The day has come, and the reviews are in:

AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9621/the-amd-radeon-r9-nano-review

Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-nano,4285.html

Guru3d: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-radeon-r9-nano-review,1.html

Hardware Cannucks: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/70246-amd-r9-nano-review.html

Techspot: http://www.techspot.com/review/1061-amd-radeon-r9-nano/

Bit-tech: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2015/09/10/amd-radeon-r9-nano-review/1

TweakTown: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7335/amd-radeon-r9-nano-video-card-review-fury-dead/index.html

Feel free to post more reviews!

German Website PC Games Hardware also has made their Test: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/Tests/R9-Nano-Test-Review-1170704/

Apparently, in their test the Nano clocked around 910Mhz most of the time wile the card consumes less than 200W (so pretty close to the 175W TDP). Also, like most AMD Graphic cards, gains under DX12 are considerable, especially at higher resolutions.

Not many advantages besides size and the fact that it works with Crossfire, but size doesn't matter all that much since people who build performance rigs usually have large chassis anyway and Crossfire and SLi are typically something for two or more cheaper cards rather than one brutal one.

I still don't regret for a second that I went with my EVGA 980 Ti.

True, unless you want to build a gaming ITX system, where the Nano rules supreme, NVidia is still up front. DX12 might change this a bit in the future if NVidia doesn't fix their weakness there soon, as under DX12 the Nano comes dangerously close to an Superclocked 980Ti

No one should ever regret the purchased graphics card or CPU or whatever. You had your reasons and your expectations. Besides, the 980Ti is a beast.

But I'd say that Nano could actually prove to be popular between not only those who want a gaming HTPC, but also the LAN party attendees. For this group, size and weight is important and Nano is perfect for them.

For smaller LAN events, like in someone's home, I imgaine it could be more comfortable as well, considering noise and heat levels. I remember hosting a LAN at my first appartment, which was a rectangular 30 square meter dungeon with poor ventilation and concrete walls; it was not pleasant...

I try to imagine that, and the only thing that comes to my mind is the noise and

Sort of AMD news for the gamers...

It turns out I bought a Powercolor R9 290 for my brother without thinking much of it, only to be impressed by the performance of the Hawaii chip and the quality of the card build. I would very likely take it over, say, a Zotac or an EVGA GTX 970 (I still have an undying affection for my mini Gigabyte GTX 970 haha). So, if anyone is interested on budget GTX 970 quality, serioulsy consider going for the Turboduo R9 290. It's only $249 on Newegg.

I mean, a quick trip around Google would have you believe Powercolor and the 290 cards are crap. Not quite!

(Of course, I might have been lucky, after all. But I don't think so. The Turboduo cards are using a late bath of Hawaii chips and they are more likely to be reliable.)

I've never heard of the Turboduo brand before :-/. But I've seen a Sapphire 290 card for 269 €. Very, very tempting.

Anyway, congrats on your purchase. I'm sure your brother is enjoying it!

But yeah, 290-/X chips were never bad. The reference card was the problem because it was too loud and couldn't keep the chip cool enough, but third party cards with aftermarket coolers never suffered from those problems (as far as I know).

Yeah, I've read about the reference cards. The tiny red coolers at the edge of the card never stood a chance, not to mention leakage seemed higher on earlier chips. Though usually is a good move to stay clear of those reference solutions, no matter the card or the manufacturer haha.