Sapphire R9 290x Reference Design

Finally my R9 290x has arrived!

FireStrike_R9290X

This is just a taste of the performance I’m getting, without tweaking anything:

This is what I used to get with the Sapphire HD7970 Dual-X OC:
FireStrike_HD7970

All in all, the card is very silent eaven under load, not at all as loud as some critics were claiming.