Testseek.com 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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224 Reviews
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Abstract: AMD's announcement of Radeon R9 290X made a really good impression on the public. Most of excitement wasn't due to performance, which is great, nor due to acoustic and thermal characteristic that aren't really that good. So, what makes this card that popu...
Now, when you take all of those performance numbers into consideration, it seems like the R9 290 is a pretty good card that runs a bit hot, but still has potential. Now, when you take the $399 price into account, you begin to realize that this card rea...
Stunning performance for the price, Consistently edges out pricier GTX 780, Same 4GB of GDDR5 RAM as much pricier R9 290X
Exceedingly loud under load at stock speeds, Same power requirements as R9 290X
AMD’s $399 Radeon R9 290 is the best value in a high-end graphics card to come along in years, but at stock speeds with the reference cooler and fan, it’s also the loudest card we can remember testing. ...
AMD has definitely gone on the warpath with the Radeon R9 290 4GB graphics card. Seemingly going straight for the juggular of NVIDIA, the R9 290 is able to perform better than a GeForce GTX 780 for $100 less (which seems like deja vu from last month) whi...
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Published: 2013-11-05, Author: Ryan , review by: anandtech.com
Bringing this review to a close, it's admittedly not very often that we write a negative video card review, especially for a major SKU launch from NVIDIA or AMD. Both companies have competitive analysis teams to do benchmarking and performance comparisons...
Let's see, hmm…what's missing from this review? Oh, right, price! I intentionally didn't tell you the price before so you would have to see how it performed before we got to it. So, what does the AMD R9 290 cost? $399 MSRP. That's right, there is GTX 78...
With an MSRP pricing for R9-290X at EUR 399 excl. VAT and 299 EUR excl VAT for the regular 290 we feel this product is priced really teriffic. It is a very nice price if you need high end performance and want to have 4 GB of memory. Two cards set up in C...
Great Performance, Aggressive Price, Bridgeless CrossFire, Flexible Output Options
Louder Than a GTX 780, Runs Hot
Versus competing NVIDIA-based offerings, the Radeon R9 290 goes toe to toe with the GeForce GTX 780. Throughout our testing, the Radeon R9 290 and GeForce GTX 780 traded victories, with the 290 coming out on top in four tests and the GeForce in three. Wit...
Overall I am very impressed with the R9-290/290X cards that AMD brought to the table. And hey 6.2 Billion transistors baked at a 28nm fabrication is an accomplishment all by itself. The end-result is a product that can compete with the GeForce GTX 780 an...
