PowerColor LCS R9 290X Watercooled Review

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 28.02.14
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Test Setup


Mainboard
  • PowerColor Maximus V Gene (BIOS 1802)
CPUs
  • Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.0 GHz (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory
  • G.Skill Ares Dual Channel 2x8GB @ CL11-13-13-31-1T-Auto DDR3-2400 MHz
Graphic Cards
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
  • nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 780
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 770
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 760
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 680
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 670
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 660
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 580
  • PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X (1'000/1'500)
  • AMD Radeon R9 270X (1'050/1'400)
  • AMD Radeon R9 270 (925/1'400)
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970
  • AMD Radeon HD 7870
  • AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • AMD Radeon HD 7790 (1'000/1'500)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850
Drivers
  • Windows 7 x64 (up to date)
  • NVIDIA ForceWare 331.40 Beta
  • AMD Catalyst 13.12 WHQL
  • Intel Chipset Driver 9.4.0.1026
Games and OS
  • Windows 7 x64 (Up to date on the 01/10/2013)
  • All games were up to date on the 01/10/2013
HDD
  • OCZ Technology Octane 512 GB SSD
PSU
  • Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts


Weighted average


Graphics Cards Score
PowerColor R9 290X LCS 125.78 %
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition 113.63 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 110.86 %
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 109.83 %
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 108.55 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan 104.15 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 100.00 %
AMD Radeon HD 6990 90.57 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 86.85 %
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 85.71 %
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition 83.94 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 83.76 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 83.71 %
AMD Radeon HD 7970 77.65 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 75.92 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 69.35 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 65.58 %
AMD Radeon R9 270X 85.38 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 61.83 %
AMD Radeon HD 7870 61.27 %
AMD Radeon R9 270 61.20 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 58.01 %
AMD Radeon HD 6970 50.60 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 50.05 %
AMD Radeon HD 7850 49.03 %
AMD Radeon HD 6950 45.10 %
AMD Radeon HD 5870 44.06 %
AMD Radeon HD 7790 40.11 %
AMD Radeon HD 6870 39.04 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 37.72 %
AMD Radeon HD 5850 36.80 %
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Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications
Page 2 - The card
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery
Page 4 - In-Game Performance
Page 5 - Temperatures / Noise levels
Page 6 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 7 - Conclusion




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