[WorldExclusive]

When mods will be the only ones that post in the news section?

 

[FLCLimax]

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Originally Posted by WorldExclusive

When mods will be the only ones that post in the news section?

haha, i hear ya. even some of them shouldn't be posting topics in here.

 

[hatlesschimp]

Lol

 

[revro]

so if my gpu is Vesuvius, does it mean my rig should be named Pompeii?

xD

 

[Newbie2009]

Power supply makers worldwide rejoice. Lots of upgrades coming.

 

[maarten12100]

WCCF uninformed as always, temperature doesn't equal heat the only problem with the R9 290(x) was the extremely bad cooler design and base plate finish.

 

[bombastinator]

maybe they'll put it out with a water cooler or something, like amd did with the 9xxx series cpus.

 

[Ghoxt]

On a serious note, with the incredible CrossFire scaling we have seen so far from Hawaii, AMD can scale back the speeds and thermals of the dual card and still handily beat anything else (2XGPU) out there on the market from another vendor...

AMD may have made a poor choice of cooling the initial Hawaii batch of 290's but they aren't stupid...i think. At least I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on this. We'd never hear the end of it if they willfully released another set of cards so soon like the 290X with hotter than expected thermals.

That said, some people just don't give a damn and will snap up anything put out on the market now, half enthusiasts with plans for aftermarket cooling, and miners the other half.

 

[Ghoxt]

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Originally Posted by maarten12100

WCCF uninformed as always, temperature doesn't equal heat the only problem with the R9 290(x) was the extremely bad cooler design and base plate finish.

Not to go there

but... oh nevermind, it's not worth it. I'm over 40 so i know when to fold em... and just let it go.

 

[DVLux]

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Originally Posted by revro

so if my gpu is Vesuvius, does it mean my rig should be named Pompeii?

xD

I think that's erring on the side of danger, since we all know what happened to Pompeii.

 

[Awsan]

I have a memory of this place

I mean come on the article is 2 months old

 

[CynicalUnicorn]

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Originally Posted by Ghoxt

Not to go there

but... oh nevermind, it's not worth it. I'm over 40 so i know when to fold em... and just let it go.

Power consumption? Stock problems? The former is a problem, sure, but the market for these doesn't really care. It's all about performance, not saving the planet or some hippy-liberal crap!

The latter is also a problem, but who gets the most blame: the miners, the companies, the sellers, or the foundries? Not looking to start an argument, just curious.

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Originally Posted by maarten12100

WCCF uninformed as always, temperature doesn't equal heat the only problem with the R9 290(x) was the extremely bad cooler design and base plate finish.

Yup. I can take the cooler off my CPU, run it, and complain FX chips are too hot. Haswell is rated for under 100W yet runs hot. Why? Because Intel used thermal paste instead of solder.

290X2 would be a much better name, and they better have a massive heatsink and at least a tri-fan design on the reference cooler. There is no additional information than from the article a couple months prior. In addition, they can't even give us a name of their foreign source? At least say it's somebody who would rather not be named.

 

[AlphaC]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1442877/vc-amd-radeon-vesuvius-with-two-hawaii-xt-gpus-in-the-making

First? No.

Whether it is real is another issue

 

[CynicalUnicorn]

That's the one. Same topic, different source.

 

[Dyson Poindexter]

A dual-Hawaii would be great under water, but nobody can just release a reference card with a block on it. Too small of a market and too many idiots who wouldn't put it in a loop and roast it.

I don't think cooling it under air is impossible though. A very well built 7990 cooler should be able to handle it.

 

[maarten12100]

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Originally Posted by Dyson Poindexter

A dual-Hawaii would be great under water, but nobody can just release a reference card with a block on it. Too small of a market and too many idiots who wouldn't put it in a loop and roast it.

I don't think cooling it under air is impossible though. A very well built 7990 cooler should be able to handle it.

The cooler on the 7990 actually would be fine already but as with the origional 7990 it would dump a lot of the heat in the case there are better designs.

 

[Domino]

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Originally Posted by maarten12100

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyson Poindexter

A dual-Hawaii would be great under water, but nobody can just release a reference card with a block on it. Too small of a market and too many idiots who wouldn't put it in a loop and roast it.

I don't think cooling it under air is impossible though. A very well built 7990 cooler should be able to handle it.

The cooler on the 7990 actually would be fine already but as with the origional 7990 it would dump a lot of the heat in the case there are better designs.

Not a problem.

 

[TFL Replica]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1442877/vc-amd-radeon-vesuvius-with-two-hawaii-xt-gpus-in-the-making