{"id":5269,"date":"2013-11-05T14:23:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2013-11-05T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T13:24:26","slug":"amd-radeon-r9-290-graphics-card-delivers-stunning-ultrahd-performance-for-just-399","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/5269-amd-radeon-r9-290-graphics-card-delivers-stunning-ultrahd-performance-for-just-399\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Radeon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 Graphics Card Delivers Stunning UltraHD Performance for Just $399"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir><em>Pushing the limits of visu\u00adal and audio rea\u00adlism, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> brings class-lea\u00adding fea\u00adtures and smooth frame rates to enthu\u00adsi\u00adast gamers and shat\u00adters the <span class=\"caps\">4K<\/span> gam\u00ading gra\u00adphics pri\u00adce barrier<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir><\/div>\n<div dir><strong><span class=\"caps\">SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif.&nbsp;\u201411\/5\/2013&nbsp; <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today laun\u00adched the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 gra\u00adphics card, the latest addi\u00adti\u00adon to the award-win\u00adning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/products\/desktop\/graphics\/r9\/pages\/amd-radeon-hd-r9-series.aspx\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> Series GPUs<\/a>, a powerful ros\u00adt\u00ader of ulti\u00adma\u00adte-class GPUs from <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 joins the recent\u00adly intro\u00addu\u00adced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/press-releases\/Pages\/amd-unleashes-r9-2013oct07.aspx\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">270X<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">280X<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/press-releases\/Pages\/amd-radeon-r9-290x-2013oct24.aspx\"><span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">290X<\/span><\/a> gra\u00adphics cards that deli\u00adver next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance and fea\u00adtures for gamers who demand the very&nbsp;best.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>With the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> cements its posi\u00adti\u00adon as the pro\u00advi\u00adder of ulti\u00adma\u00adte gam\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces,\u201d said Matt Skyn\u00adner, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger and cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Gra\u00adphics Busi\u00adness Unit. \u201cWe deli\u00adver on the pro\u00admi\u00adse of world-class per\u00adfor\u00admance and fea\u00adtures with the <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards. With new inno\u00adva\u00adtions like Man\u00adt\u00adle and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> brings an excep\u00adtio\u00adnal gam\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence for enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts while defy\u00ading the limits of audio and visu\u00adal realism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Built on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s award-win\u00adning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/products\/technologies\/gcn\/Pages\/gcn-architecture.aspx\">Gra\u00adphics Core Next (<span class=\"caps\">GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre<\/a>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 gra\u00adphics cards boast a tru\u00adly uni\u00adque advan\u00adta\u00adge with Man\u00adt\u00adle, an indus\u00adtry-chan\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adped by <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. With Man\u00adt\u00adle, top game deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can empower their games to speak the nati\u00adve lan\u00adguage of <span class=\"caps\">GCN<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, enab\u00adling an incom\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble level of hard\u00adware opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon that yields revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry per\u00adfor\u00admance<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/products\/technologies\/Pages\/amd-trueaudio.aspx\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy<\/a> and made to per\u00adform for ultra-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon gam\u00ading, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> enables today\u2019s most immersi\u00adve <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> gam\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence for enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy brings a new level of audio immersi\u00adon, sur\u00adroun\u00adding gamers with rea\u00adli\u00adstic audio envi\u00adron\u00adments through ste\u00adreo head\u00adsets and spea\u00adk\u00aders. With a dedi\u00adca\u00adted audio pro\u00adces\u00adsor built into the <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> core, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 gra\u00adphics card enables a richer and deep\u00adly immersi\u00adve sound\u00adscape, inclu\u00adding true-to-life acou\u00adstic envi\u00adron\u00adments, simul\u00adta\u00adneous sound effects and ful\u00adly posi\u00adtio\u00adnal sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Desi\u00adgned for UltraHD (<span class=\"caps\">4K<\/span>) and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Eye\u00adfi\u00adni\u00adty tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> joins the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">290X<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> as defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adve lea\u00adders in the high-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon con\u00adtent expe\u00adri\u00adence, boas\u00adting hard\u00adware-level opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon for gam\u00ading on next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon dis\u00adplay con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons<sup>3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Fea\u00adtures of the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 gra\u00adphics cards include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2,560 stream pro\u00adces\u00adsing&nbsp;units<\/li>\n<li>Up to 947MHz engi\u00adne&nbsp;clock<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">4GB<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GDDR5<\/span> memory<\/li>\n<li>Up to 5.0Gbps memo\u00adry clock&nbsp;speed<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">320GB<\/span>\/s memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth (maxi\u00admum)<\/li>\n<li>4.85 <span class=\"caps\">TFLOPS<\/span> Sin\u00adgle Pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adte&nbsp;power<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">API<\/span> sup\u00adport