springs113All the talk i hear about the firestrike score are from the 290 version. I do believe the X variant is well in the 8k mark. Like I have stated on numerous threads, If it's is neck and neck with my 780 I am getting it no matter what the misses say.

the54thvoidI for one was utterly unimpressed with last nights fanfare. But I'm only a hardware whore so it's my common leanings that made it thus.

But... to have an event and mention your top two cards on the super-dooper new architecture and say nothing really about them is a bit weird. If this was an Nvidia event you'd be saying, hmm... manufacturing issues then.

But we know they'll be taking pre-orders as of the 4th October so the cards are very real (or soon to be).

We need prices, performance reviews and more importantly - will they stop using shitty whining chokes on their reference PCB's? All 3 of my 7970's had coil whine. I RMA'd my first because of it - the replacement was the same. Another vendor had the same issue.

Btw - my Titan also has whine but it is much less (but unforgivable for a prestige card).

The Quim Reaper..so the R7 260X is basically a 7870 with a $50 price cut?

EDIT:

It's most definitely NOT a 7870 class card with that firestreak score, more like a 7790

WTF!!!:mad:

RCoonI ordered takeaway, waitied for an additional hour, and watched a poor quality live stream. What did I get? A bitter taste in my mouth, and the distinct impression that the 290X will merely be a contender to my existing 780's (neither of which have coil whine on reference models). Props to AMD for getting the hype, but after the first two presentations, I disconnected and went to bed, knowing I wouldnt be buying a new GPU for 2 years.

The Quim Reaper..so the R7 260X is basically a 7870 with a $50 price cut?

EDIT:

It's most definitely NOT a 7870 class card with that firestreak score, more like a 7790

WTF!!!:mad:

NeoXFIt is in no way or shape "basically a 7870". And about the price, 7790 launched at 150$ (1GB version)... so I don't know what you're smoking, the price sounds just about right.

The Quim ReaperSigh...I remember the days when a new generation of cards meant that the previous mid-range performance would now be available at and priced at the entry level.

Now all we seem to get is re-brands with lower power usage.

NeoXFAgain... no clue what you're talking about. Radeon HD 7000s are selling for dirt cheap, even in my crummy-priced country. And cards that are faster than their predecessors and launching at either prices lower than the cards they replace @ current price OR at least launch price. R9-290X is a slightly different story, but top-tier cards have always been this way.
I mean FFS, R9-280X would be 299 bucks in the states... that's CLOSE TO 3x the performance per dollar you got in early 2012 from a launch priced HD 7970.

PHaS3Anyone else note that the R9 290X has no crossfire connectors on the PCB in any of the images AMD have supplied?

Odd. I know it may point to it being an image not resembling the final product, but the other higher end cards have them in the images... Interesting.

btarunrUnless AMD's PowerPoint skills suck, R9 290X Firestrike is under 8000.

www.techpowerup.com/img/13-09-26/264a.jpg

Notice the top block (which ends at 8000) is fading at the top. GTX TITAN's Firestrike score is ranging between 8,200 and 8,700.

EarthDogThe reference Titan scored 9.2k in our review...

EarthDogObviously not. :)

Edited my previous post...

Also, reference 780 scored 8.4k with 4ghz 4770k 320.18 drivers.

LOL Holy crap... 780 Classified scored 9.4k w 4Ghz 4770k and 320.49

Makes me wonder if they used an AMD CPU based system to test these out as those scores seem low for a Titan competitor... and Firestrike, though it loves cores, a 4770k will easily compete with it there.