28 January 20148 September 2014GraphicsBy Olin Coles

XFX Radeon R9 290 Double Dissipation Review

When the AMD Radeon R9 290X video card debuted, it first appeared to be a solid competitor to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 780 series… until heat and noise were taken into consideration. The Curacao XT-based video card offered plenty of graphics power, but the cooling system was forced to work hard and loud. When the Radeon R9 290 series arrived, this gave brands such as XFX the opportunity to further improve upon the AMD reference design by incorporating a much better cooling solution paired with long-life capacitors. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the XFX Radeon R9 290 Double D, model R9-290A-EDFD, which sells online for $499.99 (Amazon). This Black Edition Double Dissipation Radeon R9 290 features a 947 MHz UltraHD 4K resolution-ready graphics card with 2560 Stream processors and support for the upcoming DirectX 11.2 API.

7 November 2013Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

VisionTek Radeon R9 290 Introduced

VisionTek Products LLC, (VisionTekÂ®) https://www.visiontekproducts.com, a leading manufacturer of award-winning, high-performance upgrades and accessories for PC and Apple MacintoshÂ® computers, announced today the VisionTek Radeonâ„¢ R9 290 graphics card. Featuring similar specifications to the VisionTek R9 290X, the world’s fastest graphics card introduced two weeks ago, the new R9 290 offers up to 947MHz clock speed, 4GB 512bit GDDR5 RAM, over 300GB/s memory bandwidth to support 4K gaming with over 100 layers of effects, and compute performance that nearly exceeds 5.0 TFLOPs. With a $90 lower cost and performance that exceeds the leading competitive brand’s comparable card, the estimated $409MSRP VisionTek R9 290 is the best value in high performance graphics cards and is expected to begin shipping later this month.