R9 290 series specifications

[raghu78]

http://videocardz.com/46407/amd-radeon-r9-290x-290x-specifications-confirmed-leaked-slide

the specs seem to be from an official slide. ROP count is still missing. the R9 290X has 10% more sp and a 5.5% higher clock compared to R9 290. so at stock speeds a performance diff of 10 - 12% is probable. if priced at USD 450 R9 290 has the potential to be an awesome card. clock for clock the R9 290 will most likely be around 5- 7% slower than R9 290X. both these cards are going to be good competition for GTX 780 :thumbsup:

 

[Saylick]

Is there a 3rd party source on the 64 ROP rumor? It isn't the first time I've seen it posted from VC, and to be frank, 64 ROPs is a bit optimistic and thus hard to believe.

With that said, I am hoping 290 will be at least $150 cheaper than the 290X but I got a hunch that they won't be; the performance between the two is too close to justify that much of a drop in price. Either way, this should be very good for competition. Lets hope they are good overclockers as well.

 

[SiliconWars]

I said in another post that the 290 will be the card that drops the price on the 780. $500 290 and that is sure to happen, with both the 290X and Titan remaining crazily overpriced.

Nvidia can only drop so far though then they start to make their lower cards look bad vs the 780. Those $400 770's already look bad value but vs a ~$500 780 they are unsellable.

 

[Kallogan]

R9 290 will be the sweet spot

 

[Borealis7]

there is nothing "sweet" above 200$. man, some of us have to work for a living
R7 270 more likely at around 200-250$

 

[raghu78]

I said in another post that the 290 will be the card that drops the price on the 780. $500 290 and that is sure to happen, with both the 290X and Titan remaining crazily overpriced.

Nvidia can only drop so far though then they start to make their lower cards look bad vs the 780. Those $400 770's already look bad value but vs a ~$500 780 they are unsellable.

yeah. the R9 290 at USD 450 would be that sweet spot of value and performance at the high end. :thumbsup: GTX 770 loses against a HD 7970 at same clocks. so against R9 290 it stands no chance. the upcoming Nvidia's GTX 770 Ti at 1920 sp is a bigger cut from GTX 780 compared to R9 290 from R9 290X and even though it might come clocked higher it will have lesser OC headroom compared to R9 290 and be a slower card when both cards are overclocked.

http://videocardz.com/46200/nvidia-working-geforce-gtx-770-ti-1920-cuda-cores

all we now need to see is what are the avg and max clocks on R9 290 chips on air/water and how all these cards including GTX 780 and Titan perform on a clock for clock basis.

 

[powruser]

Can't wait to see the final pricing for these cards. Hopefully this will shake up the market a bit. Right now the only truly good bang/buck is the 7950/7970. The R9 280X (7970) I believe will be $299 which just makes the GTX 770 (especially the 4GB models) look bad.

Will be interesting to see the performance gap between the 290 and 290X. I have a feeling it will be like the 7950/7970, in that it won't be a huge gap, especially after you overclock.

 

[Ibra]

Performance hype busted so start price hype. Oh boy...

 

[SiliconWars]

So you dug up some Chinese overclocked result to "prove" some point?

A stock Titan scores 4569 graphics, the 290X scores 4511 graphics. That's 1.2% faster for how much more?

 

[Ibra]

So you dug up some Chinese overclocked result to "prove" some point?

A stock Titan scores 4569 graphics, the 290X scores 4511 graphics. That's 1.2% faster for how much more?

So not in synthetic benchmark R9 290X will get 1.2 fps increase for 300$ lower price.

 

[Keysplayr]

He said 1.2%, not 1.2 fps. And even if he did say 1.2fps, your post makes 0% sense.

 

[Teizo]

The GTX 780 is $649 (Overclocked versions faster than Titan already). Nvidia is a bunch of greedy, power hungry, meanies!

The R9 290X is $649. Hey....it is a fast as a Titan for $350 less! Praise AMD for their kind heartedness! They really care about us!


/Sorry, my post recently have been rather sarcastic

 

[RussianSensation]

Performance hype busted so start price hype. Oh boy...

That score is from August 8, 2013 and has never been validated to be from R9 290X. Not sure what you tried to do with your post. To begin with it's a waste of everyone's time to be using 3dMark 2013 scores to predict gaming performance between 780 and R9 290X.

I have actually read that R9 290X may have an MSRP of $549, 579, 599, 649. There is no concrete data yet. AMD is keeping their prices close as I presume they anticipate NV dropping prices and don't want them to know the final price before launch. If they announce a price, it allows NV to drop prices before or at launch.

 

[Genx87]

Really? Nvidia can drop prices on launch day once they know the price. I am wondering if AMD is keeping pricing information secret because it will be high.

