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Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC Review - Finallyyy

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Not nearly as much of a performance boost from the reference 290 as I was expecting. But at least it puts a lid on those 95 degree temps, haha

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Would have been nice if they actually tested with settings people will use. I am sure all 5 people with a 4K monitor are happy that they posted these benchmarks, but for most people they are fairly useless.

I'll wait for better reviews before making my mind up.

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I went right to the "Thermal dynamics" Page right off the bat, heh. 

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asus DC2 version is way better than this one, see the guru3d.com 's review of asus one....that performed more or less same as 780ti...

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The 4k results are not as impressive as I thought they would be. AMD was rabbiting on for ages about hwo the card doesn't really stretch its legs until you get to extreme resolutions with it's awesome memory... and nVidia is still beating them out. Sad face.

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Awesome looking card, but I can't stand webpages that still use tiny "pages" that require you to click through 20+ pages. It's almost 2014, we aren't on 56k anymore, it should all be on one page.

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asus DC2 version is way better than this one, see the guru3d.com 's review of asus one....that performed more or less same as 780ti...

 

that was of the 290x, and it was beating 780ti's.

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The 4k results are not as impressive as I thought they would be. AMD was rabbiting on for ages about hwo the card doesn't really stretch its legs until you get to extreme resolutions with it's awesome memory... and nVidia is still beating them out. Sad face.

With a card that costs twice as much? So impressive.

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Mhhh dat black pcb.

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DAMN!!!! once again did that mistake, make goblet with that naming scheme, mixed up with 290 and x version..... DAT NAMING SCHEME..... :/

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Would have been nice if they actually tested with settings people will use. I am sure all 5 people with a 4K monitor are happy that they posted these benchmarks, but for most people they are fairly useless.

I'll wait for better reviews before making my mind up.

Here's a review with regular people settings!!

Source: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/63953-sapphire-radeon-r9-290-tri-x/

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I want to see Asus' DirectCU II benchmarks! :) If that is around 420 $ as supposed, it will be an awesome card.

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I want to see Asus' DirectCU II benchmarks! :) If that is around 420 $ as supposed, it will be an awesome card.

I hope its around that price tag. I'm kind of an asus fanboy!

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With a card that costs twice as much? So impressive.

 in the us the 290x is 629 while the 780ti is 699. that is not twice as much

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 in the us the 290x is 629 while the 780ti is 699. that is not twice as much

This isn't an R9 290x though, it's an R9 290. Sapphire has branded this specific model the Tri-X OC referring to it being overclocked and having 3 fans not because it is the X variation of the 290.

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 in the us the 290x is 629 while the 780ti is 699. that is not twice as much

 

That is just the inflated price due to the mining craze.... it has an RRP of $499 I believe, but the card in question - the 290 is supposed to sell for $399 which is almost half.

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I want to see Asus' DirectCU II benchmarks! :) If that is around 420 $ as supposed, it will be an awesome card.

 

seeing as they increased prices by like 150$ It'd prob be closer to 600$ on release :/

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seeing as they increased prices by like 150$ It'd prob be closer to 600$ on release :/

 

Hehe, not in Finland. 290 is still 399 € and 290X 529 € :) But well, those USD prices are still cheaper than these. :D We are used to those extremely high prices...

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Uses a similar design to the 280x toxic edition , it should come out for this card also right ?

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cant wait to see overclocked 290x have a crack now

 

and then an OC'ed GTX 780 Ti have another crack :)

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Performance almost on par with reference 780ti :) cant wait to see overclocked 290x have a crack now

so a on refferenc e 290x would kill 780 TI?

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The 4k results are not as impressive as I thought they would be. AMD was rabbiting on for ages about hwo the card doesn't really stretch its legs until you get to extreme resolutions with it's awesome memory... and nVidia is still beating them out. Sad face.

This is the 290, wait for the 290X OC results  ;) 

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