So the entire R9 300 series is rebrands?

[baseline bum]

Yeah. But with a bit of investment I could get a cooler on the 290x and then really have a beast. I'm pretty psyched to have a top tier card for under 250.

Yeah man, locked 60 fps gaming is pretty ing sweet. I don't think I could go back to PoorStation or Box after getting used to 60 fps.

[Cry Havoc]

Yeah man, locked 60 fps gaming is pretty ing sweet. I don't think I could go back to PoorStation or Box after getting used to 60 fps.

And Amazon decided to futz around with my order long enough that a good deal on a new card dropped.

http://slickdeals.net/f/7992957-sapp...e-free-s-amp-h

Boom. $260 for a new Tri-X WITH Dirt Rally. Yeah, baby.

[baseline bum]

And Amazon decided to futz around with my order long enough that a good deal on a new card dropped.

http://slickdeals.net/f/7992957-sapp...e-free-s-amp-h

Boom. $260 for a new Tri-X WITH Dirt Rally. Yeah, baby.

, you cancelled it and got the Tri-X? ing nice, I saw that deal earlier today but didn't want to post it here because no one likes seeing a better deal on something right after they buy.

That's probably the second best 290x on the market, and the first hasn't been made for months (the Vapor-X) unless you were willing to spend the premium for 8GB of VRAM, which is stupid anyways unless you're doing a multicard 4k setup.

That is a ing insanely good deal. , a Tri-X 290 is a great deal at $260, but a ing Tri-X 290x at 290 prices? Tri-X basically eliminates temperature from ever limiting your overclocks and it's a really quiet card.

[Cry Havoc]

, you cancelled it and got the Tri-X? ing nice, I saw that deal earlier today but didn't want to post it here because no one likes seeing a better deal on something right after they buy.

That's probably the second best 290x on the market, and the first hasn't been made for months (the Vapor-X) unless you were willing to spend the premium for 8GB of VRAM, which is stupid anyways unless you're doing a multicard 4k setup.

That is a ing insanely good deal. , a Tri-X 290 is a great deal at $260, but a ing Tri-X 290x at 290 prices? Tri-X basically eliminates temperature from ever limiting your overclocks and it's a really quiet card.

Yep. Amazon took 6 days to ship the other card for some reason, so I didn't feel bad at all about canceling it. Apparently this is the 2nd gen of tri-x 290x that incorporates some really cool tech into the architecture to reduce power consumption and help cooling.

[baseline bum]

Yep. Amazon took 6 days to ship the other card for some reason, so I didn't feel bad at all about canceling it. Apparently this is the 2nd gen of tri-x 290x that incorporates some really cool tech into the architecture to reduce power consumption and help cooling.

Honestly, I'd rather pay $280 for a Tri-X R9 290 than $230 for a reference 290x. But 290x Tri-X at $260 is a no-brainer, especially since newegg will probably have that er to your apartment by Thursday if it's UPS Ground or FedEx Ground.

[Cry Havoc]

Honestly, I'd rather pay $280 for a Tri-X R9 290 than $230 for a reference 290x. But 290x Tri-X at $260 is a no-brainer, especially since newegg will probably have that er to your apartment by Thursday if it's UPS Ground or FedEx Ground.

Dirt Rally is a nice bonus, as I was on the verge of purchasing that game already.

If you aren't gaming the outer fans shut off to preserve energy use and noise levels. I'm pretty psyched.

[baseline bum]

Dirt Rally is a nice bonus, as I was on the verge of purchasing that game already.

If you aren't gaming the outer fans shut off to preserve energy use and noise levels. I'm pretty psyched.

LOL that 290x didn't even last a day before selling out. Glad you got in on it in time.

That is a ing monster of a card and I would have jumped on that in a second if I was in the market for a GPU. That has to be the best deal I have seen on a graphics card since I first started getting back into PC gaming last year.

[Cry Havoc]

LOL that 290x didn't even last a day before selling out. Glad you got in on it in time.

That is a ing monster of a card and I would have jumped on that in a second if I was in the market for a GPU. That has to be the best deal I have seen on a graphics card since I first started getting back into PC gaming last year.

I'm pretty ing stoked. Going to crank Metro 2033 redux to ultra and just revel in the gfx. Yee-haw.

[Cry Havoc]

Drove to UPS to get it this morning.

Shadow of Mordor looks spectacular on ultra.

[baseline bum]

Drove to UPS to get it this morning.

Shadow of Mordor looks spectacular on ultra.

GTA V, Witcher 3, Arma III, Ryse Son of Rome, Dragon Age Inquisition, Tomb Raider, and Dying Light are way more impressive graphically IMO. Check that on your 290x. Especially DAI since it has Mantle support.

