[WCCFTech] 290X Specs Confirmed and Benched

[SiliconWars]

R9 290 is 6+6pin too, for whatever that's worth.

Do you meant two different versions or they got the slide wrong when saying 8-pin and 6-pin?

I was hoping for 2x 6-pin as that would be much more reasonable for a dual card ~375W.

 

[tulx]

From Hermitage Akihabara:

Just came to my mind - PCIe 3.0 motherboards are currently still in the minority (only the very latest models (e.g. in the Asus TUF series) have 3.0). What would be the drawbacks in running a 290X in a PCIe 2.0 slot?

 

[24601]

Just came to my mind - PCIe 3.0 motherboards are currently still in the minority (only the very latest models (e.g. in the Asus TUF sereis) have 3.0). What would be the drawbacks in running a 290X in a PCIe 2.0 slot?

The bottleneck will be your 8350, not the interface.

 

[Erenhardt]

Vesuvius, it exists.



Stock watercooling, Asetek design, I have used the card myself.

No way...

 

[ShintaiDK]

Just came to my mind - PCIe 3.0 motherboards are currently still in the minority (only the very latest models (e.g. in the Asus TUF sereis) have 3.0). What would be the drawbacks in running a 290X in a PCIe 2.0 slot?

IB/IB-E and Haswell supports PCIe 3.0. So I dont see the issue?

 

[sushiwarrior]

Do you meant two different versions or they got the slide wrong when saying 8-pin and 6-pin?

I was hoping for 2x 6-pin as that would be much more reasonable for a dual card ~375W.

Dno, guess they changed it from the eng sample. Power consumption is still much more reasonable than 290X, confused about why they moved to 6+8 - they had enough headroom...

 

[SiliconWars]

Probably just for yields then.