It's been a few hours.... Come on man, google it for me!!
It's been a few hours.... Come on man, google it for me!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...on%20R9%20290XOriginally Posted by zombie67
Though Newegg is charging $580, the rumor of $550 turned out to be true. Goodbye Nvidia with your slower $650 GPUs (though they're issuing a price cut next month).
No boost clock speed anymore. Now the stated clock speed of the GPU is the "up to" speed, and that speed will be maintained as long as temps don't exceed 95C. Yes, 95C. That is AMD's default max temp. On the plus side, the way the new settings work, the GPU will never run hotter than 95C unless you change the setting. This could be a good safety feature. If it tries to go above 95C, it throttles itself. Standard "up to" clock is 1000MHz.
L2 cache on the 290X has been increased to 1MB, up from 768kB on the 7970.
Length is 11", which is about 1/2" longer than a 780 or Titan.
6-pin + 8-pin power connectors.
Power usage....they claim TDP is 250W, however it's clearly closer to 300W. As i mentioned awhile back, it's obvious this GPU was meant to be made at a 20nm lithography, but AMD got in a hurry because of Nvidia being faster (at gaming) and TSMC was unable to pick up the pace, so AMD gets what they get.
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