Radeon R9 290X Can Run PC Game System Requirements

The Radeon R9 290X was released on the 24 Oct 2013

AMD PC game performance check Radeon R9 290X

GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Hawaii XT

Process

28nm

TMUs

176

Texture Rate

176 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

64 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

2816

Driver Support

Release Price

$549.00

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 12.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.4

Resolution (WxH)

4096x2160

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon R9 290X graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

4096 MB

Memory Speed

1250 MHz

Memory Bus

512 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

320GB/sec

L2 Cache

1024KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

1000 MHz

Power

Max Power

290 Watts

PSU

750 Watt & 42 Amps

Power Connector

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

2560 x 1440

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Radeon R9 290X Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 290X is a high-end graphics card and the most powerful single graphics card of the Radeon R-200 Series.
It packs a Hawaii XT Core which offers 2816 Shader Processing Units, 176 TMUs and 64 ROPs, on a 512-bit memory interface.
While the central unit runs at 1000MHz, the memory clock operates at 1250MHz.
Benchmarks indicate its performance is slightly better than GeForce GTX Titan and considerably better than GeForce GTX 780. Its release price of $549 makes Radeon R9 290X an extremely competitive graphics card. It was most powerful single-graphics-card available until November 2013.
Please note that this card is known to heat a lot and requires a very powerful PSU.

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Radeon R9 290X vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i7-970 6-Core 3.2GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 470 4GB

RAM

11GB

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wolfe1924

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20:43 Aug-24-2016

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I'm not sure why it says 750w power supply required with a max of 290 of consumption it shouldn't need that much power I have this gpu running perfectly with my rig and even with a stiff oc on the cpu all on a corsair cx 600m psu

Igor123

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Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz oc: 20%

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Phone

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Igor123's Game Library

14:43 Aug-07-2016

What a beast of the card. After 3 years it beats 780 ti by big margin and with adequate cooling you can overclock s* out of this card.

blujadajhdja

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Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz oc: 10%

GFX

Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition oc: 20%

RAM

16GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

OnePlus One

blujadajhdja's Game Library

04:34 Dec-27-2015

Anyone know if it's safe for my non-reference R9 290X to be running at 80C?

aditrex

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Huawei P9 Lite

aditrex's Game Library

08:59 Dec-27-2015

355

pretty much safe yes…

blujadajhdja

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Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz oc: 10%

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Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition oc: 20%

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16GB DDR3 1600MHz

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1920 x 1080
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Phone

OnePlus One

blujadajhdja's Game Library

14:29 Dec-27-2015

Thanks, buddy.

Jappo1

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Radeon R9 290X

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15:11 Dec-15-2015

I am using this card, and so far, there wasnt a game I couldnt play on ultra (played games like GTA 5 TW3, heavily modded skyrim and ARMA 3).

Havent even OC'ed yet, so perhaps that will be something for the future.

Zackaria

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19:30 Nov-11-2015

I have a Geforce GTX 7800 and my brother recently bought this one, Im sure my gaming experience will change alot!

MrOxzzy

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04:15 Nov-05-2015

So, I've Thinking about buying this one,my power supply is 500w, willl it work? apart from that, I had seen this one:Radeon R9 290X Sapphire Vapor-X Tri-X OC 4GB Edition, which one do you reccomend? My CPU can handle it? sorry 4 the nubness

ELMasterGamer

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19:22 Feb-12-2017

this card is like a calefactor, your cpu will be ok, even an i3 will be ok, the 500w will be a problem, this card use a lot of power

xMTAFx

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xMTAFx's Game Library

19:22 Oct-05-2015

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I doubt my card is 2% worse

HeyItsX

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08:37 Mar-12-2015

it says mine is better but would this be an improvement

aditrex

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Huawei P9 Lite

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10:20 Mar-12-2015

355

you are limited in range 2gb of ram so when it comes only at 2gb of ram that game needs yours is faster for sure but in game that req more ram this is better for sure

CELESTIALXLORD

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5520 x 1050
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HTC One V

CELESTIALXLORD's Game Library

02:00 Jan-21-2015

dafaq it says my gpu's are 7% better then this?

Noraiman

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16:45 Aug-05-2015

Well you have 2 660s and you overclock like 15% out of it. They should be better.

Matufa

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15:18 Jan-14-2015

-2

dafuq, it says that my GPU is better by 7% O_o

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