AMD selling reference cards?

[SimianR]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814105039

I'm curious as to whether this cooler would be as poor as the R9 290 reference cards. I'm also surprised that this card is specifically an AMD card and not sold through one of their other partners (unless it's just made by Sapphire but not branded as such). This reminds me of the good old days when you ATI used to sell their own cards. It also comes with a power supply but there doesn't seem to be any info on that.

But something does seem off about the listing - wonder if it will actually stay up.

 

[LTC8K6]

Odd listing...

An AMD R9-390 card and a 700W PS bundled and sold by Newegg.

 

[railven]

I do like that design. Reminds me of the sexier HD 6K streamline/boxy look over the bulbous HD 5k and future HD 7K series.

5870

6970

7970

However, I wouldn't be surprised if they stuck the same gold awful cooler that I believe they've been using since the 5K series.

I've always enjoyed ATI reference packaging. If this is how AMD is going to handle the GPU section being more of it's own entity, I can get behind it. Bring back ATI and welps...you made a little boy happy.


Oh, I wonder if the PSU is also AMD branded. Is AMD now doing PSUs? Haha.

 

[xthetenth]

I like the mention that the memory is HBM. Thanks for being reassuring, Newegg.

 

[burninatortech4]

What a strange listing. It says nothing at all about the psu other than the wattage. I'm intrigued by this reference design but I'm not too confident about its cooling ability given that the reference 290 cooler throttled the gpu.

 

[railven]

This listing was posted as far back as August. Since there is a Q&A with those dates.

They suggest to click the specs tabs for more info, such as product website (which I always do). One link takes you to the standard AMD page and the other is a 404. Haha.

Also, weird on the HBM memory listening. That product is baffling!

 

[tential]

Amd, releasing reference cards afterwards so their launch reviews look better?

Did amd just out nvidia nvidia?

Wow.... I'm surprised.

 

[SimianR]

I would actually love to see a review of this card. It might not be be too different from a reference R9 290/x review - but it would still be interesting to see if this cooler is any different, and whether or not it throttles, acoustics, etc.

 

[Headfoot]

I wonder if its just a placeholder listing for a combo deal of 390 + some power supply

 

[SimianR]

Ryan Smith actually said the exact same thing - apparently it's a placeholder for a bundle in this OEM build.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/BOM.aspx?Item=83-227-540

I would be curious to see if they would actually a ship a "reference" R9 390 or if it would be whatever aftermarket card they have in stock.

 

[railven]

Well, if someone buys that bundle what card do they get? Haha.

 

[Techhog]

lol

The AMD Radeon R9 390 video card gives you everything you need to enjoy the latest games today and tomorrow. Based on the highly acclaimed AMD GCN architecture, it comes with AMD-pioneered High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-chip, and is battle-ready with the support for next-gen APIs (DirectX 12, Vulkan, OpenGL 4.5, Mantle). It enables you to take advantage of 1440p and up to 4K Ultra HD high resolution displays to play the most demanding games at maximum detail better than any card in its class. You can experience the smoothest gameplay without frame-tearing or stuttering with an AMD Eyefinity 3x1, by using 1440p FreeSync-enabled monitors for a massive 6K gameplay “surround view” panorama. Additionally, it’s loaded with PowerTune and ZeroCore Power for power efficiency. A 700-watt power supply is included.

 

[Shmee]

Newegg fail.