Asus R9 290X Direct CU II OC Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell January 9, 2014 Featured Tech News, Graphics

Aliens V Predator has proved to be a big seller since the release and Sega have taken the franchise into new territory after taking it from Sierra. AVP is a Direct X 11 supported title and delivers not only advanced shadow rendering but high quality tessellation for the cards on test today.

To test the cards we used a ULTRA HD 4K resolution (3840×2160) with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16 af, ambient occulsion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on.

A very demanding engine at Ultra HD 4k resolutions. The overclocked Asus R9 290X Direct CU II OC however manages to maintain smooth frame rates throughout, holding at 25 frames per second or better at all times.

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8 comments

Optical Illusion
January 9, 2014 at 3:52 pm

I love the GPU reviews here, so much information and great buying advice. I like the ASUS cards, they are always built very well, although they tend to be more expensive, than even Sapphire, who aren’t cheap.
Ben
January 9, 2014 at 3:52 pm

Very expensive, I want to see more 290 reviews, not the X versions, they are way out of most peoples price range.
Joe
January 9, 2014 at 3:54 pm

I have always bought ASUS cards – although I must admit not at £500! Quite happy with my 670, still rocking well with modern games.
Indloon
January 9, 2014 at 3:54 pm

No stock again 🙁 AMD need to get their act together with their partners. by the time they get a lot of stock of 290’s and 290x’s Nvidia will have their next generation out !
Greg
January 9, 2014 at 3:57 pm

Its an interesting point, triple fan coolers look to be the future for these high end boards. That Palit GTX780ti got me excited, but I just can’t justify £630 on a graphics card.

I agree though, why no 290 reviews, the X version is just way too expensive. more please.
hmmm
January 10, 2014 at 4:42 am

Could you please update the review with VRM temps? Just scroll down on the sensor tab on GPU-Z. Thanks!
Kursad
March 2, 2014 at 3:59 am

I test my asus 780 Gtx 3G SLI 2 video card and runs it predy good whit 5k ultra samsung TV 65inch and I test it whit my game BF4 125 fps my dream rate ……