VisionTek Radeon R9 290X – Fastest Graphics Card Available Early November
New ultra-performance card delivers 5.6 TFLOPs, 4K resolution, intelligent overclocking, and professional grade audio, priced at $549, and shipping by early November
The VisionTek Radeon R9 290X graphics card will begin shipping the R9 290X by early November. It features up to 1GHz clock speed, 4GB 512bit GDDR5 RAM, and compute performance over 5.6 TFLOPs. Priced at $549, theVisionTek R9 290X is the fastest graphics card available and it outperforms high-end Nvidia graphics cards as confirmed by many independent tech sites. 
Sets New Performance Standard
Because the VisionTek R9 290X utilizes AMD’s Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture, which unifies graphics processing and compute cores for higher utilization, this ultra-performance graphics card can deliver over 5 TFLOPS compute performance – a new standard in the graphics card industry – and over 300GB/s memory bandwidth to support 4K gaming.
Overclocking the Smart and Easy Way
By accessing the Boost State control within an easy-to-use control panel, the VisionTek R9 290X can be set to automatically run higher than the base core speed if it is operating below power, current, and temperature specification limits. The card also features two additional automatic performance boosting features – AMD PowerPlay Technology adjusts clock speeds in response to GPU load for energy use efficiency, while AMD PowerTune Technology maximizes performance under load conditions by increasing the GPU engine clock to take advantage of potentially unused Thermal Design Power (TDP) headroom.
4K Resolution
The VisionTek R9 290X supports Ultra HD 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution, which is 4x the resolution of 1080p. Typically, configuring a graphics card for use with a high resolution monitor must be done manually. However, AMD’s Catalyst Graphics Drivers will perform automatic configuration on select popular monitor and AMD Eyefinity technology can easily span multiple 4K monitors into one large panoramic display.
TrueAudio
With an onboard audio processing chip powering AMD’s TrueAudio technology, the VisionTek R9 290X can deliver accurate 3D surround sound within games and special audio effects like reverbs and room simulations while reducing CPU load. Now you can hear more real-time voices and situational sounds in-game with any and all current PC audio hardware.
290X Outperforms the Competition While Costing $100 Less
In a recent performance benchmarking preview publicly conducted by AMD, two leading graphics intensive games, BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider, were both run on the same test machine at 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution settings on the Radeon R9 290X and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 cards. The only variable to the tests was that the R9 290X was run in “Quiet Mode” setting, the less aggressive of two performance profiles that are user selectable via a toggle switch on the card. Below are the results of the $649 street price GTX 780 versus the $549 MSRP R9 290X:
VisionTek Radeon R9 290X Specifications & Pricing
- Memory: 4GB 512bit GDDR5
- Memory Speed: 5.0Gb/s
- Base Clock Speed: up to 1.0GHz
- Stream Processors: 2816
- Compute Performance: 5.6 TFLOPS
- CrossFire Support: Up to four GPUs with no interconnect bridge required
- Outputs: 2 xDual Link DVI, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI
- Cooling: Single fan 2 slot
- Bus Type: PCIe 3.0
- 3DMark Fire Strike: greater than 8000
- OS Support:Windows® 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Linux
- MSRP: $549.00
VisionTek’s History of Performance Innovation
Outperforming other GPU powered brand graphics cards is nothing new to VisionTek. By choosing AMD as its exclusive GPU partner, VisionTek has enjoyed a history of establishing new standards of performance capabilities from its graphics cards:
- In 2008, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 4000 series was the first to exceed one TFLOPs.
- In 2009, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 5000 series was the first to exceed two TFLOPs.
- In 2011, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 7000 series was the first to exceed three TFLOPs.
ABT hopes to do its own testing of the VisionTek R9 290X to confirm its impressive performance by benching it against the GTX 780, GTX Titan and even the upcoming GTX 780 Ti, using our exclusive 30-game benchmark suite.
Next up is a Genius KB-G265 Gaming Keyboard evaluation followed by a Catalyst Beta driver performance analysis, a VisionTek R9 280X evaluation, and a EVGA GTX 780 review – all this month! In the meantime, stay up-to-date on the very latest R9 290X news at ABT forum.
Happy Gaming!
