{"id":39327,"date":"2013-11-07T03:04:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T03:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=39327"},"modified":"2013-11-07T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:32:33","slug":"visiontek-radeon-r9-290-introduced-best-value-high-performance-graphics-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/visiontek-radeon-r9-290-introduced-best-value-high-performance-graphics-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"VisionTek Radeon R9 290 Introduced As Best Value  In High Performance Graphics Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>New $409MSRP ultra-performance card outperforms NVIDIA GTX 780 while offering savings of $90,<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>intelligent performance management, 4K resolution, and professional grade audio<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/290-card-and-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39328\" alt=\"VisionTek Radeon R9 290\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/290-card-and-box.jpg?resize=580%2C386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/290-card-and-box-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/290-card-and-box-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/290-card-and-box-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/290-card-and-box.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VisionTek Products LLC, (VisionTek<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.com\/', 'http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.com']);\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.<wbr><\/wbr>com<\/a>, a\u00a0leading manufacturer of award-winning, high-performance upgrades and accessories for PC and Apple Macintosh<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0computers, announced today the VisionTek Radeon\u2122 R9 290 graphics card. Featuring similar specifications to the VisionTek R9 290X, the world\u2019s fastest graphics card introduced two weeks ago, the new R9 290 offers up to 947MHz clock speed, 4GB 512bit GDDR5 RAM, over 300GB\/s memory bandwidth to support 4K gaming with over 100 layers of effects, and compute performance that nearly exceeds 5.0 TFLOPs. With a $90 lower cost and performance that exceeds the leading competitive brand\u2019s comparable card, the estimated $409MSRP VisionTek R9 290 is the best value in high performance graphics cards and is expected to begin shipping later this month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outperforms GTX780 While Costing $90 Less<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To compare the Radeon R9 290 to the competition, AMD utilized two widely accepted performance testing methods: dedicated benchmarking and in-game frames per second performance. In both instances, the Radeon R9 290 outperformed the $499MSRP NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3D Mark Fire Strike, the world\u2019s most popular gaming benchmarking tool, was used to determine each card\u2019s overall score in two demanding settings, Performance and Extreme:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>3DMark Fire Strike Performance Setting Overall Score:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0R9 290: 9039<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0GeForce GTX 780: 8692<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Setting Overall Score:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0R9 290: 4513<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0GeForce GTX 780: 4370<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When running popular games such as Battlefield 4\u2122, Crysis 3, and Tomb Raider with\u00a0a 4K (3840 x 2160) display mode setting, the R9 290 delivered superior frames per second performance to the GTX 780:<\/p>\n<p><b>Battlefield 4:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0R9 290: 35.59 FPS<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0GeForce GTX 780: 31.45 FPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Crysis 3:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0R9 290: 31.02 FPS<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0GeForce GTX 780: 27.45 FPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tomb Raider:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0R9 290: 36.8 FPS<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0GeForce GTX 780: 34.5 FPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Overclocking Via Easy to Use GUI<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The VisionTek R9 290 can be set to automatically\u00a0run higher than the base core speed if it is operating below power, current, and temperature specification limits via the\u00a0Boost State control within the easy-to-use card management GUI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Intelligent Active Performance Management<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To keep gamers playing, the VisionTek R9 290 features\u00a0two automatic performance management features.\u00a0AMD PowerPlay\u2122 Technology\u00a0adjusts clock speeds in response to GPU load for energy use efficiency. Newly enhanced for the R9 290 series of graphics cards, AMD\u2019s PowerTune Technology intelligently\u00a0manages power, voltage, temperature, and clock speeds for optimum performance and safe operation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>See What You\u2019ve Been Missing with 4K Resolution<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The VisionTek R9 290 supports Ultra HD 4K (3840 x 2160)\u00a0resolution, 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&#8217;s Catalyst\u2122 Graphics\u00a0Drivers will perform automatic configuration on select popular 4K monitors, including models from Sharp and Asus. Further simplifying the ability to use 4K displays is the card\u2019s use of AMD Eyefinity\u2122\u00a0technology which can span multiple monitors into one large panoramic display.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Hear What You\u2019ve Been Missing with TrueAudio<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With an onboard audio processing chip powering AMD\u2019s TrueAudio technology, the VisionTek R9 290 can deliver accurate 3D surround sound within games and special audio effects like reverbs and room simulations while reducing CPU load. Now you can\u00a0hear more real-time voices and situational sounds in-game with any and all audio hardware already owned.<\/p>\n<p><b>VisionTek Radeon R9 290 Specifications &amp; Pricing<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Memory: 4GB 512bit GDDR5<\/li>\n<li>Memory Speed: up to 5.0Gb\/s<\/li>\n<li>Base Clock Speed: up to 947MHz<\/li>\n<li>Stream Processors: 2560<\/li>\n<li>Compute Performance: 4.9 TFLOPS<\/li>\n<li>CrossFire Support: Up to four GPUs with no interconnect bridge required<\/li>\n<li>Outputs: 2 x\u00a0Dual Link DVI, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI<\/li>\n<li>Cooling: Single fan 2 slot<\/li>\n<li>Bus Type: PCIe 3.0<\/li>\n<li>3DMark Fire Strike: greater than 8000<\/li>\n<li>OS Support:\u00a0Windows<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a08.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Linux<\/li>\n<li>Estimated MSRP: $409.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A History of Performance Innovation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2008, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 4000 series was the first to exceed one TFLOPS.<\/li>\n<li>In 2009, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 5000 series was the first to exceed two TFLOPS.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 7000 series was the first to exceed three TFLOPS.<\/li>\n<li>In 2012, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon 7970 GHz Edition card was the first to exceed four TFLOPS.<\/li>\n<li>October 2013, the AMD powered VisionTek Radeon R9 290X was the first to exceed five TFLOPS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing on the market that can touch the Radeon R9 290\u2019s price\/performance value proposition,\u201d said Mark Bilson, Executive Vice President of VisionTek. \u201cIt will even challenge the GeForce TITAN which costs $550 more. Then add in all the automatic performance management and user configurable operation options and you have an instant hit that will surely resonate with gamers of all levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the new VisionTek Radeon R9 290 graphics card, or the existing VisionTek graphics card line, which includes the six recently announced VisionTek R7 and R9 series cards, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.com\/', 'www.visiontekproducts.com']);\" target=\"_blank\">www.visiontekproducts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New $409MSRP ultra-performance card outperforms NVIDIA GTX 780 while offering savings of $90, intelligent performance management, 4K resolution, and professional grade audio VisionTek Products LLC, (VisionTek\u00ae)\u00a0http:\/\/www.visiontekproducts.com, a\u00a0leading manufacturer of award-winning, high-performance upgrades and accessories&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2053,"featured_media":39328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533],"tags":[72,7208,238,2520],"class_list":["post-39327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abt-news","tag-amd","tag-r9-290","tag-radeon","tag-visiontek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}