Radeon R9 290 Review: Kick-*** value, same top notch performance

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As far as I know and can tell, the accelero Hybrid technically takes up 2 slots but the curved fan juts just a bit into the third slot area. It would be a tight fit to see if its totally possible, but watching the newegg video of it on a 7970 made it look like it juts over into the third slot a bit. I could not guarantee they would happily site right next to eachother.

Edit: those two are also 3 slot solutions.

Try looking on ebay for like some of the HIS coolers by themselves and see if you can purchase them then install them on your cards.
 
I'm running them in a micro ATX case, which means high heat output and confined space. Do you know if the Accelero Hybrid takes more than 2 slots?
The Accelero Hybrid is a three slot design as you'll never fit a second card into the third slot of the motherboard. The Hybrid fully takes up two slots and overhangs the third:
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I guess this is the time that AIB's step up and deliver the non reference versions of R9 290 and 290x.. this will be a big smack to Nvidia ^_^
 
AMD has already made the 290X useless when the 290 is within 3fps of it across the board. Damn noobs working at AMD now. G-Sync better be good because I want off the red team.
G-sync is like placing a picture of a young lady infront of an old one. its merely cheating what you see. you'll pay premium for hardware that are not really working the way they should be. and having proprietary monitors for it will and will make the pc industry crumble. G-sync is even worst than mantle I guess. mantle can be applied on all the games. G-sync? you'll have to buy a g-sync enabled monitor.
 
G-sync is like placing a picture of a young lady infront of an old one. its merely cheating what you see.
Well done. I haven't seen anyone so thoroughly miss a point for some time. Here's your prize
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and having proprietary monitors for it will and will make the pc industry crumble.
Or you could buy the module once it's validated on the hardware, and install it- but whatever
G-sync is even worst than mantle I guess.
So long as the monitor has DisplayPort input it should be G-Sync module capable. Mantle is limited to GCN architecture AMD cards for the foreseeable future and G-Sync to Kepler architecture. Both features need the latest architectures...so technically, G-Sync is no worster than Mantle.
 
Hi Steve,

I'm in the process of, but now reconsidering doing this swap of coolers as something has me worried.
Is it not a problem that not all of the chip is covered by the offset Tahiti cooler? I see the vast majority is in contact but could parts at the edges be reaching dangerous temps without me knowing?
 
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