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AMD Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition

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While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC 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.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

Only a couple of the most demanding games can be played by the Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition.

How many years will the Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

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110 FPS
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The Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition is released on the 17 Jan 2014
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Architecture
GCN 1.1 Hawaii PRO
Process
28nm
TMUs
160
Texture Rate
160 GTexel/s
ROPs
64
Pixel Rate
64 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
2560
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Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.4
Resolution (WxH)
4096x2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
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
0
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1000 MHz
Power
Max Power
275 Watts
PSU
750 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
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Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
2560 x 1440
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Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC 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 1000MHz. The memory clock was left untouched. Furthermore, the card comes with a custom cooling solution which will reduce its temperature under load.
Benchmarks indicate a 2% performance boost over the reference card.


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dimitili's Test Rig
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i have a thermaltake 700w toughpower…can it handle this card properly?

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well, as long as it has 1x6pin and 1x8pin connector it will be able to run it but as it says on the package "recomended power supply 750 watts" so.. other components of your rig should not consume more than 250 wats.

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yes it has (1x8,,,2 or 3 x6 and more)but the card says it consumes 275 w max….so the other parts should be no more of 350w ? cant understand where the other watt went..

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well, it says that it consumes 275w but actually it can consume up to 300 when gaming so i would recomend you have some spare 25-50 watts just in case.

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let me tell u what i have so u can judge for me if u can.My psu has 4 12v rails 18A each (combined it says 56)further the r9 290 this or tri-x i plan needs i think stock 22-31A.card needs up to 320 w,cpu 150.1 hdd sata,1dvdrw,1fan+mb=100w?

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memory speed is actually 1260 MHz not that it matters that much but still…

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