paulpicks21 said:
Nice Ryan!

I sent this link to Steve earlier, I am not sure what to make of it really. I was also reading some of the user comments on OCN, one guy bought a 290X, hated it at first, but after using it for the weekend is very happy with it, he also owns a GTX 780 and given the choice he says he would recommend the 290X to friends over the 780.

Is the AMD Radeon R9 290X too hot? | bit-tech.net
They're turning out to be a pretty good card aren't they so once some 3rd party coolers come out they'll be better still hopefully

Solarstarshines said:
ganjiry said:
With a new Rampage IV Black Edition pushing the Intel Core i7 4970X to 6GHz and DDR3 to 2,666MHz, while packing four new R9 290X graphics cards in CrossFireX at 1,435MHz core, 1650MHz (6,600MHz effective) memory, Russian overclocker Smoke, smashed the 3DMark 11 Performance record by nearly 2,000 points to 41,531
Smoke Smashes 3DMark 11 Record With Quad R9 290X CrossFireX | Republic of Gamers
Smoke`s 3DMark11 - Performance score: 41531 marks with a Radeon R9 290X

This guy knows how to

I would be transfixed on a score like that you couldn't get the Koolaid smile off my face with a Crowbar that's for sure

It doesn't take them long to take records does it. fairplay to them i say