AMD Radeon R9 290X

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Stock 290s perform exactly as the one's sent for testing by test-sites, in the silent mode they have slight lower performance.
Swedish site sweclockers.com (unfortunately only in Swedish) had an article about it.

[guncrasher]

is amd like before where if you want to switch back to nvidia you need to reinstall windows?


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[Ack-Ack]

is amd like before where if you want to switch back to nvidia you need to reinstall windows?


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ATI cards were never like that, before their acquisition by AMD nor afterwards.  Just like with installing any video card, in order to make sure there were no issues it was recommended to remove all drivers from Windows before installing a new video card.  The same went for Nvidia cards.

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[Masherbrum]

ATI cards were never like that, before their acquisition by AMD nor afterwards.  Just like with installing any video card, in order to make sure there were no issues it was recommended to remove all drivers from Windows before installing a new video card.  The same went for Nvidia cards.

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Correct!

[Rich46yo]

Yeah the 780GTX is inching towards $500 mark. The 290X is having a huge impact on the market.

I stay NVidea cause Ive had such good luck with them. But years ago I had a few AMDs and they were nice cards. I wouldnt hesitate to buy a 290X if it was in the right configuration/system.

One thing I love about the 780GTX is how cool the thing stays. Even in graphics heavy apps it stay amazingly cool.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Yeah the 780GTX is inching towards $500 mark. The 290X is having a huge impact on the market.

I stay NVidea cause Ive had such good luck with them. But years ago I had a few AMDs and they were nice cards. I wouldnt hesitate to buy a 290X if it was in the right configuration/system.

One thing I love about the 780GTX is how cool the thing stays. Even in graphics heavy apps it stay amazingly cool.

I think the 290 will have even more impact with its $399 price tag and very close to 290x performance.