To each his own as far as reliable sources, but try the Sapphire Tri-X or Powercolor PCS+ if you want the best coolers.
Easier said than done... the Newegg user reviews usually prove pretty reliable... the 290 runs pretty hot so it seems you can usually have cool or quiet - not both.
What is curious is that Bonaire has lesser cores than Tonga and Hawaii. Has that been established before? If that is so why don't they call Hawaii and Tonga GCN 1.2 or something?Oland : GCN 1.0, 6 CU, 1 triangle par cycle, 8 ROP, L2 256 Ko, 128 bits
Cape Verde : GCN 1.0, 10 CU, 1 triangle par cycle, 16 ROP, L2 512 Ko, 128 bits
Bonaire : GCN 1.1, 14 CU, 2 triangles par cycle, 16 ROP, L2 512 Ko, 128 bits
Pitcairn : GCN 1.0, 20 CU, 2 triangles par cycle, 32 ROP, L2 512 Ko, 256 bits
Tonga : GCN 1.1, 28 ou 32 CU, 4 triangles par cycle, 32 ROP, L2 512 ou 1024 Ko, 256 bits
Tahiti : GCN 1.0, 32 CU, 2 triangles par cycle, 32 ROP, L2 768 Ko, 384 bits
Hawaii : GCN 1.1, 44 CU, 4 triangles par cycle, 64 ROP, L2 1024 Ko, 512 bits
Looking at that French site's numbers this chip looks like 2/3-ish of Hawaii, kind of like what Pitcairn is to Tahiti. There are obvious tweaks to avoid 512-bit there and on paper Tahiti has more of everything except for the new cores that are capable of 4 triangles per cycle instead of 2. It will be interesting to see how that difference on paper will translate in games.
What is curious is that Bonaire has lesser cores than Tonga and Hawaii. Has that been established before? If that is so why don't they call Hawaii and Tonga GCN 1.2 or something?
What is curious is that Bonaire has lesser cores than Tonga and Hawaii. Has that been established before? If that is so why don't they call Hawaii and Tonga GCN 1.2 or something?
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Looking at that French site's numbers this chip looks like 2/3-ish of Hawaii, kind of like what Pitcairn is to Tahiti. There are obvious tweaks to avoid 512-bit there and on paper Tahiti has more of everything except for the new cores that are capable of 4 triangles per cycle instead of 2. It will be interesting to see how that difference on paper will translate in games.
What is curious is that Bonaire has lesser cores than Tonga and Hawaii. Has that been established before? If that is so why don't they call Hawaii and Tonga GCN 1.2 or something?
Bonaire and Hawaii are GCN 1.1 and we expect Tonga to be the same.
So does Tonga come with Hawaii's 1/2 DP and advanced memory controller? Hawaii's 512-bit controller is very good and efficient in an area smaller than the previous 384-bit. It could be the perf/watt king.