[Cry Havoc]

GTA V, Witcher 3, Arma III, Ryse Son of Rome, Dragon Age Inquisition, Tomb Raider, and Dying Light are way more impressive graphically IMO. Check that on your 290x. Especially DAI since it has Mantle support.

Oh yeah, I didn't even think about Dying Light. Gonna have to check that out now.

[Cry Havoc]

Star Citizen runs on high beautifully and smooth as butter, except when ships warp in. That game is absolutely incredible just to stare at.

[baseline bum]

Star Citizen runs on high beautifully and smooth as butter, except when ships warp in. That game is absolutely incredible just to stare at.

Get Witcher 3 bro. Not only are the graphics amazing, the ing gameplay is outstanding. The fighting is way more fun than even in other A+ RPGs like Skyrim or Dragon Age Inquisition thanks to the dodges, dives, parrying, bombs, and signs. It's definitely harder than Skyrim or DAI though. I haven't played enough of Witcher 2 to say whether it's at the same difficulty as that though.

[Cry Havoc]

Get Witcher 3 bro. Not only are the graphics amazing, the ing gameplay is outstanding. The fighting is way more fun than even in other A+ RPGs like Skyrim or Dragon Age Inquisition thanks to the dodges, dives, parrying, bombs, and signs. It's definitely harder than Skyrim or DAI though. I haven't played enough of Witcher 2 to say whether it's at the same difficulty as that though.

I have it, a friend actually gave it to me, but I want to get through Witcher 2 first.

[baseline bum]

I have it, a friend actually gave it to me, but I want to get through Witcher 2 first.

I'm definitely going to play 2 later on, 3 is so ing great.

[baseline bum]

So AseTek won a patent infringement judgement forcing Cooler Master to quit selling their liquid AIO coolers based on the AseTek coolers in the US. So maybe the R9 Fury X is done in the US market too, since Cooler Master supplies AseTek style coolers to AMD for the Fury X.

[baseline bum]

AseTek is going to really have AMD over a barrel here. You know they're not going to give AMD a good price to manufacture the coolers after they went to Cooler Master first. And AMD can't raise the price to compensate, because even at $650 the Fury X is a very hard sell already when you can get the better performing GTX 980 Ti for that price. The Fury X has been nothing but a disaster for AMD. They initially thought they could sell this card for $850 to compete with the an X, Nvidia swooped in and released the 980 Ti like 3 days before the Fury X was supposed to launch and at $650 while offering $1000 an X performance, and now the card is probably dead in the water until they either use one of AseTek's coolers or Cooler Master redesigns their cooler to put the pump elsewhere. Just not a good couple of years for AMD now.

[baseline bum]

Damn Nvidia is getting wrecked by AMD in the Battlefront beta. And damn, this is in DX11, not 12.

[DJR210]

Damn.. Game looks sick.. Should have got the beta

[baseline bum]

Damn.. Game looks sick.. Should have got the beta

Damn though, $60, no SP campaign, and then a $50 season pass.

[DJR210]

Wouldn't play SP anyway.. The season pass sucks because it divides the community with the maps.. You have to buy that on PC or you'll be in dead rooms.

[Cry Havoc]

Damn though, $60, no SP campaign, and then a $50 season pass.

I've heard it's insanely boring and repe ive.

[baseline bum]

AMD
Cry Havoc
DJR210 get in here

The game definitely looks CPU bound with how close the 970, 980, and 980 Ti are bunched up even with a 5930k they test with, which rapes AMD since they have high DirectX11 overhead.

[Cry Havoc]

AMD
Cry Havoc
DJR210 get in here

The game definitely looks CPU bound with how close the 970, 980, and 980 Ti are bunched up even with a 5930k they test with, which rapes AMD since they have high DirectX11 overhead.

First of all, no Fury or FuryX cards to compare. Secondly, the 290x is 9 FPS lower than a 980? That's terrible for AMD in your opinion? Lastly, this game is obviously terribly optimized even for a D11x game. Wait until some drivers come out to take advantage of it, and then we'll see where the scores lie. Atm though there isn't a great difference between any of the top/2nd tier cards except for the reference card, which is $650. Shocking that it outperforms everything else when AMD's best cards aren't tested on this.

[baseline bum]

First of all, no Fury or FuryX cards to compare. Secondly, the 290x is 9 FPS lower than a 980? That's terrible for AMD in your opinion? Lastly, this game is obviously terribly optimized even for a D11x game. Wait until some drivers come out to take advantage of it, and then we'll see where the scores lie. Atm though there isn't a great difference between any of the top/2nd tier cards except for the reference card, which is $650. Shocking that it outperforms everything else when AMD's best cards aren't tested on this.

Dude, it's pretty bad that a $430 R9 390x is getting beat by a $330 GTX 970.