Sapphire Amd Radeon R9 290 Tri X Review

The card is also overclocked out of the box which makes it faster than the gtx titan.

Sapphire amd radeon r9 290 tri x review.

Cooling the radeon r9 290 and 290x. 631 99 ex tax the stock r9 290 series cards all well known. Amd s reference radeon r9 290 and 290x cooler earned our disdain once we figured out that it was causing the otherwise impressive hawaii gpu to operate at. Also equipped with 4gb of the latest high performance gddr5 memory on a 512 bit interface and clocked at 1300 mhz 5 2ghz effective.

At 1920 x 1200 you can see that the overclock sapphire has given the r9 290 4gb tri x oc is enough for the model to move out of the 60 fps range which the reference card sees and into the 70. In europe the price over reference is just 10 which makes the choice a no brainer. Sapphire r9 290 tri x has 2560 stream processing units and an engine clock of up to 1000 mhz. Whereas amd s reference design debuted at speeds of 947mhz and 5 000mhz respectively sapphire s r9 290 tri x moves things along by bumping the core to a cool 1 000mhz and the 4gb gddr5 memory to.

Our first custom cooled 290 by ryan smith on december 24 2013 3 45 pm est. Amd s second tier graphics card is a solid performer for 1080p and 1440p gaming but is power hungry. Sapphire radeon r9 290x tri x oc 4gb review manufacturer. The first customized 290 series card in our hands sapphire s radeon r9 290 tri x oc is a rather straightforward semi custom card.

Sapphire radeon r9 290 tri x oc review. Sapphire uk price as reviewed. Amd radeon r9 290x sapphire tri x 4gb review benchmark tech tribunal. Posted march 8 2015 8 58pm gmt by crimsonrayne category.

Since the 290 tri x oc is based on amd s reference board the card has the. Meet the sapphire radeon r9 290 tri x oc.