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Review: PowerColor Devil 13 Dual Core R9 290X

by Parm Mann on 26 June 2014, 16:55

Tags: PowerColor (6150.TWO), AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Test Methodology

PowerColor Devil 13 Dual Core R9 290X


GPU Comparisons

Graphics Card(s) Peak Core Clock
(MHz)
Stream
Processors
Memory Clock
(MHz)
Memory Bus
(bits)
Graphics Driver
AMD Radeon R9 295X2 8GB 1,015 5,632 5,000 512 x2 Catalyst 14.4 beta
PowerColor Radeon R9 290X Dual Core Devil 13 8GB 1,000 5,632 5,400 512 x2 Catalyst 14.6 beta
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB 1,000 2,816 5,000 512 Catalyst 14.4 beta
AMD Radeon HD 7990 6GB 1,000 4,096 6,000 256 x2 Catalyst 14.4 beta
2x Palit GeForce GTX 780 JetStream 6GB in SLI 954 2,304 6,000 384 x2 GeForce 337.50
Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB 1,111 2,880 7,000 384 GeForce 337.50
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan 6GB 876 2,688 6,000 384 GeForce 337.50
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB 928 2,880 7,000 384 GeForce 337.50
Palit GeForce GTX 780 JetStream 6GB 954 2,304 6,000 384 GeForce 337.50
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB 915 3,072 6,000 256 x2 GeForce 337.50

HEXUS Graphics Test Bench

Hardware Components HEXUS Review Product Page
Processor Intel Core i7-4770K (3.50GHz, 8MB cache, quad-core) June 2013 Intel.com
CPU Cooler Corsair Hydro Series H75 March 2014 Corsair.com
Motherboard Asus Z97-A May 2014 Asus.com
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro (2x8GB) DDR3 @ 1,866MHz - Corsair.com
Power Supply Corsair AX760i - Corsair.com
Storage Device Crucial M500 240GB SSD July 2013 Crucial.com
Chassis Corsair Graphite Series 600T October 2010 Corsair.com
Monitor Philips Brilliance 288P6LJEB/00 (3,840x2,160) - Philips.co.uk
Operating system Windows 8.1 (64-bit) October 2012 Microsoft.com

HEXUS Ultra-High-End Benchmark Suite

GPU Benchmarks Mode and Resolutions Quality Settings
3DMark DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,440 Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme
Battlefield 4 DX11 at 3,840x2,160 Ultra + DOF
Crysis 3 DX11 at 3,840x2,160 4xMSAA, High Preset
Far Cry 3 DX11 at 3,840x2,160 2xMSAA, Ultra Preset
GRID 2 DX11 at 3,840x2,160 4xMSAA, Ultra Preset
Just Cause 2 DX10 at 3,840x2,160 8xMSAA, High Preset
Total War: Rome II DX11 at 3,840x2,160 Ultra Preset
General Benchmarks Description
Power Consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record mains power draw both when idle and while playing Far Cry 3
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature both when idle and while playing Far Cry 3
Noise A PCE-318 meter is used to record noise levels when idle and while playing Far Cry 3

Notes

There are 10 truly immense graphics cards in our line-up and we've been able to test at an ultra-high-end 4K (3,840x2,160) resolution on a lovely-looking Philips Brilliance 288P6LJEB/00 monitor. Digging deeper into our test results, we'll also pay particular attention to the quality of rendering by looking at frame times and latencies.