so supposedly the new r9 290x gets extremely high temps, graphical glitches are common, and its not the quietest
imo im starting to feel like the gtx 780 at 50 bucks less might not be too bad of a deal...
1) You would have known all this a week and a half ago if you actaully read a full review of the card instead of just looking at a single graph
2) The 290X gets higher temps by design, the new silicon layout can handle it. It doesn't (and isn't supposed to) throttle until 95 degrees, other cards begin to throttle/up fans at 85
3) As a direct result of #2, the 290X does have some issues with loud fans (if you change the settings to allow for loudness), and throttling is expedited by more than one card running at once. However, only the stock reference cooler is available for the card right now. AMD has not had as much experience as nvidia in the high end gpu sector of the market, and they are not known for making exceptional coolers like nvidia is. However, I am 100% sure that once partnered vendors start releasing their own coolers the thermal situation will improve dramatically.
4) Graphical glitches are common only because of the new drivers. There's nothing inherently wrong with the physical card that would prevent these glitches from being fixed by updated drivers, you have to remember that this is a brand new card based on an entirely new architecture
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