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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.
Award: Editor’s Choice December 2013
December 2013
 
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The editors liked

  • Best performance
  • Stunning performance for the price
  • Consistently edges out pricier GTX 780
  • Same 4GB of GDDR5 RAM as much pricier R9 290X
  • Excellent performance. AMD's Mantle API. Competitively priced.
  • Great Performance
  • Aggressive Price
  • Bridgeless CrossFire
  • Flexible Output Options
  • Excellent power consumption
  • Best price/performance ratio
  • Great price
  • Excellent performance
  • Software voltage control possible
  • Native
  • Full-size HDMI and DisplayPort
  • Improved multi-monitor output
  • Dual BIOS
  • 4 GB video memory
  • Support for AMD TrueAudio
  • A strong followup to the R9 290X
  • The R9 290 currently offers the best value of its class
  • Beating the competing GTX 780.

The editors didn't like

  • Power consumption
  • Exceedingly loud under load at stock speeds
  • Same power requirements as R9 290X
  • Loud. Runs warm
  • Louder Than a GTX 780
  • Runs Hot
  • Extremely Noisy
  • High temperatures
  • High power consumption
  • No analog VGA outputs (DVI adapters do not work)
  • The R9 290's thermal results were less than desirable
  • Adding to our anticipation of thirdparty designs.

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  Published: 2013-11-05, Author: Shawn , review by: tweaktown.com

  • Hitting at $399, AMD has done the same thing they've done with every other R series video card that they've launched in the last month - priced it perfectly. With NVIDIA doing a bit of a price drop, in the last week, though, we thought that maybe it woul...

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  Published: 2018-07-09, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  AMD introduced her new R7/R9 300 range of graphics cards on the 18th of June. We benchmarked the Radeon R7 370 2GB and 4GB, 380 2GB and 4GB as well as the Radeon R9 390 and 390X. We will not dive in to technical aspects and possibilities of the new ca...

 
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  Published: 2017-02-14, Author: Farzin , review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  Both Warhammer and Total War are popular game series, however this isn't the only reason as to why the new game Total War: Warhammer is interesting. The game also has a DirectX 12 mode. In this review we test Warhammar with 20 GPUs in DirectX 12: the numb...

 
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  Published: 2015-11-30, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  At the start of September, Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain was released, the newest installment in the Metal Gear series. For almost thirty years, this series has been made by the Japanese game developer Hideo Kojima in cooperation with distributor Kon...

 
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  Published: 2015-10-23, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, devolped by the Polish developer CD Projekt RED is an action role-playing game set in a mythological playing world. It is classed as an open world game, something that usually gets the attention of PC gamers as this would norma...

 
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  Published: 2015-07-08, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  We previously published a performance review of Grand Theft Auto V , in which we tested the game using 23 graphics cards, ranging from an entry-level Radeon R7 240 to an ultra high-end GeForce GTX Titan X. We ran the tests on our standard test system fo...

 
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  Published: 2015-07-07, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  Around two months ago, the PC version of GTA V was released at long last. Where owners of a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360 have been able to play this game since September 2013, PC gamers had to wait no less than nineteen months for their turn. Admittedly...

 
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  Published: 2015-07-02, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  AMD introduced her new R7/R9 300 range of graphics cards on the 18th of June. We benchmarked the Radeon R7 370 2GB and 4GB, 380 2GB and 4GB as well as the Radeon R9 390 and 390X. We will not dive in to technical aspects and possibilities of the new ca...

 
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  Published: 2015-06-23, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  Released fifteen years after the first Total War game, Attila is the ninth entry in the Total War series. Within these games, which combine turn-based and realtime strategy, you play the role of both an emperor and a general. You must keep your position...

 
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  Published: 2015-05-22, review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  Assassin's Creed Rogue is already the seventh entry in the Assassin's Creed series. After its initial release for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in late 2014, PC gamers got to join in the fun during March of this year. We tested the game using 23 modern GPU...

 
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