AMD Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition

GD Rating

7

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 11 or lower are met by this card.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition graphics card has reached the end of its ability to run games released today. If you have it in your gaming PC then it’s time to upgrade your graphics solution.

FPS System Benchmark

109 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition is released on the 05 Nov 2013

AMD PC game performance check Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition

GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Hawaii PRO

Process

28nm

TMUs

160

Texture Rate

156 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

62 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

2560

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 290 VTX3D X-Edition 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

975 MHz

Power

Max Power

250 Watts

PSU

750 Watt

Power Connector

None

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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Resolution Performance
1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
10	10	9.6	7.3	5.6

Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 290 VTX3D X-Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon R9 290.
This edition comes overclocked out of the box in the central unit which was increased from 947MHz to 975MHz.
Therefore, this card is expected to consume even more energy and heat slightly more.
Benchmarks indicate a 1% performance boost over the reference card.

Source [Pip]

CPU

Core i7-4790S 4-Core 3.2GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon R9 290X

RAM

11GB

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FIFA 20	56%	40%
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GFX

GeForce GTX 960 2GB

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Phone

Nokia Lumia 930

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17:09 Feb-18-2015

This Graphics Card is one of the best and costs less than bader cards.

GD Rating

7

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