for adapters for thosw whos screen dont have hdmi.

[othertomperson]

The 9590 comment threw me off because I thought we were exclusively keeping this to GPUs. @TheCovertCamper said that AMD cards are hot, not the CPUs. I can't argue with the FX series at all. Intel has them beat lol.

 

The 280X competes with the 7XX cards in it's tier temperature wise though? Excluding reference coolers (because those suck at both ends of the spectrum), the 280X does very well.

 

I still don't see why AMD gets bad rep for this minus the 290(X) (and even then, that is with reference coolers most of the time). Maxwell, I can understand, but it has only been out for a year and the flagship cards for less than that. The jokes have been here for as long as I can remember...

 

I'm talking about AMD as a company, not their GPUs specifically.

 

And temperature isn't what I'm referring to either. As the 295X2 showed, you put a radiator on two 290Xs and you can get them to run at 60 celsius: your room will get toasty doing it, but the cards won't throttle. Actual heat power outputted concerns me more than temperature.

[Eroda]

that looks fake not even sure why just cant see amd designing a card like that

[spartaman64]

Uh you know the stock card literally is watercooled, right? Like... it's not a joke. The card literally is so hot that AMD forwent air cooling entirely...

 

Like how people can call this a fanboyish statement is beyond me: the picture has the fucking rad in the background o.0

 

 

AMD cards are so hot now that the stock ones are watercooled 

there is an air cooled variant  

[niofalpha]

Soo a Stock single GPU needs a watercooler to function... 

 

The heat output/ power draw on this thing will be enormous... 

[Guest]

Dang, you're ignorant.

They're are even better coolers available (IMO) for AMD cards than for Green Team cards, and seeing as how reference AMD cards are irrelevant SINCE THEY ARE NO LONGER PRODUCED, you need to step back in line

I know. There are better 780 cards than mine. There are better 290x cards. Just saying, most 780ti and 780 cards are probably quieter than their 290x equivalents. This is simply my assumption as I have never had experience with aftermarket versions of either card.

[Guest]

there is an air cooled variant  

We don't know yet. There wasn't an air cooled 295x2 or 9590.

[Timmy-P]

Okay, I know that WCCF has been accurate these past few times, but really now...

Small-form? Not really, but HBM.

Watercooled? Perhaps, since it's been a small trend from them lately but only with the 295X2 and 9590, in which the GPU was a double-unit, slightly unlikely.

Specs? Fourth the frequency of the 290, yet bandwidth is multiplied. But again, HBM, however I have doubts...

But all of these together? I have my concerns, read above.

But as always, lets just wait and see what happens.

[Opcode]

AMD cards are so hot now that the stock ones are watercooled 

 

Uh you know the stock card literally is watercooled, right? Like... it's not a joke. The card literally is so hot that AMD forwent air cooling entirely...

 

Like how people can call this a fanboyish statement is beyond me: the picture has the fucking rad in the background o.0

What you see is likely the WCE version for high end enthusiasts. The stock R9 390X should be air cooled as it's rumored to have only a 300w TDP. If it happens to not be air cooled then it's not because the card runs hot but because they wanted to provide an all around better cooling solution (300w TDP can be easily air cooled look at the R9 290X non-reference). The "AMD runs hot" nonsense only started because of Hawaii and you know why that happened? Shitty reference air coolers not because of a hot core. If you want to be statistically right Nvidia is the company that makes cards that will burn your house down. That's not a biased opinion but actual fact.

[Norman_the_Owl]

We don't know yet. There wasn't an air cooled 295x2 or 9590.

Most 9590's were... "Air cooled"...

 

Most 9590s didn't ship with a stock cooler, only a special edition shipped with a water cooler, and i've only ever seen 2 of those in the wild since the 9590 released several years ago

[Daegun]

Awesome. More people talking about how the 390x HAD to be shipped with a water cooler because it runs so hot.

You guys know people overclock their 290Xs right? That IS a thing.

[SurvivorNVL]

I actually like the push toward Watercooling for cards, and I really do hope these're in this form factor.  While a long graphics card is amazingly beautiful, there's something nice about a small form factor card.  Especially if this damn thing boasts TitanX performance at half the size, lower cost, and with watercooling for that overclocking headroom.  Man, is it a nice time to be considering an upgrade.

[Opcode]

I'd like to see the R9 390X about this size with an AIO.

 

 

Killer ITX gaming rigs inbound!

[spartaman64]

the r9 290x had a 290W tdp and this is only a 10W increase so air cooler should be able to handle it 

[Delusional Phil]

Why is the clockspeed still remains 1 Ghz ? What is this ?

[Opcode]

Why is the clockspeed still remains 1 Ghz ? What is this ?

Fiji uses AMD graphics IP v8 (Tonga) so don't expect higher clocks as the architecture itself needs to be suited for high clocks. Otherwise the card will become too power hungry and run hotter than it needs to as AMD would likely need to crank up the reference volts to accommodate higher frequencies. Besides they really don't need to touch the frequency as they stacked +1280 more shaders onto the card over the R9 290X.

[Gunjob]

Uh you know the stock card literally is watercooled, right? Like... it's not a joke. The card literally is so hot that AMD forwent air cooling entirely...

 

Like how people can call this a fanboyish statement is beyond me: the picture has the fucking rad in the background 

The GPU and Memory are stack on top of each other, using a CLC to cool that single combined package is the best choice. HBM is alot hotter than GDDR to my understanding.

[The Benjamins]

Soo a Stock single GPU needs a watercooler to function... 

 

The heat output/ power draw on this thing will be enormous... 

 

Just because it has a water cooler does not mean it will be power hungry or output a lot of heat. it could mean high end card comes with a high end cooler for better noise, and turbo/oc headroom.

[Sonefiler]

 oh lawd that's sexy

[-rascal-]

Just because it has a water cooler does not mean it will be power hungry or output a lot of heat. it could mean high end card comes with a high end cooler for better noise, and turbo/oc headroom.

This.

Amazing how the GTX 900 series have a lower power draw, and lower TDP....yet EVGA GTX 980 Hybrid.

Sweg, Bruh