When it comes to video cards, there is only so much that a manufacturer can do to set themselves apart from the competition. Cooling, overclocking, and styling are three of the biggest things that can set cards apart. Without exception MSI has done extremely well at this in the past with their Twin Frozr cooling and their Gaming series of cards. Today I have the chance to take a look at their latest model, the R9 290 Gaming. Today I am going to see how well the Twin Frozr cooling performs on the warm R9 290 GPU and also find out if they are still able to stand up to the competition.
Product Name: MSI R9 290 Gaming
Review Sample Provided by: MSI
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
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Specifications |
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Graphics Engine |
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 |
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Bus Standard |
PCI Express x16 3.0 |
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Memory Type |
GDDR5 |
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Memory Size(MB) |
4096 |
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Memory Interface |
512 bits |
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Core Clock Speed(MHz) |
1007MHz Core(OC mode) 977MHz Core(Gaming mode) 947MHz Core(Silent mode) |
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Memory Clock Speed(MHz) |
5000 |
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DVI Output |
2 (Dual-link DVI-D) |
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HDMI-Output |
1 (version 1.4a) |
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DisplayPort |
1 |
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HDCP Support |
Y |
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HDMI Support |
Y |
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Dual-link DVI |
Y |
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Display Output (Max Resolution) |
2560x1600 |
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RAMDACs |
400 |
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DirectX Version Support |
11.2 |
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OpenGL Version Support |
4.3 |
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CrossFire Support |
Y, 4-way(SW) |
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Card Dimension(mm) |
276x127x39mm |
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Weight |
1010g |
