TaintedSquirrel
[H]F Junkie
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I had an XFX 7950 Double-Dissipation cooler that was a total piece of crap in terms of cooling.
Is the 290 DD cooler decent?
Amazon price matched @ $469 no coupon needed, free shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-94...ie=UTF8&qid=1395252905&sr=8-3&keywords=r9+290
Great GREAT price!
I know I'll regret it tomorrow, but the lack of X would bother me to no end (similar to buying a 7950 instead of 7970). Hope non-miners get in on this
EDIT: Actually, wtf am I smoking? This is what was supposed to be MSRP for the 290
Not really comparable to a 7950 vs 7970. It's more like the 7970 vs 7970 Ghz Edition. If you bump up the clocks slightly on the 290, it matches the 290x. Hardocp review:
"The stream processors have been cut down from 2,816 on the R9 290X to 2,560 on the R9 290. The engine clock has a cap of 947MHz on the R9 290 versus 1GHz on the R9 290X. There are 160 texture units on the R9 290 versus 176 on the R9 290X. However, as we stated, the ROP count is the same at 64 on both video cards, and the Z/Stencil is the same at 256 on both cards. Those are the only differences: Stream Processor count, Texture Unit count, and slightly lower clock speed. This all means performance should be rather close to the R9 290X."
Oh wow, only $70 more?
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The custom cooler is well worth the $70 over MSRP in my opinion.