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ASUS Radeon R9-290 DirectCU II OC review
Today a review on the 290 from ASUS, flavored the DirectCU II OC edition. The card is powered through 8-Pin + 6-Pin power configuration and obviously runs at factory overclocked specifications. The card clocks in at 1000 MHz and is clocked to 5040 MHz (effective) on the GDDR5 memory. The DirectCU II card will be equipped with a fully custom PCB design featuring the Digi+ VRM with Super Alloy Power technology and high quality C-Caps and MOSFETs.
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#4745560 Posted on: 01/17/2014 09:25 AM
Well, the price that I could check isn't really 365€, but rather around 430€, which is quite substantial.
Regarding bad drivers, issues may happen both with NV and AMD.
Recently I've been testing 280X CFX and they worked kinda okeyish. There were no greater issues except for 2 games - stuttering in Diablo 3 was unbearable, and I had some graphics artifacts in BF4, varying between drivers and BF4 versions. The game was unplayable with vsync on do to excessive stuttering and total card desynchronization, but with vsync off it was very smooth.
ShadowPlay - while it's a nice feature, similar effect can be achieved with MSI Afterburner using virtually any card. Unwinder has done a remarkable job, and game recording works well, it's easy, and puts very little stress on your rig.
Well, the price that I could check isn't really 365€, but rather around 430€, which is quite substantial.
Regarding bad drivers, issues may happen both with NV and AMD.
Recently I've been testing 280X CFX and they worked kinda okeyish. There were no greater issues except for 2 games - stuttering in Diablo 3 was unbearable, and I had some graphics artifacts in BF4, varying between drivers and BF4 versions. The game was unplayable with vsync on do to excessive stuttering and total card desynchronization, but with vsync off it was very smooth.
ShadowPlay - while it's a nice feature, similar effect can be achieved with MSI Afterburner using virtually any card. Unwinder has done a remarkable job, and game recording works well, it's easy, and puts very little stress on your rig.
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#4745578 Posted on: 01/17/2014 09:56 AM
on single cards nvidia driver and amd drivers are similar no difference there.
Might have to look into these cards, AMDs ****ty drivers always put me off though and I dunno if I could live without Shadowplay.
on single cards nvidia driver and amd drivers are similar no difference there.
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#4745580 Posted on: 01/17/2014 10:13 AM
I hope they release a Matrix edition soon, might consider that then.
I hope they release a Matrix edition soon, might consider that then.
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#4745585 Posted on: 01/17/2014 10:17 AM
AMD fixed their drivers awhile ago, like over a year ago now.
Might have to look into these cards, AMDs ****ty drivers always put me off though and I dunno if I could live without Shadowplay.
AMD fixed their drivers awhile ago, like over a year ago now.
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Might have to look into these cards, AMDs ****ty drivers always put me off though and I dunno if I could live without Shadowplay.