Twas the night before D-Day, when all through the Internet
Not a netizen was stirring, not even a troll.
The web browsers were F5'ing tech sites with care,
In hopes that Saint AMD soon would be there.
The forum-goers were nestled all snug in their threads,
While visions of frame-rates danced in their heads.
And Hazaro in his Spiderman jammies, and I in my gimp suit,
Had just settled our brains for a long benchmarking session.
When out on the forums there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the thread to see what was the matter.
Away to the browser window I flew like a Flash,
Tore open the tabs and threw up the hashtags.
The LCD's glow on the breast of the new-fallen benchmarks
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a monstrous videocard, and eight sites with benchmarks.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St AMD.
More rapid than eagles his chip codenames they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Tahiti! now, ! now, Evergreen and Redwood!
On, Cypress! On, Juniper! on, on Cayman and Barts!
To the top of the GPU heap! to the top of the benchmarks!
Now Bench away! Bench away! Bench away all!"
Reviews and Benchmarks
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-R9-290X-Hawaii-Review-Taking-TITANs <--- Proper FCAT testing, thanks Hazaro
http://techreport.com/review/25509/amd-radeon-r9-290x-graphics-card-reviewed <--- Additional FCAT testing, thanks kharma45
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X/
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/23/amd_radeon_r9_290x_video_card_review/1#.UmidBPmSmQt
http://anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...iews/63742-amd-radeon-r9-290x-4gb-review.html
Dat 4k pwnage
HardOCP drops the bomb on the pricing:
Also, HardOCP drops the bomb on performance (hint: the card is held back by the max fan speed!)
GTX 780 and Titan am cry. Brb selling GTX 780's
Not a netizen was stirring, not even a troll.
The web browsers were F5'ing tech sites with care,
In hopes that Saint AMD soon would be there.
The forum-goers were nestled all snug in their threads,
While visions of frame-rates danced in their heads.
And Hazaro in his Spiderman jammies, and I in my gimp suit,
Had just settled our brains for a long benchmarking session.
When out on the forums there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the thread to see what was the matter.
Away to the browser window I flew like a Flash,
Tore open the tabs and threw up the hashtags.
The LCD's glow on the breast of the new-fallen benchmarks
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a monstrous videocard, and eight sites with benchmarks.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St AMD.
More rapid than eagles his chip codenames they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Tahiti! now, ! now, Evergreen and Redwood!
On, Cypress! On, Juniper! on, on Cayman and Barts!
To the top of the GPU heap! to the top of the benchmarks!
Now Bench away! Bench away! Bench away all!"
Reviews and Benchmarks
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-R9-290X-Hawaii-Review-Taking-TITANs <--- Proper FCAT testing, thanks Hazaro
http://techreport.com/review/25509/amd-radeon-r9-290x-graphics-card-reviewed <--- Additional FCAT testing, thanks kharma45
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X/
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/23/amd_radeon_r9_290x_video_card_review/1#.UmidBPmSmQt
http://anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...iews/63742-amd-radeon-r9-290x-4gb-review.html
Dat 4k pwnage
HardOCP drops the bomb on the pricing:
Introduction and Price
After what seems like several long weeks, the video card we have all been waiting for finally gets the veil pulled back, and its bits exposed. The AMD Radeon R9 290X is here, and we get to show you what it can do.
Let's start with the information you want most, cost. The official AMD MSRP on the AMD Radeon R9 290X will be $549. This places it $100 below the cost of the GTX 780, which is $649. Radeon R9 290 (non-X) pricing, has not yet been revealed.
Also, HardOCP drops the bomb on performance (hint: the card is held back by the max fan speed!)
With the fan at 100%, or basically uncapped, we did notice games, and even benchmarks, did score higher still compared to the "Uber Mode." Therefore, the R9 290X is being held back in performance all because the fan is capped at 40% by default in "Quiet Mode" and 55% in "Uber Mode."
GTX 780 and Titan am cry. Brb selling GTX 780's