This is our coverage of the Radeon R9 290X announcement. We are not in Hawaii, but we will try to keep you updated with the latest developments in this topic (including latest leaks). Of course if you find anything that wasn’t mentioned here feel free to post it in the comments!
Update 39 END
The livestream has ended, AMD did not provide any official specifications on the new Radeon R9 290X other than some basic information about the GPU itself.
This is where we end our coverage, thanks for dropping by!
Update 38
DICE shows low level console style API for PCs: MANTLE
Update 37
Raptr is showing their collaborative work they did with AMD. This application is GeForce Experience clone.
Update 36
Fist official picture of the Radeon R9 290X
Update 35
AMD talks about Forward+
Update 34
AMD announces new RUBY with their new Cryengine powered demo.
Update 33
Maingear announces Maingear SHIFT with Radeon R9 in 3-way Crossfire.
Update 32
AMD officially confirms new naming scheme.
Update 31
We are slowly moving on to games. I will update this post once we hear more about the Hawaii GPU.
Update 30
They are still talking about audio. Chill out and wait for BF4 videos! T4C Fantasy came up with a good name for their processor: SPU Super Processing Unit.
Update 29
AMD Radeon R9 290X caught on first video.
Update 28
In this picture AMD shown the 290 non-X. Another Hawaii-based GPU.
Update 27
AMD announces TrueAudio, fully programmable audio technology. It will be supported by 290X, 290 and 260X.
Update 26
Hawaii GPU has more than 6 billion transistors!
Update 25
AMD Radeon R9 290X will come with BF4.
Update 24
AMD has just announced their new lineup:
Update 23
AMD talking about Gaming Evolved program. TressFX, 4k gaming, Eyefinity. Still no Hawaii GPU.
Update 22
AMD Radeon R9 290X specifications
Update 21
The R9 290X has 2816 SPs and costs $600!
Update 20
Livestream is super laggy at the moment, we still wait untill all issues are resolved. If you have no sound, remember it’s all about graphics TM :)
Update 19
AMD IS SWITCHING TO LIVESTREAM
http://www.livestream.com/amdlivestream?t=637320
Update 18
Today only reference board will be shown. AIB partners will showcase their models in October.
Update 17
Do I need to say more?
PCPer: Chris Hook explains why shit is broken:
Update 16
Check our new post with as many pictures of the R9 290X as possible :)
Update 15
The rumor has it that AMD is doing the last minute changes to their newest Catalyst drivers ;)
Update 14
And yet another pictures:
Update 13
Apparently it was YOUTUBE who shut down the video:
Ryan Shrout:
So, the issue with the stream is in relation to the music they were playing. YouTube didn’t like it. The stream will go live when the event starts.
Update 12
New pictures of the AMD Radeon R9 290X emerge! [SOURCE]
Update 11
There are some issues with the youtube player. Apparently the video is no longer live.
Update 10
New AMD Gaming Evolved App – Raptr (GeForce Experience clone) [SOURCE]
Update 9
AMDs schedule – live event, later in the day there will be an NDA briefing from which we can't say a thing until the embargo is lifted!
— Jose Fajardo (@josefajardo) September 25, 2013
Update 8
AMD GPU 14 Event will feature Ruby Tech Demo powered by CryEngine 3, Star Citizen and Lichdom
Update 7
Battlefield 4 banner with AMD Radeon R9 290X has been posted on twitter.
According to the source, the specifications are confirmed… only we don’t know which one.
Update 6
1:30h left till AMD comeback to the high-end fight against NVIDIA. Still no confirmation on the R9 290X specs, guess we are all waiting then.
UPDATE 6
First non-reference AMD Radeon R9 280X specifications confirmed. [SOURCE] “Thanks T4C Fantasy!”
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP Specs:
- Base clock: 970 MHz
- Boost clock: 1070 MHz
- Memory clock: 1600 MHz (6.4 GHz effective)
- GPU: 28nm Tahiti XT
- GPU Config: 2048:128:32
- Memory Config: 3GB GDDR5 384-bit
UPDATE 5
Some people already noticed that R9 290X looks similar to ASUS HD 5870 ROG Matrix, what do you think?
UPDATE 4
First screengrabs of the Radeon R9 290X running in Catalyst Control Center and GPU-z have been leaked (specs remain unknown) [SOURCE]
UPDATE 3
AMD Radeon R9 290X final design has been pictured by tech2.in [SOURCE]
UPDATE 2
AMD Radeon R9 280X is nothing more than HD 7970 GHz Edition. [SOURCE]
UPDATE 1
Apparently most of the Radeon R200 series graphics card will use old GPUs known from HD 7000 series.
There is a hope that AMD will add Battlefield 4 to their new flagship. [SOURCE]