MSI's Radeon R9 290X TwinFrozr 4S OC Pictured
MSI's upcoming R9 290X TwinFrozr 4S OC is big and shiny.
Image Source: Hermitage AkihabaraMSI has revealed its upcoming Radeon R9 290X TwinFrozr 4S OC graphics card, and it's a big one.
The graphics card, which features a non-reference PCB design is, as its name indicates, also equipped with the TwinFrozr 4S cooler. This is a bigger variant of the TwinFrozr 4 cooler, which allows the card to run cool enough to reach the full 1.0 GHz GPU clock speed. The card is powered by an 8+6-pin PCIe power connector configuration. The card also features a backplate.
Image Source: Hermitage Akihabara
In addition to this graphics card, MSI is reportedly also working on a Radeon R9 290X Lightning card, as detailed in this story.
The MSI Radeon R9 290X TwinFrozr 4S OC graphics card is expected to hit the market sometime between late-December and early-January. In Japan the card will retail for 80,000 Yen, which translates to about $775. Ouch!
I get it, they want to gouge the litecoin miners or whatever, more power to them. But we better see some inventory shortly after so that the people who wanted to use these cards for their intended purpose (GAMING) can actually afford them.
Yeah, I'm bitter.
I get it, they want to gouge the litecoin miners or whatever, more power to them. But we better see some inventory shortly after so that the people who wanted to use these cards for their intended purpose (GAMING) can actually afford them.
Yeah, I'm bitter.
just be glad you live in US and wait for the american price tag to come out
about this msi card i excited to how the twin frowzer cooling will effect the performance
Prices are high now because of low availability (caused by litecoin miners). Once supply catches up to demand, prices will normalize. I want a 290 or 290X too (which I'll purchase with LTC profits), but I just have to wait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89hkmQKx9p4
What a joke. Gonna sell like hot-cakes - NOT.
Price it to 775$ and see how many you'll sell. Even some AMD fans might either switch to nVidia or buy the chip from another manufacturer, Micro Star International.
Sapphire / ASUS cards will also be available, so you can keep your cards, MSI...even though the TwinFrozr is one of the best aftermarket coolers out there...the DirectCU II is awesome.
($775 dollars...hahahahaha)
From what I can tell this card should be about the size of a double D cup bra :-D
maybe im just happy because i sold my 7970 for twice of what i purchased for it. ill be switching to the green team if they dont stock up, but im sure they wont mind