ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II and Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X Video Card Reviews

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Test System

Before we look at the numbers, let’s take a brief look at the test system that was used. All testing was done using a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running.

Video Cards & Drivers used for testing:

  • NVIDIA GeForce 341.40
  • AMD Catalyst 13.12 WHQL

Intel X79/LGA2011 Platform

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The Intel X79 platform that we used to test the all of the video cards was running the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard with BIOS 4502 that came out on 10/15/2013. The Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz quad channel memory kit was set to 1866MHz with 1.5v and 9-10-9-27 1T memory timings. The OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD was run with firmware version 2.25.

The Intel X79 Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

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Processor

Intel Core i7-3960X

Motherboard

ASUS P9X79 Deluxe

Memory

16GB Corsair 1866MHz

Video Card

Various

Solid-State Drive

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB

Cooling

Intel RTS2011LC

Power Supply

Corsair AX1200

Operating System

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II Video Card GPU-Z Information:

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X Video Card GPU-Z Information:

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