AMD Radeon R9 290X

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AMD Radeon R9 290X
The Radeon R9 290X is AMD's latest and most powerful GPU set to go head to head with Nvidia's GTX 780 and the GTX Titan, in spite of being offered at a lower price at launch. The R9 290X GPU core is clocked at 1000MHz and packs a 4GB frame buffer. The R9 290X sports a pair of dual DL-DVI connectors, an HDMI 1.4a port, a DisplayPort 1.2 socket and a dual BIOS switch, it supports a max resolution of 2560x1600 on up to three monitors as well as Ultra HD.
GCN 2.0 (Hawaii XT)
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
2816
Shader Cores
64
ROPs
176
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
4 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
320 GB/s
Bandwidth
290 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Oct 24, 2013Price at Launch:$549
Type:DesktopArchitecture:GCN 2.0 (Hawaii XT)
Generation:Radeon R9 200 seriesProduct Tier:High-end
VRAM Capacity:4 GBTotal Board Power:290 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:2816TMUs:176
ROPs:64L2 Cache:1 MB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:4 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:5.0 GbpsMemory Bus:512-bit
Bandwidth:320 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:1 GHzFP32 Throughput:5.63 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:28nm
Process Name:TSMC 28nmDie Size:438 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:290 WPower Connectors:1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 3.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort Support:DP 1.2DSC:No
Max Displays:4
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:6.5
Vulkan Version:1.2OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

90

Average Score

Based on 43 reviews

8.4

User Score

Based on 49 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • A genuine enthusiast-class card
  • Ideally suited to 2,560x1,440 gaming
  • Aggressive pricing
  • Software voltage control possible
  • Native full-size HDMI and DisplayPort
  • Dual BIOS
  • Support for AMD TrueAudio

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Low default memory clock
  • Noisy
  • High power consumption
85

It's hard to believe nearly a year has passed since AMD released the R9 290X, though perhaps it doesn't feel like it has been so long because the card was ignored by most gamers for having an inflated price through half its life. When we first tested it...

By TechSpot on
95

There's something to appreciate in watching healthy competition between two seasoned rivals. If you've been eyeing the Titan, it seems about time to pull the trigger, whether you take advantage of pending price cuts or settle for the R9 290X now.

By TechSpot on
94

About a month ago, just two weeks after its flagship Radeon R9 Fury X launch, AMD launched its little sibling, the R9 Fury positioned as a big money-maker for...

By techPowerUp! on
80

If you're in the market for a high-end single GPU card, the R9 290X is a great option. Just be prepared for the heat and noise when running it at full...

By PC Mag on
83

The AMD 290X definitely gives the GTX780 a run for its money and even beats the 780Ti in some benchmarks. Price wise the 290X is hovering around the $600 mark on Amazon compared to the $500 mark for the GTX780 which Nvidia has reduced in response to...

By tbreak.ae on
94

We believe that AMD are onto a winner with Radeon R9-290X that really packs a punch when it comes to features, performance and the overall...

By ImpulseGamer on
100

AMD reached its goal with the high-powered Radeon R9 290X: to rival the other high-end graphics cards. Just remember, the GPU requires a good deal of power and needs to be cooled down in order to perform at its best, which in turn produces a lot of...

By DigitalVersus on
60

This is all shaping up to be a pretty impressive win for the R9 290X then. It's quicker than a GTX 780 and when you push the overclock up a little – to be fair you will only get a little out of it – you'll get GTX Titan gaming performance for almost...

By TechRadar AU on
90

So AMD has finally done it: a really fast single-GPU card capable of matching, and often besting, a Titan. Game on.

By TechRadar on
85

Last week AMD launched their flagship R9 290X and our review concluded that this was the new king of the high end graphics cards. The only issue we had was the somewhat shoddy AMD reference cooling system. We are confident however that Sapphire and...

By Kitguru.net on
90

I’ll get more enthusiastic about the R9 290X if third-party designs start showing up with better cooling. Until then, it’d be downright negligent to not recognize this card’s class-leading performance at a price we paid for Radeon HD 7970 two years ago.

By TomsHardware on
90

We wait to see just how far partners push the R9 290X before passing final judgement on just how good the Hawaii architecture can be, but for the time being, AMD has a credible claim in saying that it has the world's fastest GPU.

By Hexus on
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