Gigabyte Lists Its WindForce-Equipped Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 Cards

[03hdfatboy]

Good luck with your build mate. Hope it goes all to plan and most importantly the card is as good as we hope they are. Im still waiting for it to get released over here in england. The wait is absolutely torture...

Still waiting on the fedex truck

 

[03hdfatboy]

FedEx came

 

[1nfa76]

Oh yeah baby that looks gangster. You must be absolutely buzzing. I will upload my version of that pic for ya. Good luck with ya build and let me know how it runs. Can't believe ur going crossfire also. Please tell me they are quiet as I am hatching all my hope that they are.

 

[03hdfatboy]

Found out I cant use the OC panel with this MoBo guess I'll be sending it back.

 

[1nfa76]

Found out I cant use the OC panel with this MoBo guess I'll be sending it back.

oh no your joking :-( why the hell not??

I'm thinking of jumping ship to the dark side, yeah Nvidia. lol it cost more admittedly but it kills the 290x in every benchmark I have seen alongside the fact they are really quiet. gonna go for the windforce OC version of course.

Saying that though I keep changing my bloody mind.

 

[03hdfatboy]

Newegg charges a 10% restocking fee

 

[03hdfatboy]

For those who are following I've ran into a snag. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/new-rig-for-2014.196198/#post-3040749

 

[NeoXF]

oh no your joking :-( why the hell not??

I'm thinking of jumping ship to the dark side, yeah Nvidia. lol it cost more admittedly but it kills the 290x in every benchmark I have seen alongside the fact they are really quiet. gonna go for the windforce OC version of course.

Saying that though I keep changing my bloody mind.

Stop following nVidia-payed sites maybe?

Either way it sucks that AMD cards are out of stock in most places and gimped in price at the moment, otherwise I'd be really scratching my head at anyone who thinks 4% more performance in 3 out of 5 games means having 1GB of framebuffer less and having to pay 20% more a great deal...


Aaaanyway, where my MATRIXes, Lightnings, TOXIC/ATOMICs, SOCs and TurboXs at?