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.
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 th...
Performance, ZeroCore Power, Option to juggle between performance and fan noise
Loud fan
AMD reached its goal with the high-powered Radeon R9 290X: to rival the other high-end graphics cards. Just remember, the GPU requires a good deal of power and needs to be cooled down in order to perform at its best, which in turn produces a lot of noise....
Abstract: The 'next-generation' consoles are just about catching up to 1080p, but in the world of PC gaming, things have moved up a further few notches through the emergence of 4K panels touting a lush 3,840x2,160 resolution. Lovely as they are - and it's true, gam...
Published: 2013-10-30, Author: Dave , review by: techradar.com
Faster than GTX 780 and GTX Titan in most tests, Competitve price, 512, bit memory bus
Very noisy in Uber mode, Runs hot
This is all shaping up to be a pretty impressive win for the R9 290X then. It's quicker than a GTX 780 and when you push the overclock up a little – to be fair you will only get a little out of it – you'll get GTX Titan gaming performance for almost half...
Amazing 4K gaming performance, Outclasses the Nvidia parts, very competitive pricing,
Reference cooler is not impressive, temperatures of 95c are high, QUIET mode will inflict performance penalties, Kitguru says: AMDs R9 290X is the market leader for 4K gaming, Rating: 8.0, Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19, Share, Fac
AMD's R9 290X is a powerhouse graphics card able to drive many of the latest Direct X 11 titles at the native UltraHD 4K resolution of 3840×2160, even with the eye candy at very high settings.Part 1 of our review last week highlighted that the R9 290X was...
Abstract: Just yesterday, we found out that AMD's new champion graphics card, the $549 Radeon R9 290X, gave Nvidia's GeForce GTX Titan a very good run for its money. Heck, in some games it took the Titan's dinner money and gave it a cheeky slap into the financial b...
Blistering performance, Good price point, Huge array of features, No Crossfire bridge required, Support for up to 6 screens
Noisy, Hot, Starting to look a little dated
First let’s clear the performance questions up. It is faster than a GTX780. This is the competitor card AMD were gunning for so it is mission complete as far as that remit goes. Compared against the GTX TITAN, the R9-290X can occasionally hold its hea...
A genuine enthusiastclass card, Lays solid claim to 'world's fastest consumer GPU' title, Very competitive pricing, Ideally suited to 2,560x1,440 gaming
Low default memory clock, High operating temperature
AMD has been playing graphics catchup ever since Nvidia launched the GTX Titan card in February this year. Just like the green team, AMD's best-ever GPU, the Radeon R9 290X, is largely based on existing technology, and it is reasonable to consider it as ...
The Radeon R9 290X is an extremely powerful graphics card, faster than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 in almost every benchmark, and faster than the Titan in more than a few. With 4K resolution, which of course is still very exotic for all but the early ado...
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB Graphics Card Launch ReviewA couple of weeks ago AMD launched their new R9 and R7 series cards which replace the 7000 series in the market. The models released up to this point have primarily been tweaked versions of existing GPUs h...
