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Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

After a delayed release from late 2012 to March 2013, the game received much anticipation and hype. Tomb Raider received much acclaim from critics, who praised the graphics, the gameplay and Camilla Luddington’s performance as Lara with many critics agreeing that the game is a solid and much needed reboot of the franchise. Much criticism went to the addition of the multiplayer which many felt was unnecessary. Tomb Raider went on to sell one million copies in forty-eight hours of its release, and has sold 3.4 million copies worldwide so far.
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A game that runs very well on both AMD and Nvidia hardware. The recent GTX780 Ti claims top position at 1600p, although the Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC is the fastest AMD based solution on test today.

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9 comments

  1. Ordering one, but I doubt OCUK will get them in on the 27th, will be first week in 2014 I reckon.

  2. Good value really considering the price of GTX780 Ti, which ive seen for £650. AMD have the price right and finally the right card. two months after launch day though? what a complete fuc*ing mess they made of such a good card.

  3. About bloody time, longest wait for a fixed 290X ever.

  4. I have to ask, why the Titan is never overclocked in these tests ?

    Great card, a little power hungry but it’s worth it looking at these results.

  5. OC.uk actually have gigabyte R9 290X windforce in stock now….I bought one this morning….8 left.

  6. “At the price, none”. my first time seeing it. LOL. Nice card, really. Now if only it available in my country i will definitely buy it

  7. Well thats impressive by any stretch of the imagination. 27c cooler than AMDs part and no need to balance fan speeds against noise.

    Im tempted in January now, dont think OCUK will have stock in until the new year anyway

  8. I don’t understand whats with the fuss about the heat on R9 290/x cards. I have been using MSI OC Edition GTX 670 previously, and they run 97c most of the time while I do gaming. It’s not a big deal to me, as I understand that the cards has been designed to run hot because they eventually will with a load on them.

    I can understand the noise issue ONLY if you crank up the fan settings to 100%, but that won’t be necessary. I run the card, with custom fan profie from inside MSI after burner for 55% max fan speed, the card was quite to me. Maybe because of my big case, but really, I don’t see the what’s with the fuss all about.

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