 

[Erenhardt]

Really? Nvidia can drop prices on launch day once they know the price. I am wondering if AMD is keeping pricing information secret because it will be high.

Imagine how Techpowerups review will look like in two cases:
1. Nvidia didn't knew 290X price and didn't lower 780 and titan pricing. 290 and 290X are on top of the performance/$ metric with a bar length of 780 and Titan combined.
2. Nvidia lowers prices just enough so their products are competitive and 290 are called dissapointed, late to the party/no perf/$ improvement.

Just a few hours can change the light on 290 release reviews. No one cares what happens after release. People are looking at launch reviews and make their purchase decisions.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Really? Nvidia can drop prices on launch day once they know the price. I am wondering if AMD is keeping pricing information secret because it will be high.

No specs, no performance numbers, telling people or preorder blindly. Doesnt sound positive in any way. And as we see, Newegg prices between 730$ and 800$.

And looking on the R9 280X specs. I have a feeling AMD is trying to sell people a non HD7970GE for 300$. And OC editions might hit 400$.

 

[Cloudfire777]

Since AMD cards generally do better on FireStrike Extreme than Nvidia cards, despite not doing any better in games, it looks like R9 290X will roughly be on GTX 780 performance, maybe tiny bit better.

R9 290X FireStrike Extreme: 4511 Graphic score

Fire Strike Extreme GTX 780 4244 (-6%) and GTX Titan 4685 (+4%) in graphic score.

If AMD demand $699 for this card, it will be one epic fail.

 

[wand3r3r]

Since AMD cards generally do better on FireStrike Extreme than Nvidia cards, despite not doing any better in games, it looks like R9 290X will roughly be on GTX 780 performance, maybe tiny bit better.

R9 290X FireStrike Extreme: 4511 Graphic score


Fire Strike Extreme GTX 780 4244 (-6%) and GTX Titan 4685 (+4%) in graphic score.




If AMD demand $699 for this card, it will be one epic fail.

So, by your "definition" are the 780 and titan epic failures?

 

[Cloudfire777]

So, by your "definition" are the 780 and titan epic failures?

No, because Nvidia have been selling these GPUs for 4-7 months now without any competition. AMD comes dragging behind and launching a GPU to a market which already offer the same performance, maybe for $100 less...

The only epic fail here is AMDs tactic if they match GTX 780 performance. What do they expect? Hope that the distant rumour about Mantle will help them sell these GPUs?

 

[Rvenger]

No, because Nvidia have been selling these GPUs for 4-7 months now without any competition. AMD comes dragging behind and launching a GPU to a market which already offer the same performance, maybe for $100 less...

The only epic fail here is AMDs tactic if they match GTX 780 performance. What do they expect? Hope that the distant rumour about Mantle will help them sell these GPUs?

Cool story bro.

 

[wand3r3r]

No, because Nvidia have been selling these GPUs for 4-7 months now without any competition. AMD comes dragging behind and launching a GPU to a market which already offer the same performance, maybe for $100 less...

The only epic fail here is AMDs tactic if they match GTX 780 performance. What do they expect? Hope that the distant rumour about Mantle will help them sell these GPUs?

Was the 680 a failure?

 

[Grooveriding]

How on earth does AMD not offering any performance numbers or specs prior to launch indicate anything ? When does nvidia or AMD ever say anything prior to launch apart from intentional leaks that they don't take credit for ? It means absolutely nothing one way or the other about how the card will perform.

I tend to agree that the price is being kept very, very close to the vest to avoid nvidia having any opportunity to adjust pricing beforehand, as well as form any strategy now to contend with the pricing of the 290 and 290X. AMD should price the 290X at $599 imo. You would expect they could considering the die is rumoured at about 430mm2 and performance is rumoured on parity with Titan. It will make a big splash that way with the Battlefield 4 hype train and benchmarks in that game.

The fear of the mighty R9 290X grows stronger as launch day approaches

 

[96Firebird]

Pre-order without specs or pricing...

Oh, I see you edited your post to add substance to it.

 

[sushiwarrior]

Since AMD cards generally do better on FireStrike Extreme than Nvidia cards, despite not doing any better in games, it looks like R9 290X will roughly be on GTX 780 performance, maybe tiny bit better.

R9 290X FireStrike Extreme: 4511 Graphic score
Fire Strike Extreme GTX 780 4244 (-6%) and GTX Titan 4685 (+4%) in graphic score.


If AMD demand $699 for this card, it will be one epic fail.

Hawaii performs poorly compared to Tahiti in Firestrike, driver optimizations are still under work (and probably not going to be released/worked on until Calypso update for 3dmark).

In game performance is a different story.

 

[Face2Face]

Little off topic, but does anyone know when the new Ruby demo will be available for download?