Sapphire Reveals Radeon R9 290 and R9 290X Tri-X Cards

[Barantos1]

I really hope that instead of these fans that they begin to build GPU's with CLC's already attached instead.

 

[06yfz450ridr]

I do agree I remembered seeing my dual x heatsink surface and I cried a little. I could have sanded that by hand more even with less ridges in that thing. but still cools just fine in my rig

 

[Aphala]

Kitguru have already reviewed this card and the cooler keeps it under 70C. I know a lot of happy sapphire customers without any complaint for the coolers and I know that the MSI Twin Frozr coolers are some of the best around (due to owning a twin frozr 3 and 4 card)

Also the card doesn't come with a backplate, and although similar, the 280x toxic edition's cooler is a bit different to this and IMO a lot nicer looking.

I am tossed up about getting the Tri-Force Sapphire R9 290X or try a Nvida card.