Radeon R9 290X Crossfire Can Run PC Game System Requirements

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

AMD PC game performance check Radeon R9 290X Crossfire

GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Hawaii XT (x2) (x2)

Process

28nm

TMUs

176

Texture Rate

352 GTexel/s

ROPs

64 (x2)

Pixel Rate

128 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

5632

Driver Support

Release Price

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 Crossfire graphics card displayed here represents a multiple GPU solution. Using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

8192 MB

Memory Speed

1250 MHz

Memory Bus

512 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

640GB/sec

L2 Cache

1024KB(x2)

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

1000 MHz

Power

Max Power

500 Watts

PSU

1250 Watt

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

12 GB

Best Resolution

5760 x 1600

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Radeon R9 290X Crossfire Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 290X Crossfire is a solution of two Radeon R9 290X put together using AMD'S Crossfire technology.
Check the page of Radeon R9 290X to know more about its chip.
Crossfire relies a lot on proper driver support and may suffer from micro-stuttering in lower frame rates (below 30). Benchmarks indicate the performance is overall, is up to 30% better than a single Radeon R9 290X performing by itself but at times (depending whether or not the 3D game supports crossfire or in the graphics driver) it may perform worse than a single Radeon R9 290X. Expect this combination to draw up to 500 Watt though the average power consumption should be slightly lower.
Even the most demanding games will run at the highest settings.

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Radeon R9 290X Crossfire vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i3-9350KF 4-Core 4.0GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon R9 290

31%

RAM

11GB

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Abdulmoeen

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Abdulmoeen's Game Library

17:50 Jun-07-2016

will this run on my 1010 watt PSU ????

adnansyrian

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adnansyrian's Game Library

14:21 Feb-05-2016

this GPU is 1388% better than my BEAST GPU :D

j2jaytoo

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j2jaytoo's Game Library

07:10 Apr-06-2015

I'm 9% worse… really?

aditrex

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aditrex's Game Library

09:48 Apr-06-2015

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you mean 19% + you have oc included but this should be much better then your card overall especially on higher res…

GuilhermeG

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GuilhermeG's Game Library

15:31 Mar-02-2015

Could this run NFSU2 at least on lower settings 800x600? :P

IGamer1999

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IGamer1999's Game Library

15:28 Apr-10-2015

THIS??? You don't know anything about Graphic Cards do you??? Why THAT GTX 650 Can PLAY IT MAX on any RESOLUTION FOR 60FPS. AND THIS IS MORE THAN 250% BETTER THAN YOUR GTX 650. THIS can MAX EVERYTHING FOR PC!!!!

GuilhermeG

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GuilhermeG's Game Library

15:33 Apr-10-2015

You didn't understand the sarcasm…

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IGamer1999's Game Library

15:44 Apr-10-2015

!?! …. Blast it all i got it :(

assassin102

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22:50 Jan-05-2015

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My GPU is 935% worse than this one. My PC seems so weak.

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21:43 Jan-31-2015

Lucky you…I'm 1016%…. :D

assassin102

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assassin102's Game Library

20:33 Feb-01-2015

Supporter

Buy my GPU is only 7% stronger than yours, strange.

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TheKennyL24's Game Library

20:43 Feb-01-2015

Math doesn't seem to work well on this one.

Unknown3100

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Unknown3100's Game Library

11:07 Oct-15-2014

88% worse WHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH !

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709zzy's Game Library

01:19 Aug-07-2014

I'm really tempted to get this configuration. Does anyone know how bad the driver reliance is? What games would perform worse under crossfire compared to a single 290x??

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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OnePlus One

blujadajhdja's Game Library

01:48 Aug-07-2014

Whoa, that rig though. :O

psychoman

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Honor 8

psychoman's Game Library

22:35 Oct-21-2014

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it's not the drivers as much as the games have problems with CF and SLI, so don't blame it on drivers only, usually if a game supports CF and SLI you don't need a ton of drivers to get great performance and scaling in that game.

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destrukshen's Game Library

01:39 Jun-18-2014

I wanted a new heater anyway

psychoman

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Honor 8

psychoman's Game Library

22:36 Oct-21-2014

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pair that with an intel i5 or i7 cpu and you'll have to use the air conditioner at the coldest setting even in the winter :)

DevilBoy927

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Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz oc: 10%

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GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition

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1920 x 1080
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Phone

OnePlus One

DevilBoy927's Game Library

17:45 Jun-14-2014

hey guys i have corsair gs800w psu now i want to know that this psu can handle this r9 290x crossfire easily or not ………..

Basilcat

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Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz oc: 15%

GFX

Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition oc: 25%

RAM

8GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

3840 x 1080
width x height

Phone

LG C800

Basilcat's Game Library

22:26 Dec-11-2014

You should be fine but if you want to make sure you could get a a 900w power supply.

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melvinignao1989

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melvinignao1989's Game Library

20:23 Mar-30-2014

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Nice 8% mine is better since I have my 2nd gtx 780 ti

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