R9 290 Reviews - $400USD almost as fast as a 290X

[Pemalite]

zarx said:

Pemalite said:
The noise is insane too. :P Thankfully I watercool.

My god, I haven't seen competition like this in years, we should get a mass of price drops.
Almost tempted to go Quad 290 instead of the 290X, waiting to see how AMD reacts to nVidia dropping it's prices, could save a couple hundred bucks by being patient.

It really looks like the stock cooler is holding these cards back

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-review-benchmark,3659-19.html

 

Yeah it is. AMD should have went with something more exotic.
AMD's stock coolers though have only ever been "good enough" and nothing more, with the 290 series, they're not even that.