The R9 290 is a cut down version of the R9 290X. The 290 has 256 less compute units than the R9 290X (2816 vs 2560 compute units) and the reference R9 290 is clocked at 947Mhz. What we have here is an overclocked edition by ASUS sporting a clock of 1000Mhz on the Core and 1260Mhz on the memory. So how will this perform compared with the others?

Test Setup
Motherboard - Asus Maximus Ranger VII
Processor - Intel i7-4790K at 4.4Ghz
RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury at1866Mhz
Storage - Samsumg 2TB HDD
Power supply - Corsair AX860i

Test Method - FRAPS was be used to capture the framerate and an average of 3 runs of the game title will be used to calculate the framerate. This is to minimise errors and as such will take quite a while to collate the data.
All games will be tested at 1920x1080, unless stated otherwise. Actual gameplay will be used unless I believe the in-built benchmark of the title suffices. Only DX11 games will be tested. As soon as a benchmark tool for DX12/Vulkan is available I'll be doing games like Hitman, RoTR, AoTS, TotalWar:Hammer, DOOM.
Power consumption is captured using Corsair LINK software

Feel free to ask questions...I had to remove Hitman Absolution from the test as it gave me inconsistent readings.

Game settings used
Witcher 3 - Ultra Settings, High Post processing, Nvidia Hairworks OFF
AC: Syndicate - Very High Settings with FXAA
Black Op3 - High Setting with SMAA 2x
Crysis - Very High Setting with FXAA
Shadow of Mordor - Ultra Setting
Tomb Raider 2013 - Ultra Setting - MSAA 2x

Clearer image of framerate comparison - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5gP1lXvmMe5amEyQURwcjFUTDA

You know! I had the impression this thread was going to be about you playing on the rig.



Not this lecture

Silkmoth33:
You know! I had the impression this thread was going to be about you playing on the rig.



Not this lecture

this seems more like a benchmark/review to me and I enjoy it

RX480:


this seems more like a benchmark/review to me and I enjoy it

this is insane!

Why not reserve your precious brain cortex for game-making lectures.

What's wrong in learning a few bits on how to make the witcher3 instead of this!

Silkmoth33:

this is insane!

Why not reserve your precious brain cortex for game-making lectures.

What's wrong in learning a few bits on how to make the witcher3 instead of this!

I guess this is where you tell us how to develop a game..you should create a new thread for that....oh wait! you can't!

AKBliv010:


I guess this is where you tell us how to develop a game..you should create a new thread for that....oh wait! you can't!

Perhaps in incapabilities we are evenly matched. Or atleast I have the decency to not be retrospective.

Silkmoth33:


Perhaps in incapabilities we are evenly matched. Or atleast I have the decency to not be retrospective.

This info isn't for you..period! jog on!

AKBliv010:


This info isn't for you..period! jog on!

Now jogging...

Abeg! How many PC games you get sef?

Silkmoth33:

Now jogging...

Abeg! How many PC games you get sef?

Troll question! Keep it moving!

AKBliv010:


Troll question! Keep it moving!

This two sha....!!!