Testseek.co.uk have collected 334 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB GDDR5 PCIe.
October 2013
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The editors liked
Blistering performance
Good price point
Huge array of features
No Crossfire bridge required
Support for up to 6 screens
A genuine enthusiastclass card
Lays solid claim to 'world's fastest consumer GPU' title
Very competitive pricing
Ideally suited to 2
560x1
440 gaming
Class leading performance for a single GPU graphics card
New PowerTune enhancements pave the way for stress free performance boosts
CrossFire no longer needs a bridge/connector
Well priced relative to the competition
Faster than GTX 780 and GTX Titan in most tests
Competitve price
512
Bit memory bus
Performance
ZeroCore Power
Option to juggle between performance and fan noise
Incredible performance
Some overclocking headroom
Able to outperform the GTX Titan and GTX780 OC cards
Competitive pricing
Undercutting the GTX780
Amazing 4K gaming performance
Outclasses the Nvidia parts
The editors didn't like
Noisy
Hot
Starting to look a little dated
Low default memory clock
High operating temperature
Slightly high (relative) power consumption
Very noisy in Uber mode
Runs hot
Loud fan
Reference cooler is not up to the task
AMD may say it is fine
But 95c is too hot long term for my tastes
Overclocking requires the fan to be set much higher
And it can get very noisy
Quiet mode will suffer from core downclocking depending on the situ
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Abstract: Since we have a reference version of the 290X, a very capable PowerColor overclocked card, we are going to need to run it with extra voltage and with the fan at 100% to prevent throttling when it is overclocked +150MHz to 1150MHz core and +200MHz to 1450M...
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Published: 2014-04-14, Author: Igor , review by: tomshardware.com
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Published: 2014-02-15, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Great overall performance. Full support for 4K gaming, as well as AMD's new Mantle API. Incorporates new audio technology.
Runs hot. Noisy when at full power
If you're in the market for a high-end single GPU card, the R9 290X is a great option. Just be prepared for the heat and noise when running it at full throttle....
At the time of its announcement in October 2013 the AMD Radeon R9 290X made a worthy opponent to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 despite all the problems with noise and overheat. However, Nvidia was quick to react by cutting the price of its single-GPU fla...
