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A couple more reviews:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/05/amd-radeon-r9-290-review

http://hardocp.com/article/2013/11/04/amd_radeon_r9_290_video_card_review

What annoys me of this Hawaii cards is noise, power and thermals, and since it appears that the cards target an operating temp of 95ºC, the later will always be a problem, although the stock cooler certainly doesn't do anything to help.

How in the world will air go in from those tiny holes?!



Please excuse my bad English.

Former gaming PC: i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Current gaming PC: R5-7600, 32GB RAM 6000MT/s (CL30) and a RX 9060XT 16GB

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