Where are the AIB 290/x custom cooled cards?

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Kind of surprised none out yet. Several AIBs announced reference based cards only. I am sure many are waiting for something to tame the temps/noise on these beasts.

Oddly, the 780ti just out today already has a custom cooled card announced (Gigabyte Windforce). Not that its as sorely needed as the 290/x.. so why are AMD's AIB's dragging their feet?
 
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No idea.

Especially when techspot was able to fit a IceQ X2 from a 280X and slap it in their 290.

http://www.techspot.com/news/54576-...alue-same-top-notch-performance.html#comments

Some updated info guys. I took the IceQ X2 cooler off the HIS Radeon R9 280X and stuck it on our R9 290 sample. Cooling was dramatically improved. The FurMark stress test maxed out at 76 degrees while the card never exceeded 63 degrees in Crysis 3 and Battlefield 4. So it seems as expected the board partners will be able to solve the heat issues of the reference card.
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Maybe AMD is waiting to drop an 290XT edition to retake the performance crown or something.
 
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If the older aftermarket coolers are already usable on the 290x why would AMD not have them out on day 1 and avoid the embarrassment?

The only thing that makes any sense is they are waiting to see where the 780ti dropped and release a 290x GHZ edition with AIBs to try and beat it. Even if that is the plan I do not think it will have been worth the pummeling they have been taking from many reviewers. And if they don't have something like this planned I think it will go down as a PR blunder for what should have been an across the board incredibly positive release.
 
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Meekers said:
If the older aftermarket coolers are already usable on the 290x why would AMD not have them out on day 1 and avoid the embarrassment?

The only thing that makes any sense is they are waiting to see where the 780ti dropped and release a 290x GHZ edition with AIBs to try and beat it. Even if that is the plan I do not think it will have been worth the pummeling they have been taking from many reviewers. And if they don't have something like this planned I think it will go down as a PR blunder for what should have been an across the board incredibly positive release.
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"try" and beat it? I have a feeling, aftermarket cooled and OC'd the 290x will be beating the 780ti also cooled and oc'd.
 
Stuka87

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AMD is most likely purposefully holding them back. Let nVidia target the 290X with its poor cooling. And then release a better cooled 290X that then beats the 780Ti.

And then OC 780Ti's come out, and the cycle continues.
 
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Unoid said:
"try" and beat it? I have a feeling, aftermarket cooled and OC'd the 290x will be beating the 780ti also cooled and oc'd.
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This.

Someone else here mentioned, that it might be AMD's strategy all along, to wait for nvidia show it's cards, and bam drop non reference cooled and OC R9 cards.

Makes sense, would be nice to keep knocking down nvidia gpu prices :cool:, everyone wins.
 
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x3sphere said:
TPU got their Ti sample to overclock 28% just on the ref cooler, slaughters the 290x:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780_Ti/30.html

Seems like this card has massive headroom. I think the Ti will win out on air, AMD might have the edge when it comes to water cooled setups.
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I think with custom coolers the 290X will be able to compete on air.

After all that 28% is 1120 MHz. The techpowerup 290X hit 1125 MHz.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X/31.html
 
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x3sphere said:
TPU got their Ti sample to overclock 28% just on the ref cooler, slaughters the 290x:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780_Ti/30.html

Seems like this card has massive headroom. I think the Ti will win out on air, AMD might have the edge when it comes to water cooled setups.
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18% better performance i think most wont consider the word slaughter to be used, at least not me.

And yes, they picked a game that favors Nvidia and 1080 rez D:. I know apples to apples. I can't wait till non ref 290 comes out.
 
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IEC said:
Very unlikely, given that 28nm is mature at this point, and GK110 being a bigger chip would have more likelihood of yield issues.
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Could they have a problem trying to supply all the xone and ps4 chips, being a capacity issue?

I think this might actually be AMD's biggest problem. Making enought R9 cards to have them in stock.

Communism said:
Skurge pulled an Insider on us and said about 2 weeks.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=35702563&postcount=220
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Would be sweet, come on nvidia lower your prices some more.
 
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Skurge said:
Yeah. About 2 weeks is still correct.

I'm not sure why you guys are out of stock already. Stock seems to be fine in other places.
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Would be awesome, my newly built rig is sporting my old 5850, waiting to retire and be replaced by an aftermarket 290 :biggrin:
 
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Stuka87 said:
AMD is most likely purposefully holding them back. Let nVidia target the 290X with its poor cooling. And then release a better cooled 290X that then beats the 780Ti.

And then OC 780Ti's come out, and the cycle continues.
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I hope that people don't think this is how business works in the real world.
 
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