Doctor Feelgood
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Joined: 07 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:05:04 Post Subject: AMD Radeon R9 290X Video Card |
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AMD's Radeon R9 290X video card may be a watershed moment in PC graphics, Powered by the 'Hawaii' GPU based on a beefed up version of the Graphics Core Next architecture, this is the first card 'designed for gaming at 4K resolution'. We analyse the AMD Radeon 290X Hawaii GPU's design and specs, compare AMD and NVIDIA's current GPU and remember Graphics Cores Past. Ten years ago, the then powerful R350 based ATI Radeon 9800 Pro launched, 64-bit computing became mainstream and USB 2.0 as well as Wi-Fi became ubiquitous. The 290X is the latest in what has been a successful line of single GPU high-end DirectX 11 Radeon parts from ATI/AMD: HD 5870, HD 6970 and HD 7970. Read on to see if Hawaii and R9 290X continues this legacy. nitroware.net |
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