As we noted, this is the exact same cooler you will find on the R9 290X. The "Hawaii Pro" GPU is cooled by a massive aluminum vapor chamber heatsink with 41 fins measuring 15.0cm long, 8.5cm wide and 2.5cm tall. Compared to the HD 7970 GHz Edition, the R9 290 has 25% more SPUs and TAUs along with 100% more ROPs. The R9 290 is armed with 2560 SPUs and 160 TAUs - 9% fewer than the 290X - as well as 64 ROPs. In short, almost all of the key changes have been made to the GPU's core configuration. The same 4GB GDDR5 frame buffer exists as standard, while the memory is clocked at 5GHz. The same 27.5cm (10.8in) long PCB is used with an identical cooler that vents hot air out of the back of a case. Radeon R9 290 in DetailĪMD's R9 290 reference design is virtually indistinguishable from the R9 290X. The R9 290 still has the 290X's 5GHz GDDR5 memory and 512-bit bus for 320GB/s of bandwidth, and on paper it should be in direct competition with the GeForce GTX 780, which remember now costs $500. That changes things quite a bit, as will the upcoming GTX 780 Ti, which should be closer to the R9 290X's speed.īefore Nvidia can strike back, however, it'll have to eat another blow in the form of the new Radeon R9 290, a non-X version of the company's flagship GPU that packs fewer SPUs and TAUs, and the same amount of ROPs.
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Moi3d radeon r290 full#
With its age-old adversary swinging full force, Nvidia's back hit the ropes and it quickly countered by slashing prices across its affected upper-tier products.įive days after the R9 290X landed, Nvidia dropped the GTX 770's price from $400 to $330, while the GTX 780 fell from $650 to just $500, 10% cheaper than the R9 290X instead of 15% more expensive, putting them at about an equal value. At $550, the new Radeon R9 290X is set at the same rate as the HD 7970 when it debuted two years ago. With the enthusiast community demanding a response, AMD answered last month by delivering Titan-like performance for nearly half the price. Although AMD's Radeon HD 7970 GHz was available at $450, it proved slower than the GTX 770, while the company's dual-GPU HD 7990 was somewhat pointless because two 7970s were faster, cheaper and easier to cool.
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Moi3d radeon r290 pro#
Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Hawaii graphics processor, in its Hawaii PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 12.
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The Radeon R9 290 was a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on November 5th, 2013.