Add-in Card Manufacturers Release Radeon R9 290 Graphics Cards
Looking to upgrade your graphics card but the R9 290X is a tad too pricey? Add-in card partners Gigabyte, PowerColor, and MSI have launched their variants of the less aggressive sibling, the Radeon R9 290. We round up the options coming to your retail store.
Been a red-camp supporter but the Radeon R9 290X is out of your reach? Then the new R9 290 will certainly fit the bill!
The slightly less aggressive Radeon R9 290 shares many traits its speedier sibling owns, such as being based on the rejuvenated Hawaii GPU core, featuring AMD TrueAudio technology, AMD Mantle API, and 4K gaming, among others. It only differs from it Radeon R9 290X counterpart with slightly reduced number of stream processing units enabled on the core and scaled down clock speeds.
Besides, AMD has tagged the Radeon R9 290 with a price of US$399, making it more economical than the R9 290X that's valued at US$549, and definitely still fulfilling your gaming needs.
Here's a quick overview of all the cards the add-in card partners Gigabyte, PowerColor, MSI, and Colorfire have released:-
Main Specs | |
 | Core Clock: 947MHz
Memory Clock: 5000MHz |
 | Core Clock: 947MHz
Memory Clock: 5000MHz |
 | Core Clock: 975MHz
Memory Clock: 5000MHz
(S$588) |
Core Clock: 947MHz
Memory Clock: 5000MHz | |
Core Clock: 947MHz
Memory Clock: 5000MHz |
You can read more about the AMD Radeon R9 290 Series in our article here.
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