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Water cooling would be a new thing for single GPU cards from the factory right? If they have it they should release it.
 
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Full coverage W/B with an AIO that the pump is part of the rad. Make something that's better than we expect.
 
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It seems like this Rumor is declared to be wrong:

http://blackholetec.com/main/article/hawaii-xtx-gpu-non-existent

We spoke to sources familiar with the matter, who agreed to comment on condition of anonymity.

"I don’t know why this rumor persists, but there is absolutely no such product. For a modest sum, anyone could xray the die of a 290X and determine this for themselves," our source said.

Our source also noted that the recent W9100 workstation GPU is a 44 CU part. If a 48 CU part did indeed exist, a recent workstation product would be an ideal candidate to launch such an ASIC, which could then trickle down into future Radeon products. A similar approach was taken by NVIDIA with their GeForce Titan product, with a chip that began its life as a Quadro part. As the W9100 does not feature a 48CU ASIC, however, it is unlikely that such an ASIC exists at all.
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There's no proof of this imaginary card and the information given to us by our source explains that the existence of this card is something fabricated by hoping souls. Unfortunately, this rumor ends here.
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Several rumors have been spread declaring that AMD's R9 290X is possibly not the 'full fat' Hawaii card. This revelation found on 8Pack some time ago is wrong according to our sources. Many tech websites have been writing articles ever since. But now it appears that also the first indication to start this rumor has been removed:
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8 Pack from OCuk has deleted his comment about the card.

Videocardz spreading FUD as always...

This thread needs to be closed now, as the rumor is no longer valid.
 
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Whether it is fake or not is up in the air.

What 8Pack did was expected from day one.
Even if he wasn't under any sort of NDA, I don't think AMD would be happy with him exposing their plans before they decided to reveal it themselves.

8Pack hadn't thought his comments would start such a major storm.
This is damage control, but if the rumor is anything true, its too late now.
 
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None of these sites, including blackhole (lol), can be considered solid sources of anything. So two less than solid sites and pro overclocker confirming and one less than solid site not confirming.

Will just have to wait and see if it launches.
 
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Techhog said:
This is confusing. If it's fake, why would two websites sacrifice all of their credibility just to make it up?
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Videocardz has been doing this for a long time. Their claims are utter rubbish, in the same way that Fudzilla's and SemiAccurate's are. If the news isn't from a reputable site its probably totally made up, often by the site itself.
 
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Grooveriding said:
None of these sites, including blackhole (lol), can be considered solid sources of anything. So two less than solid sites and pro overclocker confirming and one less than solid site not confirming.

Will just have to wait and see if it launches.
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Read the site before posting such stupid comment.

Warning issued for personal attack.
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Grooveriding said:
None of these sites, including blackhole (lol), can be considered solid sources of anything. So two less than solid sites and pro overclocker confirming and one less than solid site not confirming.

Will just have to wait and see if it launches.
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Right. Anyway, you can't judge about this new site named blackholetec. It's a rather unknown site, but I've never found any articles that weren't true or reduced their reputation. This can be called a more reliable source than videocardz or any other sites in this league.
 
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Sinthoras said:
Right. Anyway, you can't judge about this new site named blackholetec. It's a rather unknown site, but I've never found any articles that weren't true or reduced their reputation. This can be called a more reliable source than videocardz or any other sites in this league.
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I'd say probably not. No more credible than videocardz or wccftech. I don't put much stock in any of these sites. I remember videocardz leaking there would be a Titan Black months before it ever happened and I thought that was nonsense. Turned out to be right. Same thing later on with TitanZ.

With these small fringe sites, you have to take a wait and see approach.
 
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R9 290 is hard enough to cool with air, any more performance out of it would mean water cooling as standard...
 
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spat55 said:
R9 290 is hard enough to cool with air, any more performance out of it would mean water cooling as standard...
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What are you talking about my tri x never goes above 70c with silent fans at +100 MV oced to 1200mhz.

They aren't hard to keep cool the problem is just the junk reference cooler that amd hasn't bothered to improve in 6 years.
 
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Grooveriding said:
None of these sites, including blackhole (lol), can be considered solid sources of anything. So two less than solid sites and pro overclocker confirming and one less than solid site not confirming.
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Make that one solid site using flawless logic:

Our source also noted that the recent W9100 workstation GPU is a 44 CU part.
If a 48 CU part did indeed exist, a recent workstation product would be an ideal candidate to launch such an ASIC,
which could then trickle down into future Radeon products.

and the Jesus himself disproving the rumor


f1sherman said:
yeah... I'll still take Dave Baumann's word over some 6-pack dude

we'll see who's right :)
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rtsurfer said:
While I am not saying that 8Pack can't be wrong.
He is not just some regular Forum Junkie.

http://hwbot.org/user/8_pack/

This is a guy, Companies pay to come & OC their cards to set World Records at Trade Shows & such.

Don't be ignorant.
Know who you are talking about.
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yes but you need to keep things in perspective.

If Dave Bauman was Jesus, then at best 8 pack would be a cousin of one of apostles. Judas Iscariot to be exact LOL
 
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If AMD (or Nvidia) feels they can make more money by releasing a product they will. Questions is if the time/money taken away from other resources who could potentially work on a newer card is worth it.

In either case I'm disappointed if this rumor is true but I wouldn't be surprised given the bs both companies have been pulling lately with overpriced cards.
 
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f1sherman said:
yes but you need to keep things in perspective.

If Dave Bauman was Jesus, then at best 8 pack would be a cousin of one of apostles. Judas Iscariot to be exact LOL
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Unfortunately, I am an Atheist, I don't believe in Jesus.:biggrin:

I wont be sure that AMD doesn't have another Hawaii up its sleeve till they release their next-gen cards, Pirate Islands or whatever.

Don't count your chickens just yet.
We'll just have to wait & see.
 
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