I know this discussion happened months back but the whole overclockers dream thing was always about the cooling and power delivery. They never stated that it would overclock high. I just think it is dishonest to bring up that quote and misconstrue as him saying the fury x would overclock high.
Sorry, but I watched, re-watched and re-re-watched the entire presentation of the Fiji launch including the discussion by the 3 panelists- one of whom was Joe Macri.
He said what he said AND never said, OH I mean the AIO cooler is an Overclocker's dream.
I chock it up to an over-exuberant statement that just wasn't born out at all. He probably got caught up in the excitement of the moment.
I owned and still own R9 290s -Stout cards but hardly an overclocker's dream. The heat issue is true, thus I have them custom watercooled.
The AIO system on Fiji (let's not talk about the pump problems and potential patent infringement) was good but why brag about cooling and power delivery when Fiji doesn't appear to have a ton of overclocking room? It just doesn't make sense.
However to stay on track about ZEN in this thread, I think the apparent lock down on information "might" have a bit to do with what I perceive to be Dr. SU's no nonsense attitude of bringing solid defensible products to market that can stand on their own merits. This bodes well for AMD.