Stories about: R9 290  

It ships in a custom-manufactured wooden crate and has a price of $650 / €650

It is overclocked to 1030 MHz, instead of the normal maximum of 947 MHz

They are part of the Poker series and have triple-slot, triple-fan coolers

They both have 4 GB GDDR5 VRAM and 30 MHz speed bonus over stock cards

Both of them have dual-fan coolers and give off 20% less heat

They can switch between silent, performance and power efficiency modes

They work at up to 1 GHz GPU and 5 GHz memory clock frequencies

Both use the Tri-X cooler, but the same PCB as the reference boards

Custom-made R9 290 and R9 290X graphics cards relied on chip shipments that never came

Sapphire made it so that the card isn't limited to 40% fan speed anymore

The folks at Overclockers UK are offering the cards pre-flashed with 2-year warranties

The overclocked board is a full 50 MHz faster than the reference

It has a darker cooler shroud than usual, but that's the only difference

The card comes in a white and blue box and is good for 4K gaming

You can customize AMD's new wonder child even if no one else will

The US price seems to still be of $399 though, sadly

Unless you want the shroud black, it's as good a card as any of the others