for DirectX\u00ae 11.2, OpenGL 4.3 and Mantle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 gra\u00adphics cards will be available on Nov. 5, 2013 at a start\u00ading pri\u00adce of $399 <span class=\"caps\">USD<\/span> and \u20ac289 (exclu\u00adding <span class=\"caps\">VAT<\/span>)<sup>4<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<h3>Supporting Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/R9\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics&nbsp;cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read our blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/community.amd.com\/community\/amd-blogs\/amd-gaming\/blog\/2013\/10\/17\/the-four-core-principles-of-amd-s-mantle\">The four core prin\u00adci\u00adples of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s Mantle<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Regis\u00adter for the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Sum\u00admit, <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.amd.com\/apu\/\"><span class=\"caps\">APU13<\/span><\/a>, to learn more about Mantle<\/li>\n<li>Beco\u00adme a fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMDGaming\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Gam\u00ading<\/a> on Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Enga\u00adge with us on Twit\u00adter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AMDRadeon\" target=\"_blank\">@AMDRadeon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beco\u00adme a fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> on Facebook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) designs and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that powers mil\u00adli\u00adons of intel\u00adli\u00adgent devices, inclu\u00adding per\u00adso\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adters, tablets, game con\u00adso\u00adles and cloud ser\u00advers that defi\u00adne the new era of sur\u00adround com\u00adpu\u00adting. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons enable peo\u00adp\u00adle ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre to rea\u00adli\u00adze the full poten\u00adti\u00adal of their favo\u00adri\u00adte devices and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\">www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Arrow logo and Rade\u00adon are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for infor\u00adma\u00adtio\u00adnal pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon sup\u00adport for Man\u00adt\u00adle is requi\u00adred. Test\u00ading per\u00adfor\u00admed at <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Labs by iso\u00adla\u00adting <span class=\"caps\">API<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance.&nbsp; \u201cDraw\u201d defi\u00adned as the mini\u00admum uni\u00adque enti\u00adty that can be ren\u00adde\u00adred by an <span class=\"caps\">API<\/span> draw com\u00admand and a typi\u00adcal uni\u00adque sta\u00adte asso\u00adcia\u00adted with it.&nbsp; Man\u00adt\u00adle per\u00adfor\u00admed an avera\u00adge draw of 0.36 micro\u00adse\u00adconds over two <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> threads.&nbsp; DirectX 11 per\u00adfor\u00admed an avera\u00adge draw of 3.89 micro\u00adse\u00adconds over a sin\u00adgle <span class=\"caps\">API<\/span> thread and a sin\u00adgle dri\u00adver thread.&nbsp; Man\u00adt\u00adle results dis\u00adcoun\u00adted by 20% for con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtism (i.e. 3.89\/0.36\/1.2 = 9.00).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Test con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Intel Core 2 <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">X9650<\/span> at 3GHz, 4 <span class=\"caps\">GB<\/span> of <span class=\"caps\">PC2-6400<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">RAM<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">HD<\/span> 7970 video card with 3 <span class=\"caps\">GB<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">VRAM<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> TrueAu\u00addio tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is offe\u00adred on sel\u00adect <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">R7<\/span> 200 Series GPUs and is desi\u00adgned to impro\u00adve acou\u00adstic rea\u00adlism.&nbsp; Requi\u00adres an enab\u00adled game or appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon.&nbsp; Not all audio equip\u00adment sup\u00adports all audio effects; addi\u00adtio\u00adnal audio equip\u00adment may be requi\u00adred for some audio effects. Not all pro\u00adducts fea\u00adture all technologies\u2014check with your com\u00adpo\u00adnent or sys\u00adtem manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer for spe\u00adci\u00adfic capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Eye\u00adfi\u00adni\u00adty tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy sup\u00adports mul\u00adti\u00adple moni\u00adtors on an enab\u00adled gra\u00adphics card. Sup\u00adport\u00aded dis\u00adplay quan\u00adti\u00adty, type and reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon vary by model and board design; con\u00adfirm spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons with manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer befo\u00adre purcha\u00adse. To enable more than two dis\u00adplays, or mul\u00adti\u00adple dis\u00adplays from a sin\u00adgle out\u00adput, addi\u00adtio\u00adnal hard\u00adware such as DisplayPort\u2122-ready moni\u00adtors or Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt 1.2 MST-enab\u00adled hubs may be requi\u00adred.&nbsp; A maxi\u00admum of two acti\u00adve adap\u00adters is recom\u00admen\u00added for con\u00adsu\u00admer sys\u00adtems. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/eyefinityfaq\">www.amd.com\/eyefinityfaq<\/a> for full details. Requi\u00adres <span class=\"caps\">4K<\/span> dis\u00adplay and con\u00adtent.&nbsp; Sup\u00adport\u00aded reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon varies by <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> model and board design; con\u00adfirm spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons with manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer befo\u00adre purchase.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span class=\"caps\">SEP<\/span> as of Novem\u00adber 5,&nbsp;2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pushing the limits of visu\u00adal and audio rea\u00adlism, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">R9<\/span> 290 <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> brings class-lea\u00adding fea\u00adtures and smooth frame rates to enthu\u00adsi\u00adast gamers and shat\u00adters the <span class=\"caps\">4K<\/span> gam\u00ading gra\u00adphics pri\u00adce bar\u00adri\u00ader (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/5269-amd-radeon-r9-290-graphics-card-delivers-stunning-ultrahd-performance-for-just-399\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5271,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions\/5271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}