Gigabyte R9 290X WindForce X3 OC edition arrives in lab

I have a Windforce 760 4 GB (a second on the way) and it idles at 27 C and only hits 67 C after several Heaven runs... too quiet to hear either. It sits on the floor to the left of my desk and the only thing I ever hear is the CPU cooler when the room is quiet.

 

Guys... The thing is... It might be cool and really quiet when slapped on card like that but GTX 780 and 290(X) heat generation is at completely different level.

 

Had once since the 23rd of December... I say had because I have already RMA'd it due to black screen crashes under 3d load, so it seems despite better components on a non ref pcb the issue persists. AMD need to get their act together and find out what is going on.

 

First i thought its just the gigabyte ones but it seems all R9 290x can have this black screen issue thingy...sad.

 

I'm personally very impressed with my TFIV cooler on my 780 Gaming. The 100mm fans on them are almost silent and the card never goes over 70C in my case.

 

They claim the cooler is rated for 450 watts, so I think it's as well suited for the 290x as anything else being offered in general retail.

Give it some time and we'll see reviews of it soon enough anyways. :nerd:

 

Yes but it can dump the same amount of heat on the right side of the card - inside the case.. I owned TF3 cooler and it acted the same.

Asus made that special fan on the left side so that it pushes most of the heat outside - most, well at least by thermal images it was the coldest from all customs - on the right side.

 

I have the 79701ghz wf3, good card, solid temps...but very very loud under load.
just waiting on the 290x asus dc2.

the noise is just too annoying.

 

My Gigabyte 7950 windforce3 is awesome!!

 

Interesting if true.....

 

Gigabyte stop mass production of Windforce 3x 290s.

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