Testseek.co.uk have collected 224 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 PCIe.
December 2013
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The editors liked
Very good performance
Even better value than R9 290X
Overclocks reasonably well
Excellent performance for a single GPU graphics card of its price
CrossFire no longer needs a bridge/connector
Excellent price relative to the competition
4GB of GDDR5 as standard at its price point
Super bang for buck
Decent value for a high
End card
Indistinguishable performance from 290X
Fantastic price point
Superb performance
Designed for Ultra HD 4K gaming
The editors didn't like
Reference card is loud and runs hot
No bundled games
Slightly high (relative) power consumption to the GTX Titan
Reference cooler is weak – it does run hot and loud
Still not within the price range of many
Makes AMD look silly to put 290X out first
Can get loud
Will run hot
Core clock can downclock depending on ambient temperature and fan speed
Kitguru says
A fantastic
High value for money proposition
But we advise our audience to wait on custom cooled versions of the hardware before parting w
Published: 2018-07-09, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
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