Got this puppy today, I just came back from work and found some goodies:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7595.jpg
I'm a little bit of a Battlefield lover:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7597.jpg
This is my first AMD card since my good old HD3850 AGP, man, has it been that long?
http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7598.jpg
Looks like all 290X cards are reference designs so far, all XFX did was put a sticker on the fan
http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7600.jpg
Radeon, a proud name:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7602.jpg
Really looking forward to put this puppy to its paces, will upload more photos, it'll go along with my 4770K in my HAF XB rig, will keep you guys posted, let me know what you think
EDIT: OK, as promised, here are pics of my rig, this is before removing the 680s:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7614.jpg
This is with the 290X in:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7617.jpg
Playing a BluRay on my PS3 while Win 8 installs
http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7645.jpg
After a fresh install of Win 8, don't worry the rig boots directly to desktop and looks just like Win 7 after installing Start is back, I haven;t installed any games yet
http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7643.jpg
A close up of the rig, all storage drives are solid state, so no worries about that sub woofer affecting any HDD:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7633.jpg
So let me know what you guys think about this new rig