Custom R9 290/290X Reviews/Availability/Listings thread

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24601

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3DVagabond said:
Gee, think there's a more expensive one out there? :D

Newegg is out of their mind. I hope people aren't dumb enough to actually pay these prices.
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People obviously are dumb enough to pay these prices, as there are plenty of verified reviews of the 700 + 8 USD Gigabyte one.

The 780 + 8 USD Powercolor with the EK block is actually sold out as well.......

On a side note, I have finally managed to coax all my cards to 1000 core 1500 memory now :D

I'm quite satisfied with my 3x card purchases now that I was able to achieve that.
 
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Communism said:
People obviously are dumb enough to pay these prices, as there are plenty of verified reviews of the 700 + 8 USD Gigabyte one.

The 780 + 8 USD Powercolor with the EK block is actually sold out as well.......

On a side note, I have finally managed to coax all my cards to 1000 core 1500 memory now :D

I'm quite satisfied with my 3x card purchases now that I was able to achieve that.
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What's your combined hashrate with all of that...stuff? It's gotta be pretty sick i'd imagine.
 
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24601

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blackened23 said:
What's your combined hashrate with all of that...stuff? It's gotta be pretty sick i'd imagine.
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975 + 882 + 882 = 2739 kh/s

When I try to do higher clocks/voltages on the cards my PSU hits the OCP @ 12a @ the wall sometimes o.o

I guess that's convenient, since if I do 12+a @ the wall for more than a couple of hours my circuit breaker is supposed to blow as well.
 
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Communism said:
975 + 882 + 882 = 2739 kh/s

When I try to do higher clocks/voltages on the cards my PSU hits the OCP @ 12a @ the wall sometimes o.o

I guess that's convenient, since if I do 12+a @ the wall for more than a couple of hours my circuit breaker is supposed to blow as well.
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Assuming those 3 cards (290x/290/290) are all in the same PC, how many watts does that PC pull?
 
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Lonyo

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I was kind of expecting that once the cards were launched, there would be reviews. Not that reviews would randomly appear of one or two cards across a dozen sites at various times over a 2 week+ period.

If there was any method to the reviews/etc then it would help. As it is, due to the way that no one seems to have got review cards, I can't be as bothered to try and update random things that happen.

Pretty terrible custom card launch really.
 
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SimianR

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NewEgg bumped the price of the Tri-X 290 to $579.00 now, but I'm willing to bet the MSI R9 290X Gaming price will drop as they have 54 in stock and I don't think they've been selling too well at the current (ridiculous) price of $719.99.

I think people are willing to pay quite a price premium on the R9 290's because there isn't a huge performance difference between the 290 and the 290x, and AMD's original MSRP @ $400 for the 290 was pretty aggressive but once you start asking people for $700+ on a 290X that's where most will draw the line (as it doesn't make any sense for miners anyway).
 
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I think what we REALLY need is for Litecoin to crash in value down to the sub $5 range, so all of those hoarded ATI cards start showing up on eBay for less than retail.

THEN we'll finally be able to find a reasonably priced 290 with a custom cooler.
 
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What I really do not understand is why is everybody waiting for these custom coolers. Doing the AIO water mod is cheaper (Thermaltake AIO is $40 after rebate on newegg today I think), quieter, and it cools a lot better than any of these aftermarket tri-fan coolers under load.
 
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fleshconsumed said:
What I really do not understand is why is everybody waiting for these custom coolers. Doing the AIO water mod is cheaper (Thermaltake AIO is $40 after rebate on newegg today I think), quieter, and it cools a lot better than any of these aftermarket tri-fan coolers under load.
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People want the warranty
 
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I guess most of them are just waiting for hassle free, fast, cool, silent and cheap (not anymore) sku. And still waiting...

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Like this Sappo Tricks.
 
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blackened23

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Nobody mining LTC in the EU? I heard that is behind the scarcity.
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Nah. Like above poster stated, it is profitable in some countries (US) while not being profitable in the EU. With some countries being outliers. Energy cost is a huge variable in this respect.
 
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XFX doesn't void the warranty if you swap the cooler. I'm moving to a closed loop one myself early next month, using that bracket thing though, not zip-ties :p
 
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