VisionTek Radeon R9 285 Graphics Card Announced

New $249.99 MSRP high-performance card outperforms NVIDIA GTX 760 while offering Mantle and DirectX 12 support, 4K Ultra HD support, and realistic audio via AMD TrueAudio Technology

VisionTek Products LLC, (VisionTek®) http://www.visiontek.com, a leading manufacturer of award-winning, high-performance upgrades and accessories for PCs and Macs®, today announced the VisionTek Radeon™ R9 285 graphics card. The new, best-in-class card features up to 945MHz clock speed, 2GB GDDR5 RAM, support for 4K Ultra HD 4K gaming, realistic audio, and 3DMark® Fire Strike scores that beat the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 760.

Designed For Serious PC Gamers

Specifically designed to enable PC gamers to play the most demanding games at maximum detail better than any card in its class, the VisionTek Radeon R9 285 is loaded with the latest technology advancements in Graphics Core Next Architecture, including AMD Eyefinity™ Technology, DirectX® 12, and Mantle support.

Best-in-Class: Outperforms GTX 760

To compare the VisionTek Radeon R9 285 to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, 3DMark Fire Strike, the world’s most popular gaming benchmarking tool, was used to determine each card’s overall score in two demanding settings, Performance and Extreme. In both instances, the VisionTek Radeon R9 285 significantly outperformed the competition1:

3DMark Fire Strike Performance Setting Overall Score:

· R9 285: 7066
· GeForce GTX 760: 5650

3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Setting Overall Score:

· R9 285: 3513
· GeForce GTX 760: 2774

See What You’ve Been Missing with 4K Resolution

The VisionTek R9 285 supports 4K Ultra HD 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution, which is 4x the resolution of 1080p. Typically, configuring a graphics card for use with a high resolution monitor must be done manually. However, AMD’s Catalyst™ Graphics Drivers will perform automatic “plug and play” configuration of supported 4K Ultra HD displays. Further simplifying the ability to use 4K displays is the card’s use of AMD Eyefinity technology which can span multiple monitors into one large panoramic display.

Hear What You’ve Been Missing with TrueAudio

With an onboard audio processing chip powering AMD’s TrueAudio technology, the VisionTek R9 285 can deliver accurate 3D surround sound within games and special audio effects like reverbs and room simulations while reducing CPU load. Now you can hear more real-time voices and situational sounds in-game with any and all audio hardware already owned.

Available Immediately and Lifetime Warranty Backed

The $249.99 MSRP VisionTek Radeon R9 285, available immediately at www.visiontek.com, comes backed by a lifetime warranty. The new graphics card’s specification are as follows:

Video Memory: 2GB GDDR5

Memory Interface: 256-bit
DirectX Support: 12
Bus Standard: PCI Express 3.0 x16
Core Speed: Up to 945MHz
Memory Speed: 1375MHz (176GB/s bandwidth)
Stream Processors/Shading Units: 1792
Compute Units: 28
Compute Performance: 3,226 GFLOPS
Supported Outputs:
(1) Dual link DVI-D connector
(1) Dual link DVI-I connector
(VGA supported with included DVI to VGA adapter)
(1) HDMI connector (supports video and audio)
(1) DisplayPort connector
Number of Monitors Supported: Four
Warranty: Limited Lifetime

For more information on the new VisionTek Radeon R9 285 graphics card, or the existing VisionTek graphics card line, which includes the award-winning liquid cooled CryoVenom™ series, visit: www.visiontek.com

About VisionTek Products LLC

Since 1988, VisionTek Products LLC (VisionTek) has been recognized as a leading developer of performance memory, graphics cards, power supplies, and Solid State Drives for PC and Apple Macintosh® computers. Its products can be found at leading retailers, distributors, PC system builders and e-commerce sites. VisionTek is headquartered in East Dundee, Illinois, and can be contacted by calling 866-883-5411 or by emailing [email protected].