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

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

Grid 2 is the sequel to the racing video game Race Driver: Grid. It was developed and published by Codemasters. The game includes numerous real world locations such as Paris, numerous United States locations, and many more, and also includes motor vehicles spanning four decades. In addition, it includes a new handling system that developer Codemasters has dubbed ‘TrueFeel’, which aims to hit a sweet spot between realism and accessibility.
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We test at 2560×1600 with the Ultra image quality preset, as shown above. 8x MSAA was enabled to improve image quality.
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The overclocked GTX780 Ti's take top spot in this benchmark, just ahead of the fastest R9 290x's.

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8 comments

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 !

  5. 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.

  6. 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!

  7. 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 ……

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