R9 290 benchmark with i7-3770K 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K benchmarks at Ultra Quality
For the most part, the R9 290 is still capable of playing modern games, but you would have to reduce settings to sustain those higher framerates. If keeping graphics quality settings closer to ultra or high is important, there are a few options for upgrades. It is worth noting that the R9 290 is a very power hungry card and requires a decent power supply unit. It is important to know that R9 290 's max load temperature is very high and might require custom cooling solutions. This combination between R9 290 and Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between R9 290 and Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 4096 MB RAM, the R9 290 can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.
The release year of the graphics card. The newer the better technology and performance optimization and
driver support.
Year
2016
2019
13
2015
2016
11
2014
2015
8
2013
2014
4
2007
2013
2
The price of the graphics card. The cheaper the better.
Price
0
250
35
250
400
30
400
550
25
550
650
15
650
9999
5
Power Supply Wattage required for overall system. The lower the better.
PSU
0
350
4
350
450
4
450
550
3
550
650
2
650
9999
1
Maximum recorded temperature under load. The lower the better for longer life of the graphics card.
Temp
0
70
2
70
75
2
75
80
1
80
85
1
85
999
1
Noise Levels under load. The lower the better.
Noise
0
45
2
45
48
2
48
50
2
50
55
1
55
999
1
Full HD performance at 1080p resolution. The higher the better.
FHD
60
9999
18
55
60
13
45
55
11
35
45
7
0
35
5
Quad HD performance at 1440p resolution. The higher the better.
QHD
60
9999
10
55
60
8
45
55
5
35
45
4
0
35
2
4K performance at 2160p resolution. The higher the better.
F4K
60
9999
5
55
60
4
45
55
3
35
45
2
0
35
1
Current CPU Impact on performance with respect to the highest performing CPU used for benchmark at the
time this graphics card was released.
CPU
-5
9999
5
-7
-5
4
-10
-7
3
-15
-10
2
-9999
-15
1
Graphics card memory (RAM) capacity. The higher the better for higher resolution textures and future
demanding games.
MEM
8
9999
5
4
8
4
2
4
3
1
2
2
0
1
1
FROM
TO
VERDICT
The overall score is determined based on the calculated weightings for the individual components.
OVERALL SCORE
80
99
Excellent
70
80
Very Good
60
70
Good
40
60
Acceptable
0
40
Weak
58/100
Acceptable
The good news is, with the release of the R9 290X, the R9 290 's price is getting more discount. AMD ’s xx90 cards have always been defined by high-end prices with performance that knocks on the door of extreme graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 2.0 graphics card inside the R9 290, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 970, the R9 290 was -7.2 % slower. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Fallout 76, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, World War Z, Resident Evil 2, Strange Brigade at 61 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 66 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 88 fps to 88 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 88 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 77 fps to 77 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 77 fps.
The R9 290 sits between the R9 390 and the RX 470, falling slower than R9 390 by 6.9% and faster than RX 470 by 1.2%. It has a strong relative performance against every graphics card here. When compared to its lower sibling - the R9 280 - we see a more than 20% faster performance for the R9 290.
The R9 290 sits between the R9 390X and the R9 390, falling slower than R9 390X by 7.5% and faster than R9 390 by 1.9%. It has a strong relative performance against every graphics card here. Against its rival - the GTX 970, the R9 290 is much slower. When compared to its lower sibling - the R9 280 - we see a more than 20% faster performance for the R9 290.
The R9 290 sits between the R9 390 and the RX 470, falling slower than R9 390 by 6.9% and faster than RX 470 by 1.2%. It has a strong relative performance against every graphics card here. When compared to its lower sibling - the R9 280 - we see a more than 20% faster performance for the R9 290.
The R9 290 sits between the R9 390 and the R9 290X, falling slower than R9 390 by 9.5% and faster than R9 290X by 6.3%. It has a strong relative performance against every graphics card here. When compared to its lower sibling - the R9 280 - we see a more than 20% faster performance for the R9 290.
The R9 290 sits between the R9 390 and the RX 470, falling slower than R9 390 by 6.7% and faster than RX 470 by 1.4%. It has a strong relative performance against every graphics card here. When compared to its lower sibling - the R9 280 - we see a more than 20% faster performance for the R9 290.
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The R9 290’s good 1,920 x 1,080 minimum framerates continued in Battlefield 4, where the AMD card’s 57fps result was one frame ahead of the GTX 970.
AMD's new Radeon R9 290 delivers quite impressive performance numbers. Averaged over all our games and resolutions, the card exactly matches the performance of the Radeon R9 290X in "Quiet" mode, and the difference is just - 6%, very little, compared to the R9 290X in "Uber" mode.
Conclusion The most important thing to say about the new Radeon R9 290X 4GB is that on the price performance scale it's a clear winner against Nvidia's GTX 780 3GB, at the time of writing.
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Diving right into the hardware specifications, Radeon R9 290 is a bit more powerful than usual for a lower-tier part. AMD has cut the number of CUs from 44 to 40 – disabling 1 CU per SE ...
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The problem is, the AMD R9 290 offers 96 percent of the R9 290X's performance for $400 instead of $550, which is why the former is our Editors' Choice for high-end graphics cards.
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As you probably deduced from its model number, the Radeon R9 290 drops in between the more affordable Radeon R9 280X and AMD's flagship, single-GPU powered card, the Radeon R9 290X.
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