Gigabyte's Radeon R9 290X WindForce Launched
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Yes! Another custom Radeon R9-290X solution.
Gigabyte's custom Radeon R9 290X will soon be hitting the market. Being a custom card, we'd expect it to feature a custom cooler, and this one is said to be the WindForce 3X cooler. The card's retail model name is GV-R929XOC-4GD.
The WindForce 3X cooler is capable of dissipating up to 450 W, and as such it seems Gigabyte has actually clocked the card above reference spec – at 1040 MHz. At this frequency Gigabyte claims that the card will run 15.9 dB quieter than the reference solution in 'Quiet' mode. Surprising? It shouldn't be.
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It will probably be a best market solution!
I always thought a single slot I/O with a full width vent was a cleaner look. I also am a big fan of miniDP and HDMI over DVI or DP.
Yes I do realize it has an HDMI out, I just with it had only that and 5 miniDP connectors for eyefinity 6 connectivity.
DP1.2 supports up to four 1920x1200 monitors via a single DP connection using either Daisy Chain (supported monitors) or a DP hub.
There is also an R9-290 being prepared.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4884#ov
http://www.hardware.fr/news/13494/r9-290-290x-windforce-3x-gigabyte.html
"Ces cartes devraient arriver dans le commerce fin décembre / début janvier à un tarif non précisé."
"These cards should arrive at the end of December / beginning of January at unspecified prices"
@Hando567.
You are partially right but, I use Eyefinity with an active DP->DVI adapter and I don't see why I should get a new adapter with my new card when it actually does the exact same thing. I'm not saying there should be no cards with nothing but miniDP connections, but there DEFINITELY have to be cards with DVI+ full size DPs.
I was under the impression that serious miners went ASIC these days.
Bitmining will fail eventually anyway as it's basically a pyramid scheme. At some point the electricity cost alone will be more than any returns.
Well, I'm looking at 3x 27" 1440p monitors for gaming - that 6GB VRAM is mighty attractive.
It doesn't outperform it at 1440p with three 27" screens from the benches I've seen. The 6GB VRAM becomes more important. I was considering a single 780Ti but not for all 3 monitors. Am I wrong? Open to hearing why. My plan B is 2x 290x cards but I'm tired of waiting for non-ref cooler versions. Budget isn't too big a concern.
Isnt "the way its meant to be played" an Nvidia promotion?