Gigabyte Radeon R9-290X tested reviewed

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/02/2013 10:22 AM | source: | 10 comment(s)

We have one more reference review for you, this is the Gigabyte Radeon R9-290X. As stated it is a reference design of the original Radeon R9-290X. These cards are little beasts. As such this in-depth review will cover the Volcanic Islands GPU architecture, Hawaii for the 290 series, we'll benchmark these cards with FCAT Frametimes, Ultra High Definition and of course, we'll check out game performance with the latest games next to power consumption and heat levels as well.

Check out the full review here.

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Anarion
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#4715300 Posted on: 12/02/2013 12:36 PM

Must be fun reviewing the same card with different stickers again and again. xD Probably one of those downsides when it comes to reviewing hardware.

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#4715303 Posted on: 12/02/2013 12:47 PM

I feel bad to say it, but it feels like its just same old 290X review with replaced card name.
Neither can we see how this card perform comparing to other vendors 290X.

But yeah, just waiting for fully custom 290X. And that would be the time to pull the trigger between 780Ti or 290X.

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#4715340 Posted on: 12/02/2013 02:14 PM

I wonder which sticker is the fastest!

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#4715345 Posted on: 12/02/2013 02:42 PM

Is it me or is AMD/3rd party vendors taking way to long to release the 290/290x aftermarket coolers??

I mean the 780 ti already is releasing the aftermarket cards.......

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#4715413 Posted on: 12/02/2013 04:52 PM

The 780Ti is just a faster 780 so they just adapt those coolers to it I would guess, much like the 280(x) being a faster 7970 and thus being able to use the same cooling solutions so there's already quite a few available.

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