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MSI R9 290 OC Gaming Edition Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell February 27, 2014 Featured Announcement, 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 2560×1600 resolution with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16 af, ambient occlusion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on.
AvP 1600p
Smooth frame rates throughout, averaging 75 frames per second.

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8 comments

  1. Ian
    February 27, 2014 at 10:06 am

    Great card, but Sapphire are miles ahead and ive been reading some problems with the fans on these MSI cards long term. failures etc.

  2. EsOne
    February 27, 2014 at 10:07 am

    I have had an MSI twin frozr card for years and never had a problem with it. I think some people don’t clean their fans and coolers fairly regularly and the dust kills them. nothing to do with a bad design.

  3. Wilker
    February 27, 2014 at 10:08 am

    The 290 is just so much more sensible than the 290x, they are mega money for very little extra gain. AMD dropped the ball with the pricing.

  4. Lewis
    February 27, 2014 at 10:15 am

    I bought one last week from OC when it was on sale for £330!
    Excellent timing on the review though as now I have an idea of the headroom I have for overclocking.

  5. Martin
    March 1, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    This R9 290 is louder, hotter and has a lower clock speed than the gigabyte R9 290, so why does this have have a higher score?

  6. Alex4net
    March 22, 2014 at 7:21 am

    I try to configure that MSI R9 290 card for mining – problem is heat – when you ask for more than 650kH/s temperature is mre that 85 it turn off.
    I find configuration with 840kH/s but iy’s working 7 minutes before turn off.
    Any idea what to do?

  7. Phil
    March 30, 2014 at 7:49 am

    Something interesting , the card is actually mentioned to be over clocked to 1004mhz, but it needs the MSI Gaming App (could use afterburner as well). I wish they just overclocked it to 1004mhz without the need to use that app

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