Sapphire Radeon R9 290 pictured and ‘tested’

[Mattriz]

290 benchmakrs:

 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1515052

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25209829&postcount=975

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25212715&postcount=1030

 

some guy got the 290 instead of the 290x

[Poocannon]

290 benchmakrs:

 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1515052

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25209829&postcount=975

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25212715&postcount=1030

 

som guy got the 290 instead of the 290x

thats some weird fuck up hope he does some proper benchmarks. Looks like that thing is a beast.

quote from the 290 owner:

"Wow...

just to say i have hit the 1100mhz mark with my 290 original clocked @ 947mhz

ventilation @ 55% ( abit noisy? or not )

temp: 60-70 max

getting 10k on firestrike aswell screenshots soon !"

Kinda odd that the temps are so much lower, if thats all true, I'm wondering what makes the x version get so hot.

Interesting, interesting indeed. though it's pretty odd at the same time.

Edith: he postet a picture with opened afterburner after a Firestrike run, afterburner showed a max temp of 94°C. He claims those were only hit with

a lower fanspeed in earlier test. Curios if he is an AMD Fanboy and talks bullshit ? Ahhhhhhhh I want to know