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
As with the R9 290X's launch, it's hard to deny the R9 290's appeal in terms of pure bang for buck, as the card is priced directly between Nvidia's GTX 780 and GTX 770 but consistently produces frame rates closer to those of the more expensive card. The £...
Fantastic price point, superb performance, designed for Ultra HD 4K gaming,
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
The AMD R9 290 is a very powerful graphics card capable of dealing with the latest Direct X 11 titles at both 1600p and Ultra HD 4K resolutions.Both R9 290X and R9 290 have 4GB of GDDR5 memory connected via a broad 512 bit memory interface. The memory is...
Published: 2018-09-21, Author: Jeff , review by: Techreport.com
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Abstract: When reviewing the AMD Radeon R9 290 under Linux back in November we found the Catalyst Linux performance to be quite poor for this high-end "Hawaii" graphics processor compared to the pleasurable performance reports under Windows and a strong showing aga...
According to our today’s tests and judging by the recommended prices, the AMD Radeon R9 290 seems to be a more attractive buy than the top-end Radeon R9 290X. Being a mere 7% slower, the R9 290 is supposed to be 27% cheaper than its cousin. Moreover, ...
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Published: 2013-12-09, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
