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Gigabyte R9 290 WindForce OC Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

Valley Benchmark is a new GPU stress-testing tool from the developers of the very popular and highly acclaimed Heaven Benchmark. The forest-covered valley surrounded by vast mountains amazes with its scale from a bird’s-eye view and is extremely detailed down to every leaf and flower petal. This non-synthetic benchmark powered by the state-of-the art UNIGINE Engine showcases a comprehensive set of cutting-edge graphics technologies with a dynamic environment and fully interactive modes available to the end user.
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We test with the settings above both at 2560×1600.
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The Gigabyte R9 290 Windforce OC scores just behind the reference AMD R9 290X, only 2 frames slower.

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  1. I have the Gigabyte R9 290OC 4G Windforce Ed. And all i can say is… Damn it’s Awesome! It’s awesome in anything! And i don’t regret buying this little monster. Am i gonna give 6 star for this card.