Testseek.com 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
Best performance
Great overall performance. Full support for 4K gaming
As well as AMD's new Mantle API. Incorporates new audio technology.
Great Performance
Excellent Feature Set
More Flexible Multi-Monitor Configurations Possible
Quiet and Uber Modes
Aggressive Pricing
Fastest single-chip graphics card we've tested
Consistently outpaced Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780—and the $1
000 GTX Titan
At near half the price
Excellent overclocking
Excellent price/performance ratio
Great price
Good 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
Similar performance to the GTX Titan at nearly half the cost a gutsy play that should provoke a response from Nvidia.
The editors didn't like
Power consumption
Runs hot. Noisy when at full power
Still Somewhat Pricey
High Power Consumption
Pumps Out A Lot Of Heat
Louder Than Competitive GeForces
Flipping BIOS to “Uber Mode” delivers a bit more performance
But with extra heat and noise
Noise
Noisy
High temperatures
High power consumption
No analog VGA outputs
It's hot enough to remind us of Fermi and it's still priced like a premium card compared to more mainstream Radeons.
Published: 2013-10-24, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Ok, you know how this goes. We'll magically compress our test results into a couple of our famous price-performance scatter plots. The performance scores are a geometric mean of the results from all the games we tested. We've converted our 99th-percentil...
Abstract: AMD Radeon R9 290X Crossfire (2-way) review vs GeForce GTX 780The Radeon R9 290X launched this week and received a quite nice vibe in the market. Though a lot of money, price performance wise these cards will be interesting. The R9-290 series are products...
Great Performance, Excellent Feature Set, More Flexible Multi-Monitor Configurations Possible, Quiet and Uber Modes, Aggressive Pricing
Still Somewhat Pricey, High Power Consumption, Pumps Out A Lot Of Heat, Louder Than Competitive GeForces
With that said, while frame rates were competitive, the GeForces still have a couple of advantages in our opinion. The GeForce GTX 780 and Titan were quieter than the Radeon R9 290X, regardless of which mode was used on the Radeon. The GeForces also pumpe...
Fastest single-chip graphics card we've tested, Consistently outpaced Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780—and the $1,000 GTX Titan, at near half the price
Flipping BIOS to “Uber Mode” delivers a bit more performance, but with extra heat and noise
The Radeon R9 290X is stunningly powerful for its $549 price, outpacing both Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 780 and its $1,000 GeForce GTX Titan. The card's “Uber Mode” can squeeze out a few extra frames, too, so long as you don't mind the fan noise. ...
Overall I am very much impressed with the R9-290X cards that AMD brings to the table. And hey 6.2 Billion transistors baked at a 28nm fabrication daaauuumn, that is an accomplishment all by itself. The end-result is a product that can compete with the Ge...
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Published: 2013-10-24, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
best performance, excellent overclocking, excellent price/performance ratio
noise
AMD released its new flagship to compete against NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and to claim the crown for best in gaming. R9 290X beats the GTX 780 in Radeon optimized games and looses in others. But it sets a new level of performance in the $549 price area, hav...
Great price, Good 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
Noisy, High temperatures, High power consumption, No analog VGA outputs
According to AMD, the Radeon R9 290X will retail for $549. Great price Good 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 Noisy High...
Published: 2013-10-24, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Blimey Charlie it's been tight hasn't it. When the R9 290X first appeared we were hopeful that it would be a similarly large leap forward that the Kepler GPU provided for nVidia. Relative to the HD7970 it certainly is, with vastly increased performance on...
