AMD Radeon R9 290X2 videocard review

Radeon R9 290X2 videocard released by AMD; release date: 24 June 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,399. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Hawaii.

Core clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 2816. Floating-point performance - 2x 5,632 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 6,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 580 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 4 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5400 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 345.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

19.441 Frames/s

Name	Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	19.441 Frames/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0
Code name	Hawaii
Launch date	24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	292
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5