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
Published: 2014-01-13, Author: Alex , review by: extremespec.net
AMD Radeon R9 290H gives very high performance and very affordable with a recommended price of U.S. $ 549, forcing NVIDIA to reconsider its pricing policy on the flagship graphics card. As for the direct comparison of AMD Radeon R9 290X with solutions ...
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Published: 2014-01-09, Author: Igor , review by: tomshardware.com
Clock Rates In A Closed Case Let's get straight to the point: do these cards maintain the clock rates that AMD uses in its marketing materials, or do they slowly bleed performance like the reference-cooled models? For the sake of monitoring, I used the ...
My Radeon R9 290X CrossFire system produces more noise than my TITAN SLI rig did, but the sound does not bother me and, unless you are very sensitive, I doubt you would find it bothersome either. The Radeon R9 290X CrossFire produces a good bit more heat...
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Published: 2013-12-09, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
Abstract: BattleField 4 is the poster child for the next generation of consoles. With a relative dearth of AAA titles it has fallen to DICE to wow us with the latest iteration of their first person squad shooter.As much as we might champion the cause of the PC Gami...
With the launch of the R9 290X and R9 290, AMD has caused a huge mess in the high-end market. It shook up Nvidia, introduced very disruptive pricing and brought a considerable performance leap compared to previous generation Tahiti parts. Nvidia's two top...
Abstract: The Microsoft DirectX-11 graphics API is native to the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System, and will be the primary O/S for our test platform. DX11 is also available as a Microsoft Update for the Windows Vista O/S, so our test results apply to both versi...
Abstract: Continuing our evaluation of the new GeForce GTX 780 Ti and Radeon R9 290X we are going to focus on UltraHD
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Published: 2013-11-07, Author: Paul , review by: hitechlegion.com
Abstract: AMD launched its new flagship video card--the Radeon R9 290X. Unfortunately, there are problems with the 290X. Big ones. Including the fact that this card's GPU clock throttles, performance suffers, it runs @ 94C when gaming and the fan is louder than a j...
Abstract: When two models from the Volcanic Island series came out last month, we were a bit disappointed with the fact that the model with a brand new chip and code name Hawaii was delayed for the end of October. In the end, they kept their promise, and we've rece...
