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A couple of weeks ago AMD launched their R9 290X GPU which took the market by storm … outperforming both GTX Titan and GTX 780 in the majority of situations. Just ahead of the GTX780 ti release from Nvidia – AMD unleash their more affordable high end partner card, the R9 290. How does this card fare against the other high end solutions available today?
The launch of AMD’s R9 290X last week was interesting as it certainly stirred up the graphics card market and industry. Following the launch arguing between readers occurred in abundance across many review sites, not just our own. Where I stand in this debate is that AMD have really shot themselves in the foot by releasing such a high performance graphics card that then gets throttled by such a mediocre cooling solution. Then to make things worse they’ve chosen to shed no light on the launch of non-reference solutions – something all prospective R9 290X buyers are waiting for to make a fully informed decision. Yet despite the R9 290X being throttled by that stock cooler the general consensus from most reviewers was that the R9 290X is at least as good as the GTX 780, while some reviewers who were able to test in favourable temperature conditions received results that suggested the R9 290X was better than the GTX Titan. Our review fell into that latter category and our benchmarks showed the R9 290X as being quite some way ahead of the GTX Titan in most benchmarks.
Setting the R9 290X aside for a bit, today we have with us the R9 290, the R9 290X’s little brother. For those who remember the HD 7000 series clearly the R9 290 is essentially the HD 7950 successor and is the second best single GPU graphics card of the RX-2XX series. Sadly, the AMD R9 290 comes with the same weak AMD stock cooling solution so we can expect more of the same – a wide variety of reviewers showing very different results based on testing that was conducted in varying ambient room temperatures. I think it is immensely important to stress that if readers really want to see the full picture, and want to make a solid judgement on whether the R9 290(X) cards are a good buy, then you’ve got to wait for the non-reference solutions to hit the market to see the accurate picture. When that will be is anyone’s guess as AMD have remained tight-lipped about it, we’ve seen a variety of (guess)estimates thrown all over internet forums ranging from early November to mid December – in my opinion the sooner the better.
Today AMD are launching their new range of R7 and R9 video cards, minus the flagship R9 290X, which is coming later. This particular review focuses on the reference AMD R9 270X. The reference card has a price point set at $199, targeting a wide audience of enthusiast gamers who demand excellent Direct X 11 performance.
Today AMD launch their latest R7 and R9 graphics cards and Kitguru is looking at some of the official designs, as well as one custom partner solution from Sapphire. This review focuses on the latest R7 260x reference card priced at $139. We put this card through its paces against a GTX650ti and the last generation HD7790. Is this card able to power the latest games at high resolution with modest image quality settings?
If you purchase an AMD Radeon HD 7970 or 7950 graphics card you'll get three game titles; Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, and Hitman: Absolution. You also get a 20% discount code valid through EA's Origin site. This is the crème de la crème when it comes to the Never Settle game bundles and is valued at ~$170 when you figure in the full MSRP of the game titles and discount voucher value. We did a quick price search and the lowest priced AMD Radeon HD 7950 video card is the Power Color AX7950 at $279.99 plus shipping after a $20 rebate. To get three good game titles and a discount for Medal of Honor: Warfighter is pretty damn impressive. You spend ~$280 and then you get roughly $150 in game titles. Hard to go wrong there...
To assist consumers with buying decisions at Christmas, AMD have done their bit by starting a campaign dubbed "Never Settle" and within this campaign, they have bundled some of the biggest titles on the market with their 7 series of graphics cards. To find out exactly what is available, you can check out their handy landing page here. Within this are some key titles including FarCry 3, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs and we think these games are so good that we actually use two of them in our own graphics benchmarks.
In letzter Zeit hat sich in unserem Forum eine bislang unbekannte Filterschwäche bei AMDs Radeon HD 5000 Grafikkarten herauskristallisiert, welche teilweise deutlich sichtbare Auswirkungen auf die Bildqualität hat. Wir haben uns der Sache angenommen und gehen inzwischen davon aus, daß es sich hierbei um keine der früher beliebten Filter-Optimierungen handelt, sondern daß AMDs Sample-Algorithmus beim anisotropen Filter der Radeon HD 5000.
AMD continue de lever le mystère sur ses Radeon de nouvelle génération, et passe maintenant au segment 100 / 150 € avec la génération Cap Verde et les Radeon HD 7750 / HD 7770.
Das Warten hat ein Ende: Mit dem Catalyst 13.8 Beta geht AMD erstmals öffentlich gegen Mikroruckler auf CrossFire-Systemen vor. Wie erfolgreich, das klärt unser Test.
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