AMD shooting themselves in the foot?

[linus7]

Apparently there has been a rumor floating around that there won't be custom coolers for the 290x until early 2014 
and the only question i got to ask is why would AMD they hold the custom cards? ( especially that soon NVIDIA is going to drop the price on the 780) are they shooting themselves in the foot?

[The Great Sayain Man]

Apparently there has been a rumor floating around that there won't be custom coolers for the 290x until early 2014 

and the only question i got to ask is why would AMD they hold the custom cards? ( especially that soon NVIDIA is going to drop the price on the 780) are they shooting themselves in the foot?

It's RUMOR. Not even AMD would do smth that stupid. (Nvidia did it with the Titan lol)

[chillxnate]

We've already seen non-reference 280x's, so what makes you think they would delay non-reference 290x's? No way is this true, let alone a good rumor.

[Coombzy]

It's RUMOR. Not even AMD would do smth that stupid. (Nvidia did it with the Titan lol)

TTL was told by vendors and AMD that its either early 2014 or not at this time.

[MbV93]

We've already seen non-reference 280x's, so what makes you think they would delay non-reference 290x's? No way is this true, let alone a good rumor.

But the 280X is an HD 7970 Ghz, it's a really old card now, all vendors had their solutions ready but anyway... you say early 2014 like if it was far away, it's like 2 months away, it looks like a very short and reasonable time to me for the reference cards to sell and non-reference coolers to come out.

[linus7]

But the 280X is an HD 7970 Ghz, it's a really old card now, all vendors had their solutions ready but anyway... you say early 2014 like if it was far away, it's like 2 months away, it looks like a very short and reasonable time to me for the reference cards to sell and non-reference coolers to come out.

but the reference  card runs at a 95 degrees and has noise problems

why would people buy it ? 

[Coombzy]

but the reference  card runs at a 95 degrees and has noise problems

why would people buy it ? 

people who don't care about noise on their cards and the others who want to slap a water block on it.

[linus7]

people who don't care about noise on their cards and the others who want to slap a water block on it.

amd says its ok for the card to run at 95 degrees but i'm not so sure about that

[MbV93]

amd says its ok for the card to run at 95 degrees but i'm not so sure about that

I'm sure the cards have a warranty that covers it for years so I wouldn't worry about it.

[Coombzy]

amd says its ok for the card to run at 95 degrees but i'm not so sure about that

you can limit the temps if you really want to

[linus7]

you can limit the temps if you really want to

and lose performance in the process 

i have been waiting to build a new pc for quite sometime

but i really dont know if i should grab a reference seems to risky.... 

 

[Coombzy]

and lose performance in the process 

i have been waiting to build a new pc for quite sometime

but i really dont know if i should grab a reference seems to risky.... 

 

lose performance? no you will get the same performance it will just tell the gpu not to go to above the target you set for the temperature besides you are hardly going to reach 100% load unless rendering and playing or benchmarking anyway

[Torand]

TTL confirmed, and I more or less quote;

 

"There will be no Direct CU II R9 290x this side of christmas, nor will there be a club custom card as the manufacture rates are too low for them to do anything productive."

 

Something along the lines of that, he said, after contacting his reps. at both Asus and Club3D. 

 

He didn't say anything about any of the other vendors. 

[N7_Zer0]

We've already seen non-reference 280x's, so what makes you think they would delay non-reference 290x's? No way is this true, let alone a good rumor.

 

280X is not a new architecture like the 290's. It's based on the 7970GHZ which they already had cooler designs for which is why non-reference coolers came out so fast.

[Wolfur]

lose performance? no you will get the same performance it will just tell the gpu not to go to above the target you set for the temperature besides you are hardly going to reach 100% load unless rendering and playing or benchmarking anyway

 

At stock clocks, R9 290x is unable to stay with maximum clocks all the time... as fast as it gets to 95*C it starts throttling slowly.

[lachyman]

I don't really give a shit about cooling because temps can be adjusted and it looks good (It has red LEDs, doesn't it?), but how loud is it at 100% fan speed? AMD is notorious for their jet engines.

[Lord Pantaloons]

It's RUMOR. Not even AMD would do smth that stupid. (Nvidia did it with the Titan lol)

The Titan's stock cooler isn't hideous, only being able to get one with the stock cooler is not an issue when it looks like this

[notenoughtv]

The thing is that the Titan's cooler is good. It's not a terrible stock cooler like the one we have seen for years now.

Considering what TTL said I really hope AMD reconsiders their decision.

[DrainDoc]

Apparently there has been a rumor floating around that there won't be custom coolers for the 290x until early 2014 

and the only question i got to ask is why would AMD they hold the custom cards? ( especially that soon NVIDIA is going to drop the price on the 780) are they shooting themselves in the foot?

My first thought would be, for them to see what the 780ti is going to do to them.

[DrainDoc]

The Titan's stock cooler isn't hideous, only being able to get one with the stock cooler is not an issue when it looks like this

I found myself polishing my monitor......So Pretty!  B)

[linus7]

TTL confirmed, and I more or less quote;

 

"There will be no Direct CU II R9 290x this side of christmas, nor will there be a club custom card as the manufacture rates are too low for them to do anything productive."

 

Something along the lines of that, he said, after contacting his reps. at both Asus and Club3D. 

 

He didn't say anything about any of the other vendors. 

then this gives hope to see a gigabyte msi or a sapphire at the end of october

[linus7]

The Titan's stock cooler isn't hideous, only being able to get one with the stock cooler is not an issue when it looks like this

but does it reach 95 degrees ?

 

[DrainDoc]

At stock clocks, R9 290x is unable to stay with maximum clocks all the time... as fast as it gets to 95*C it starts throttling slowly.

95C!!??  Why didn't anyone tell me they were having a BBQ!!??  I like mine Medium to Medium-well!  

[Lord Pantaloons]

but does it reach 95 degrees ?

 

if you set the temperature target to allow for 95 degrees it will.

[linus7]

if you set the temperature target to allow for 95 degrees it will.

but im sure the stock cooler on the titan is much less terrible then on the 290x?