PowerColor Launches R9 290, 290X, PCS+ and LCS

[Crashman]

Big air and slim water support PowerColor's R9 overclocks.

PowerColor Launches R9 290, 290X, PCS+ and LCS : Read more

 

[Zeh]

"Nearly 1% faster"I lol'd

 

[acktionhank]

"PowerColor has a different solution for buyers who can't live with a mere 1050 MHz GPU clock, or for those who don't wish to vent graphics heat into their cases. The LCS R9-290X is clocked to 1060 MHz, which is nearly 1 percent faster than its already overclocked PCS+ model."I've never seen a more sarcastic paragraph written on tomshardware. I'm going to have to admit, i'm rather impressed.

 

[Morbus]

much sarcasm
such impress
very applaud
wow

 

[iam2thecrowe]

"Nearly 1% faster"I lol'd

funny, but the way these cards work and throttle an LCS is probably the only way to run this high end card to it's maximum potential. any air cooler is going to see the card throttle back at some stage.

 

[Crashman]

"Nearly 1% faster"I lol'd

funny, but the way these cards work and throttle an LCS is probably the only way to run this high end card to it's maximum potential. any air cooler is going to see the card throttle back at some stage.

Not exactly. Increase power ceiling, lower the threshold temperature for max fan, raise max fan speed, problem solved:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-r9-290-crossfire,3711-8.html

Well, that takes care of throttling. The supersized cooler helps reduce the noise problem. I'd still prefer the LC solution over three fans that vent into the case though.

 

[johnb0118]

Reviews?

 

[eklipz330]

no, aftermarket heatsinks perform perfectly fine when it comes to taming this beast.

 

[ipwn3r456]

1% faster, 10% more expensive I bet...

 

[Phillip Wager]

#1 it is not 1% faster than stock it is 1% faster than powercolor's other OC'ed card. #2 i don't think i will buy another powercolor product i had my last videocard i got from them die 3 months after the 2year warranty expired. i probably won't buy another 2 year warranty video card again especially since almost every Nvidea card is 3 year warranty. Diamond offers a 5 year warranty and both visiontek and XFX offer lifetime warrantied products and they don't charge more. i was a very big powercolor suporter until just now.