Stories about: R9 290X  

It should have 5,632 Stream processors and 8 GB GDDR5 VRAM

This is the second 8 GB card that Sapphire has prepared to ram us with

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

The boards will be part of the ROG series whenever they finally come out

It's been previewed and sent out to retail for a price of $800 / €800 or so

There are some professional adapters with that amount, but this is the first gaming model

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

It is an overclocked card with a factory-fitted triple-fan cooler

I suppose the card won't be called DirectCU II anymore after the switch

They can switch between silent, performance and power efficiency modes

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

The dual-fan cooler deals with increased heat from factory overclocking

One has reference specifications, the other is factory overclocked

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

The GPU speed is 60 MHz and memory is 100 MHz faster than reference

It's not confirmed, but given the cooling and specs, it's more than likely