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Offline SirNuke

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AMD Radeon R9 290X
« on: October 25, 2013, 01:42:57 AM »
Damn that looks like a nice card...better than I expected....

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review
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Offline Chalenge

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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 04:19:21 AM »
You should have read a little further. Those cards have some rather serious issues, even if it is only for the moment.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 06:04:21 AM »
Quote from: Chalenge on October 25, 2013, 04:19:21 AM
You should have read a little further. Those cards have some rather serious issues, even if it is only for the moment.

Issues like? From a quick glance it seems they're a bit power hungry and moderately noisy due to cooling requirements. That's going to change quickly with OEMs developing their own cooling solutions as usual.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 09:21:47 AM »
Quote from: Chalenge on October 25, 2013, 04:19:21 AM
You should have read a little further. Those cards have some rather serious issues, even if it is only for the moment.
Links?  On another forum I've been arguing that they were over-hyped, and I would love some more ammunition. 

In all honesty it looks like an excellent video card, even better when price is considered.  The forum I was posting on is filled with insufferable AMD fanboys claiming Nvidia is going to go bankrupt and similar nonsense, so I couldn't leave them with the impression that everyone on the forum shared their opinion.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 09:30:06 AM »
Quote from: BoilerDown on October 25, 2013, 09:21:47 AM
Links?  On another forum I've been arguing that they were over-hyped, and I would love some more ammunition. 

In all honesty it looks like an excellent video card, even better when price is considered.  The forum I was posting on is filled with insufferable AMD fanboys claiming Nvidia is going to go bankrupt and similar nonsense, so I couldn't leave them with the impression that everyone on the forum shared their opinion.
i'm an amd fanboy (for now) but i'm not stupid enough to say something as ridiculous as that. you should be flaming the idiots hard.
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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2013, 12:06:05 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on October 25, 2013, 09:30:06 AM
i'm an amd fanboy (for now) but i'm not stupid enough to say something as ridiculous as that. you should be flaming the idiots hard.

Yep Nvidia has been milking huge margins of its products for a decade when AMD hasn't been able to compete properly.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2013, 02:20:57 PM »
AMD for 10 years now and don't plan to change unless AMDs no longer available. So must be AMD fanboy here   :rock

I've been very pleased with AMD video cards. Currently running AH with 7750 1360x768 single monitor at 50-60 fps, full AA, full up in-game settings less "in-flight clutter" and the advanced update slider is set to "none". No overclocking.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2013, 03:08:24 PM »
Quote from: Drane on October 25, 2013, 02:20:57 PM
AMD for 10 years now and don't plan to change unless AMDs no longer available. So must be AMD fanboy here   :rock

I've been very pleased with AMD video cards. Currently running AH with 7750 1360x768 single monitor at 50-60 fps, full AA, full up in-game settings less "in-flight clutter" and the advanced update slider is set to "none". No overclocking.

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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2013, 03:46:04 PM »
Quote from: guncrasher on October 25, 2013, 03:08:24 PM
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2013, 09:40:52 PM »
Quote from: BoilerDown on October 25, 2013, 09:21:47 AM
Links?  On another forum I've been arguing that they were over-hyped, and I would love some more ammunition. 

In all honesty it looks like an excellent video card, even better when price is considered.  The forum I was posting on is filled with insufferable AMD fanboys claiming Nvidia is going to go bankrupt and similar nonsense, so I couldn't leave them with the impression that everyone on the forum shared their opinion.


The same issues that plagued the Fermi chipset are now mounted upon the 290X. Somehow the dire warnings we received about the GTX 480 are now 'moderate' (Ripley's choice of words) with the 290X. That doesn't bother me as much as the word on Crossfire issues, like the primary video buffer refresh fails, and the forced adaptive Vsync rate (probably to avoid an issue with the premature drivers).

They will get that all sorted out just as Nvidia releases their next card, probably.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2013, 02:46:56 AM »
Quote from: Chalenge on October 25, 2013, 09:40:52 PM
The same issues that plagued the Fermi chipset are now mounted upon the 290X. Somehow the dire warnings we received about the GTX 480 are now 'moderate' (Ripley's choice of words) with the 290X. That doesn't bother me as much as the word on Crossfire issues, like the primary video buffer refresh fails, and the forced adaptive Vsync rate (probably to avoid an issue with the premature drivers).

They will get that all sorted out just as Nvidia releases their next card, probably.

Again, links?  If I resort to linking them to your post as evidence of "the truth", then I'll be no better than they are in their responses to me.  I need evidence.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2013, 04:12:18 AM »
My Geforce GTX 680 broke after 6 months of AH and ROF :old:

2K gaming rig, the shop changed it sharpish :old:
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Offline SirNuke

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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2013, 04:40:01 AM »
I think challenge is uncomfortable with the 95°C temperature under load.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2013, 07:09:37 PM »
My 6870 hit 90C+ regularly during the summer months, I've had it for 2 years now. No problems whatsoever with 3+ hours of constant usage almost every other day. Now that it's getting colder, highest temp last I checked was about 85C. 95C is only worrisome if your card is older than 5 years. These newer cards are built solid as hell.
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Re: AMD Radeon R9 290X
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2013, 06:05:25 AM »
Im afraid, someone is getting paid by the nvidia  ;)
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