Review - AMD Radeon R9 290X

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Would you be so kind as to post performance results? I'm particularly interested in descrypt and md5crypt.

The following benchmarks are per-device speed from dual-device runs, at respective stock clocks and using -b:

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format       R9 290X            7970
NTLM       19542.5 MH/s    15603.8 MH/s
descrypt     120.1 MH/s    85013.6 kH/s
md5crypt    3340.0 kH/s     3512.1 kH/s
wpapsk       178.9 kH/s      131.3 kH/s
sha256crypt  23159 H/s       81143 H/s
sha512crypt  16389 H/s       12379 H/s

Running a real crack using a single NT test hash and -n800, the difference to a 7970 is smaller than indicated above - but 290X is the faster one. Temps are surprisingly good (70-80C) with fan at 100% and stock clocks.