MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming 4G, 4096 MB DDR5, DP, HDMI, DVI

The MSI ( Micro-Star International) brand was lifted in Taiwan in 1986 from the baptism and has earned a reputation around the world since then , the whole corresponds to their self-chosen motto : Innovation with Style . The users appreciate most about the graphics cards and motherboards from MSI their quality , modernity and the extraordinary appearance . Of course it can be the manufacturer also does not take to be at the start of Radeon -R7 and R9er series of the party .

AMD introduces the R7 and R9 two new graphics cards series , replacing the Radeon HD series . The different models are doing all players – from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts – satisfy.

Using the MSI 290X Gaming R9 4G with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory is an absolute high-end flagship of the R9 series appears. The card with GCN architecture holds in terms of performance on every level of previous Radeon cards , beating the HD 7970th The graphics card comes in 2- slot format and has a large heatsink with custom designed . In Twin Frozr IV cooler stuck two 10 cm PWM fan that can operate in three different modes (OC Fashion, Gaming Mode and Silent Mode ) . The Airflow Control technology optimizes the efficiency of the heat pipes .

GPU , in this case the performance Hawaii XT , clocked at the MSI Radeon R9 290X gaming 4G up to 1040 MHz and a maximum boost the memory with 2,500 MHz ( 5,000 effective) . The RAM is strong four gigabytes in size , and connected via a 512 – bit interface .

The bandwidth in communication between the graphics card and motherboard or CPU falls high out , because the MSI R9 290X Gaming 4G brings the latest interface standard PCI Express 3.0 with it , thus – with suitable residual hardware – the bandwidth over PCIe 2.0 on 16 GB / s doubles .

The MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming 4G uses the latest standard DirectX 11.2 and controls monitors via two DVI and one HDMI port and one DisplayPort, whereby a plurality of corresponding displays at the same time ( 3D ) can take over reproduction thanks to Eyefinity and CrossFireX . The power supply is via a 6 -pin and one 8-pin PCIe connector . For the operation of a power supply with at least 850 watts of power is recommended.

In order to exploit the full potential of the card in the future , new drivers should (formerly ATI) or MSI be downloaded and installed at regular intervals from AMD.

Technical details :

    Dimensions: 276 x 39x 127 mm (W x H x D)
    Height: 2 slot
    GPU: AMD Radeon R9 290X
    Type: Hawaii XT
    Manufacturing process: 28 nm
    GPU clock : 1,040 MHz (max boost)
    Shader units : 2,816
    Memory Size: 4096 MB
    Memory clock: 2,500 (5,000) MHz
    Type: GDDR5
    Memory bus : 512 bit
    Slot : PCIe x16 ( PCI / PCIe 2.x / PCIe 3.0)
    connections:
    1x DisplayPort
    1x HDMI
    2x DVI -D ( dual link)
    Power supply: 1x 8- pin PCIe , 1x 6- pin PCIe
    Recommended power supply – output: min. 850 Watt
    Features: Twin Frozr IV cooler , DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL 1.2, Mantle, Eyefinity 2.0 , CrossFireX , HD3D , True Audio
    Compatibility (operating system ): Windows 8.1 , 8, 7 , Vista , Linux