Out of last year’s AMD cards there was one card that stood above the rest with an all metal custom cooler. That was the double dissipation HD 7970 from XFX. This year there is a lot more competition and XFX has changed their design once again. I’m excited to find out how XFX stands up against the competition this year. With a black and chrome it certainly has the styling needed, but how is the performance? Let’s find out!
Product Name: XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation Edition
Review Sample Provided by: XFX
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
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Specifications |
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General |
Product Description : BLACK DD RADEON R9 290 980M 4GB D5 DP HDMI 2XDVI VESA compatible : 778656065680 |
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Processor & Bus |
Bus Type : PCI-E 3.0 Chipset version : Hawaii Pro GPU Bus (bit) : 512 GPU Clock : 980 MHz Performance Category : Performance Stream Processors : 2560 |
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Memory |
Memory Bus : 512 bit Memory Clock : 5.0 GHz Memory Size : 4 GB Memory Type : DDR5 |
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Feature Technologies |
AMD Eyefinity Technology : Y AMD HD3D Technology : Y AMD Hybrid Graphics Technology : Y AMD PowerPlay Technology : Y AMD Stream Technology : Y |
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Other Features |
1 : Double Dissipation 2 : Unlocked Voltage 3 : Power Tune 2.0 |
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Environmental |
RoHS : Y |
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Display Output |
Display Port ready : 1.2 Dual link Support : Y HDMI Ready : 1.4a Max Supported Resolution (ANALOG) : 2048 x 1536 Max Supported Resolution (DIGITAL) : 2560 x 1600(DVI);4096 x 2160(HDMI;DP) Output - Display Port : 1 Output - DL-DVI-D : 2 Output - HDMI : 1 |
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Physical |
Card Profile : Dual Thermal Solution : DD Fansink Thermal Type : Dual Slot Card Dimension (cm) : 29.5 x 14.3 x 4.2 Card Dimension (inch) : 11.61 x 5.63 x 1.65 Master Carton Dimensions (cm) : 51.5 x 33.7 x 37.1 Master Carton Dimensions (inch) : 20.28 x 13.27 x 14.61 Master Carton Weight (Kg) : 15.55 est. Master Carton Weight (lb) : 34.28 est. Package Dimensions (cm) : 16 x 33.6 x 9.8 Package Dimensions (inch) : 6.3 x 13.23 x 3.86 Package Weight (Kg) : 1.46 est. Package Weight (lb) : 3.21 est. Units/Carton : 10 |
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Includes |
6-pin to 4-pin power cable : 1 8-pin to 6-pin power cable : 1 Driver Disk Installation Guide : 1 Game Bundle : BF4 Game Bundle Installation DVD : 1 Promotional Bundles : PSU Cross Marketing Insert Quick Installation Guide : 1 |
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Requirements |
External Power - 6-pins : 1 External Power - 8-pins : 1 Minimum Power Supply Requirement : 750 watt XFX Recommended Power Supply : XFX 850W PSU |
