SAPPHIRE Announces the Radeon R9 290X/290 Tri-X Graphics Cards

[Behemot]

Well considering you said you own a 280 Toxic and most reviews have it around 75C in FurMark & 65C while gaming.

Besides if you bother looking at the card you can tell its not the same cooler.

I'm going to have to call BS on you and your setup.

Oh yeah, barely noticeable plastic cover shape difference and one fan 5mm larger (the one with least importance). Yes sir, it is sooooooooooooo different it will cool 15-20% more heat not only to the same, but even lower temperatures! Oh, wait…

 

[progste]

That vapor-something is just BS, no improvement over HP. Besides, there is HOT air coming from the fins, you think there is some problem with heat transfer from the core to air? NO. It just cannot handle. We are talking about bloody 300 watts…

why is everyone freaking out for the 300 watts when the 780 and 780-ti consume about the same? (and the 580 was even more)

 

[Behemot]

I haven't said those are not just about the same bloody ovens, have I?

 

[Frick]

Where are the TPU reviiewwwwws????

 

[Eroticus]

You saying I am blind? Got the card right here. Orange rims, three fans, long like hell. Has sligthly different bracket because of different connectors, maybe some tiny difference here and there but overall pretty much the same. Stock cards have about 50 watts difference so it will be +- the same here. That means way over 300 watts, jeez. And people wonder why such cards barely survive warranty period…

Power Consumption of my 5870 Crossfire about 500~600w

i got these cards already 5 years.

 

[a_ump]

I haven't said those are not just about the same bloody ovens, have I?

Oh yeah, barely noticeable plastic cover shape difference and one fan 5mm larger (the one with least importance). Yes sir, it is sooooooooooooo different it will cool 15-20% more heat not only to the same, but even lower temperatures! Oh, wait…

have you done the basic checks on your card? took heatsink off to see what kind of contact with the board but mainly GPU its getting? could be 1/8" of TIM in there and you not know it. just a thought.

 

[Behemot]

You noticed I said hot air is coming from it? It would be cold if there was bad thermal joint with core, right?

 

[Xzibit]

You noticed I said hot air is coming from it? It would be cold if there was bad thermal joint with core, right?

You also said.

This not gonna work. Just got their R9 280X with the same monstrous cooler sitting at open and mining, it heats like oven with fans hitting maximum speed. They want to add extra 50 watts? No way. It will melt.

Which reviews from several sites have proven wrong already...

Here is another with a quote

Despite being significantly cooler than reference, the R9 290 Tri-X is also less noisy during use. It isn't the quietest graphics card we've ever used, and in truth we didn't expect it to be, but it keeps temperatures in check without having to massively ramp-up fan speed. During our own gaming benchmarks, fan speed never rose beyond 40 per cent (roughly 2,000RPM).

So definitely something wrong with your card or setup if your have to have your fans at max.

 

[Behemot]

There is also HD 5850 I think, 4 slots from it. Got window opened on it right now but it's still quite noisy. And I am in cold here as the hot air goes above me

What setup they use? I got it on table and it's not good. Consider how many people are not able to cool their case at all.

 

[Xzibit]

There is also HD 5850 I think, 4 slots from it. Got window opened on it right now but it's still quite noisy. And I am in cold here as the hot air goes above me

What setup they use? I got it on table and it's not good. Consider how many people are not able to cool their case at all.

What people are unable to cool their cards ?

All you done is post a few comments without any proof, not even of your own experience.

Trolling much ?

 

[Nihilus]

He just wants a hug!

It seems most of the custom coolers like MSI and HIS are targeting the 290x. Sapphire was smart to get the non-reference 290 going. If availability is good, this will be very tough to beat! Looking forward to reviews.

 

[Ravenas]

He just wants a hug!

It seems most of the custom coolers like MSI and HIS are targeting the 290x. Sapphire was smart to get the non-reference 290 going. If availability is good, this will be very tough to beat! Looking forward to reviews.

Getting a hold of Sapphire's cards with the new coolers is very frustrating. The 280x is constantly out of stock.