Nothing special performance wise, but temps are really nice.

The temps are I think the real selling point of this. Many people were turned off by the 290X because of how hot it got. I'd say PowerColor did a fantastic job with their cooling design - I'm surprised the GPU couldn't be overclocked higher. It is a shame about the bit/litecoin miners - while AMD could really use the revenue, the miners are probably really hurting AMD's gaming market. Nvidia is getting a little too far ahead in PC gaming popularity.

Thanks for review, great cooler! 🤓 I was looking at nonx variant ~ 335€ (no tax), not bad http://geizhals.eu/powercolor-radeon-r9-290-pcs-axr9-290-4gbd5-ppdhe-a1059569.html Now all we need to see is HIS R9 290 IceQ X² 😀 http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-790.shtml

The temps are I think the real selling point of this. Many people were turned off by the 290X because of how hot it got. I'd say PowerColor did a fantastic job with their cooling design - I'm surprised the GPU couldn't be overclocked higher. It is a shame about the bit/litecoin miners - while AMD could really use the revenue, the miners are probably really hurting AMD's gaming market. Nvidia is getting a little too far ahead in PC gaming popularity.

Agreed, those were impressive temps.

Why no photos without cooler?, Not shown elemental base power?

Techpowerup Stripped it 😀 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/R9_290X_PCS_Plus/3.html