{"id":4812,"date":"2013-10-24T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T12:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2013-10-24T14:12:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T12:12:49","slug":"amd-radeon-r9-290x-graphics-card-pioneers-a-new-era-in-gaming-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/4812-amd-radeon-r9-290x-graphics-card-pioneers-a-new-era-in-gaming-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Radeon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> Graphics Card Pioneers a New Era in Gaming Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 AMD<\/span> makes gra\u00adphics lea\u00adder\u00adship power move with AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> GPU<\/span>, the king of the Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards, new GPUs for a new era in gam\u00ading <\/i>\u2014<\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u2014 Oct. 24, 2013<\/b> \u2014<\/b> AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today laun\u00adched the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> gra\u00adphics card, intro\u00addu\u00adcing the ulti\u00adma\u00adte GPU<\/span> for a new era in PC<\/span> gam\u00ading. As the top AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics card, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> GPU<\/span> deli\u00advers breath\u00adta\u00adking per\u00adfor\u00admance while pushing the boun\u00adda\u00adries of audio and visu\u00adal rea\u00adlism for gamers who demand the best.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>As the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of our new AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> GPU<\/span> embo\u00addies AMD<\/span>\u2019s lea\u00adder\u00adship as the ulti\u00adma\u00adte gra\u00adphics solu\u00adti\u00adon for an excep\u00adtio\u00adnal gam\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence, affir\u00adming that Rade\u00adon\u2122 is <\/i>gam\u00ading,\u201d said Matt Skyn\u00adner, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger and cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, AMD<\/span> Gra\u00adphics Busi\u00adness Unit. \u201cThe for\u00admi\u00adda\u00adble com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, Man\u00adt\u00adle and AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy rai\u00adses the bar for breath\u00adta\u00adking audio and gra\u00adphics, and powerful per\u00adfor\u00admance, giving enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts an unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted gam\u00ading experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

With AMD<\/span>\u2019s award-win\u00adning Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre<\/a> at its core, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> gra\u00adphics cards have an unri\u00adva\u00adled advan\u00adta\u00adge with Man\u00adt\u00adle, an indus\u00adtry-chan\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adped by AMD<\/span>[i]<\/a>. With Man\u00adt\u00adle, top game deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can harness the GCN-powered archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre found in both PCs and con\u00adso\u00adles, empowe\u00adring them to speak the nati\u00adve lan\u00adguage of the GPU<\/span> core and bene\u00adfit from an incom\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble level of hard\u00adware opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon that unlocks revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry per\u00adfor\u00admance and image quality.<\/p>\n

Equip\u00adped with the new AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy<\/a> and made for ultra reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon gam\u00ading, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> GPU<\/span> crea\u00adtes today\u2019s most immersi\u00adve PC<\/span> gam\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence[ii]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy brings a heigh\u00adten\u00aded level of revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry audio immersi\u00adon, sur\u00adroun\u00adding gamers with rea\u00adli\u00adstic audio envi\u00adron\u00adments through ste\u00adreo head\u00adsets and spea\u00adk\u00aders. Armed with a dedi\u00adca\u00adted audio pro\u00adces\u00adsor in the GPU<\/span>, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> gra\u00adphics card will deli\u00adver a richer and deep\u00adly immersi\u00adve sound\u00adscape, inclu\u00adding true to life echo\u00ades, con\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon reverbs and incre\u00addi\u00adbly rea\u00adli\u00adstic sound\u00ading environments.<\/p>\n

Made to per\u00adform for UltraHD (4K<\/span>)[iii]<\/a> and AMD<\/span> Eye\u00adfi\u00adni\u00adty tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy[iv]<\/a>, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> GPU<\/span> ele\u00adva\u00adtes visu\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces on cur\u00adrent and upco\u00adming PC<\/span> titles with supe\u00adri\u00ador image qua\u00adli\u00adty and expan\u00adsi\u00adve, eye-ope\u00adning displays.<\/p>\n

Out\u00adstan\u00adding fea\u00adtures of the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> gra\u00adphics cards include:<\/p>\n

\u00b7         2,816 stream pro\u00adces\u00adsing units<\/p>\n

\u00b7         Up to 1 GHz engi\u00adne clock<\/p>\n

\u00b7         4GB<\/span> GDDR5<\/span> memory<\/p>\n

\u00b7         Up to 5.0Gbps memo\u00adry clock speed<\/p>\n

\u00b7         320GB<\/span>\/s memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth (maxi\u00admum)<\/p>\n

\u00b7         5.6 TFLOPS<\/span> Sin\u00adgle Pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adte power<\/p>\n

\u00b7         API<\/span> sup\u00adport for DirectX\u00ae<\/sup> 11.2, OpenGL 4.3 and Mantle<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> gra\u00adphics cards are available on Oct. 24, 2013 at a start\u00ading pri\u00adce of $549 USD<\/span> and \u20ac399 (exclu\u00adding VAT<\/span>)[v]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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