Enter the Radeon R 290(nonx)

[brownninja97]

http://videocardz.com/47294/amd-radeon-r9-290-non-x-gaming-performance-leaks

 

see the new card in action doing all of the stuff that normal gpu would BUT BETTER WITH BETTER FRAMERATES AND BETTER PRICES AND LOUDER FANS AND best of all there isnt an (X)

 

 

[Coombzy]

actually looking quite good not many frames in it for the price it is looks like the kind of battle the GTX 670 and the GTX 680 had price to performance wise

[tristan1035]

On that same page they said that 780 sli was ~5fps better than one 290X in Hitman Absolution. I'm calling the bullshits.

[helping]

That looks quite promising actually depending on how it's price relative to 290x.

of course these are still only 'leaks'

[whatthe_fuzz]

Um im not sure how I feel about benches off some Dark Lords Facebook....

 

If this is true...dang.

[M-ursu]

Finally we see something about 290.

[EChondo]

Honestly, I am from this point on completely disregarding everything coming from "videocardz.com". Everything they post there is 100% rumor based and it hypers everyone up for no reason. Weren't they the ones advertising the NDA lift was a week or two ago and everyone believed them?

 

I'm happy with the benchmarks, but come on, the whole site is shady.

[brownninja97]

Honestly, I am from this point on completely disregarding everything coming from "videocardz.com". Everything they post there is 100% rumor based and it hypers everyone up for no reason. Weren't they the ones advertising the NDA lift was a week or two ago and everyone believed them?

 

I'm happy with the benchmarks, but come on, the whole site is shady.

I just found new news on the news sections which has some new news regarding news of the nvidia 900 series cards, this new news is awesome, im going to spread this news on the news sections of this forum.

[Gunzkewl]

I'm confused, there are so many benchmarks and all of them have different results..

[AlexGoesHigh]

I wonder if its possible to put a 290x bios into the 290 in the future like 6950 to 6970 on certain cards

[maazster]

I wonder if its possible to put a 290x bios into the 290 in the future like 6950 to 6970 on certain cards

If there are reference cards with a bios switch... may be. But it depends if they lasered off the cores. Also with speed binning the cores disabled in the 290 may be defective which would lead to unstable results.

[Alex(PlayMedium)]

Are there rumored prices for the 290 cards already?

[Derangel]

Are there rumored prices for the 290 cards already?

 

I've seen people say $449. It is really one of the only prices that make sense for it. The 380x is $300 and the 290x is $549, so it really only can be $400-449.

[Alex(PlayMedium)]

I've seen people say $449. It is really one of the only prices that make sense for it. The 380x is $300 and the 290x is $549, so it really only can be $400-449.

yeah makes sense..

[Mooshi]

Without a mention of screen resolution, graphics settings used and clock speeds, I'm calling bullshit on this so called leaked benchmark. The Facebook watermark isn't exactly helping credibility, either.

[Derangel]

Without a mention of screen resolution, graphics settings used and clock speeds, I'm calling bullshit on this so called leaked benchmark. The Facebook watermark isn't exactly helping credibility, either.

 

I agree. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if the 290 was within 10% of the 290x. Assuming the leaked specs are right there isn't a gigantic difference between them. I hope they both have the same stock PCB.

[lachyman]

Just what I tought, the diffirence is the same as between 7950 and 7970 - minimal, but significantly lower price.

[legopc]

holy crap 94c damn but it does look cool