AMD Radeon R9 390X
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Jun 18, 2015 | Price at Launch: | $429 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | GCN 2 (Hawaii) |
| Generation: | Radeon R9 300 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 8 GB | Total Board Power: | 275 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 2816 | TMUs: | 176 |
| ROPs: | 64 | L2 Cache: | 1 MB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 8 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 6 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 512-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 384 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 1.05 GHz | FP32 Throughput: | 5.91 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 28nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 28nm | Die Size: | 438 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 275 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 3.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 1.4a |
| DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.2a | DSC: | No |
| Max Displays: | 4 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 | Shader Model: | 6.5 |
| Vulkan Version: | 1.2 | OpenGL Version: | 4.6 |
Reviews and Ratings
Average Score
Based on 7 reviews
User Score
Based on 101 reviews
Reviewers Liked
- Very fast
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Not very efficient
The R9 390X is designed to take on the GTX 980, and it does an excellent job. It’s almost £50 cheaper than Nvidia’s card and, in many games, it’s a little faster – and in titles where it’s not quite as quick, it’s never far behind. AMD’s clock increases and memory boosts have clearly worked.
By TrustedReviews onFor its price, the R9 390X is a great choice and especially worthwhile if you'd like to do your gaming in Full HD at high fps or in 1440p at decent fps. As a 4K GPU, however, this isn't the best card on the market.Check the Price of the MSI R9 390X...
By 4k.com onSapphire's Tri-X card is plenty fast, but it's not very efficient.
By MaximumPC onMSI has a great build at hand with their gaming edition card, a little bulky maybe, but it ticks all the right boxes and as such can be recommended if you are in the market for a product like this. The MSI Radeon R9-390X Gaming 8G OC is recommended and approved by Guru3D.com if you are upgrading from say the 7800 or 7900 series, as that would make sense. But pricing wise, be on the lookout for good deals on the 290 series.
By The Guru of 3D onIt does appear to be using the Hawaii GPU that has been on the market since 2013 and the device id in GPU-Z is the same on the 290X/390X. No wonder the GPU cooler on a 390X is interchangeable with the one on the 290X!
By LegitReviews onIt costs much less than you might expect to pay for this level of performance, and does so whilst looking great, being quiet and cool, and generally finding itself utterly deserving of our OC3D Gold Award and your consideration.
By Overclock3D onIn this article you find a list all AMD Radeon R9 390X graphics cards sorted by manufacturers with names, models and specifications. If you know a model we missed, please let us know in the...
By Ocaholic onIt’s enough to help the R9 390X take the performance crown, but it’s not enough to unlock more resolutions or quality levels when compared to the Nvidia hardware.
By GameSpot onActual use-case scenarios beyond 4GB are limited right now, and the decision to kit out 390X with twice the memory of the new Fury X flagship is curious to say the least. But what's clear is that games' appetite for VRAM is only going to move in one direction, and as developers have been telling us for years now, the more GPU memory you have, the better - and in R9 390X, it's kind of reassuring just to know that it's there.
By EuroGamer onJan Purrucker: Grafikchips etwas aufzubohren und unter neuem Namen als »nächste Generation« (zumindest ab der Mittelklasse und darunter) zu verkaufen, ist sowohl bei AMD als auch bei Nvidia seit Jahren gängige Praxis. Im Grunde ist dagegen auch nichts...
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By uk.hardware.info on
The R9 390X carries an MSRP of $430, 30% more than the current R9 290X for less than 10% additional performance. This is still a better value than the GTX 980, costing 14% less for just 7% less performance, but it's hardly enough to get us excited.
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