17 January 2014Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

ASUS R9 290X and R9 290 DirectCU II Graphics Cards Announced

Both feature exclusive DirectCU II cooling technology and DIGI+ voltage-regulator module for performance that’s up to 20% cooler and 3X quieter ASUS today announced R9 290X DirectCU II and R9 290 DirectCU II, two new graphics cards powered respectively by the new AMD Radeon™ R9 290X and R9 290 graphics-processing units (GPUs) and fitted with exclusive DirectCU II technology for cooler, quieter and faster performance. With ASUS DirectCU II technology on board, R9 290X and R9 290 run up to 20% cooler and up to three times (3X) quieter than reference designs — and that means faster gaming with less noise. R9 290X has a core speed of 1050MHz, while R9 290 flies along at 1000MHz. Both cards are fitted […]

5 November 2013Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

SAPPHIRE R9 290 Graphics Card Released

New graphics card delivers 4K graphics, AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio SAPPHIRE Technology has just launched the SAPPHIRE R9 290, the latest graphics card in its new R9 enthusiast series. Based on the latest Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture from AMD, the card shares most of the features of the recently released flagship SAPPHIRE R9 290X delivering excellent performance at a more affordable price point. Augmenting the upper end of the R9 series of graphics processors, the new SAPPHIRE R9 290 features 2560 stream processing units and an engine clock of up to 947 Mhz. It is equipped with 4GB of the latest high performance GDDR5 memory on a 512-bit interface and clocked at 1250 MHz (5.0GHz effective) delivering high bandwidth […]