Wednesday, October 23rd 2013
Radeon R9 290 (non-X) Launch Date Revealed
Around all the buzz surrounding the Radeon R9 290X, we're ignoring its smaller, more affordable sibling, the Radeon R9 290 (non-X). It's being reported that the SKU will be formally launched on the 31st of October, 2013. From leaked AMD presentation slides, we know that the R9 290 is based on the same 28 nm "Hawaii" silicon as the R9 290X, but with a lower stream processor count, standing at 2,560, and a proportionately lower TMU count, at 160. The rest of the components on the chip are untouched, it still features a 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 4 GB of memory. The GPU core is clocked up to 946 MHz, and memory at 5.00 GHz, churning out 320 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The leak also highlighted the review NDA lifting time for the R9 290X, which is tomorrow.
Sources:
CardPU Forums, VideoCardz
26 Comments on Radeon R9 290 (non-X) Launch Date Revealed
Anyway, 290X is at $549, Good Deal!! Cooler is meant to be loud though in performance mode......now I need to know when the non-reference will be released.
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checking the links from Xzibit.Shitty asian...we never have those prices :shadedshu
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/32915-radeon-r9-r290x-aims-at-$549-pre-tax-price
€649 for the X
My guess is it may depend on how the reviews look and and the pricing will follow.
$1300 for two cards,$600 for eyefinity...yeah BRING IT ON!I'm ready to broke and homeless once again :roll:
I do plan on getting a 290 or 290x, depending on cost/performance, to replace my 7970 with. At 1600p, even with the OC, my 7970 is starting to struggle with newer games (25-30 fps in Crysis 3 with high settings for example). Looks like tomorrow I should start getting the info I need to make that decision.
Speaking of...I also do not think it will be an $850 card like that says either. In the states we have seen listings at $729.Quoted for permanence... juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust in case. :roll:
I guessing, and hoping, that it's a much better deal and they want to get as many people as possible buying the 290x first.
1. The different between the two cards are is so small that with OC'ing, the 290 can come very close to matching a OC'ed 290X, similar to how the 7950/7970 are
2. The 290 is unlockable to being a 290x, like the 6950/6970 were.
2. Not likely at all.