Wednesday, October 9th 2013
Radeon R9 290X Features 64 ROPs
A leaked company slide by AMD confirmed that its high-end "Hawaii" silicon indeed features 64 raster operations units (ROPs). In reference to its predecessor, "Tahiti," the slide speaks of 2 times the ROPs (32 on "Tahiti") and 1.4 times the stream processors (2048 on "Tahiti," so 2816 on "Hawaii"). Other known specifications include up to 1 GHz GPU clock, up to 5.00 GHz memory clock, and a 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 4 GB of memory. Reviews of Radeon R9 290X could surface around mid-October.
Source:
WCCFTech
130 Comments on Radeon R9 290X Features 64 ROPs
Now, i have no problem with power but the noise the poor cooler will have to produce to cool this core. I honestly think that the only way to get along with it is by putting a large copper waterblock on this sucker.
I once had a GTX480 - It ate so much juice and ran so hot that when a fly came by it lost it engines.....
But enough of the speculations.....give us some reviews Wizz :peace:
Especially if they want more than $500 for it.
These two factors should result in the poweruse of the R9 290X being lower than just linearly extrapolating the powerusage from a 7970GHz ed to the new performance level, and might actually be a lot closer to the poweruse of current gen top of the line cards.
I have been using ATI since 9700PRO way before AMD Monster took over ATI!!!This is one of the worst and ugly looking cooler I ever seen!!!!:D
Most people who buy this should be using liquid or other high end cooling to get the most out of it, or have a case with enough airflow to make sure everything stays cool. I am always amazed when some noob puts a high end GPU in a tiny case with negative airflow, and then expects the card to magically keep itself cool.
Want it to stay cooler and run the fan slower? Positive air pressure and or be ready to upgrade the cooler. If it makes noise half of you wear headphones anyway.
I couldn't care less about power consumption as long as temps are kept in check so it can be over-clocked to 290x clocks
If 290x is 64ROP, it will beat GTX titan and NVIDIA will have to say goodbye to its $1000 price.Of course people can wait another 6 months for Nvidia to release something new but consumers buy the GPU's when they need em, otherwise u can wait forever and newer and better GPU's will be made. 10 years ago folks didn't have 4GB of RAM now we got 4-6GB GPU!