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The AMD Radeon R9 290 video card.

The AMD Radeon R9 290 was designed for the enthusiastic gamer. It comes with a Vapor-X cooler. The AMD Radeon R9 290 is the cheaper and slower version of the R9 290X graphics card. It has a 4096 MB graphics memory on board, its main core clocks speed of 947 MHz while its memory core clocks top speeds of 1125 MHz. The AMD Radeon R9 290 video card supports Direct X 12 and it supports both DVI and HDMI video inputs and output. Pros and cons of the AMD Radeon R9 290 Some of the cons associated with the AMD Radeon R9 290 is that it is quite noisy and heats up when in use. On the bright side, it brings some benefits such as it delivers excellent performance and is relatively cheap when compared to its peers.

Comparisons

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

A big difference is that the R9 290 has 2560 Graphic Processing Unit cores while the R9 290X has 2816 Graphic Processing Unit cores. The R9 290 also offers low numbers in 160 texture mapping units while the R9 290X offers a higher number by 16 texture mapping units. Additionally, the R9 290 retails at around 400 dollars while the R9 290X is quite expensive, retailing at around 550 dollars. The R9 290 might have no external switch, but the R9 290X has one puts it in Quiet or Uber mode. Similarities

The two graphic cards come equipped with 512- bit memory buses. The series is full of similarities as both cards have 320GBps memory bandwidth and they both offer high clarity audio effects and realistic sound output. Overall the AMD Radeon R9 290 offers a better price to performance ratio than the R9 290X.

Nvidia Geforce GTX 970

Differences

The Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 offers a hundred and sixty-four stream processors while the AMD Radeon R9 290 outdoes it by providing 2560 stream processors. The Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 continues to show its dominance as its Base clock achieves speeds of 1050 MHz while the AMD Radeon R9 290 can only deliver speeds of 947 MHz. The Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 also outdoes the AMD Radeon R9 290 as it boasts of a lower power consumption.The Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 is finally outdone when it comes to memory buses. It comes equipped with 256- bit memory buses while the AMD Radeon R9 290 comes equipped with 512- bit memory buses. The Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 offers better ram speeds of 7 GHz while the AMD Radeon R9 290 has a maximum ram speed of 5 GHz. A small consolation is that The AMD Radeon R9 290 offers better framerates in ultra 4K gaming.

Similarities

Both graphics cards struggle when it comes to 4K video output as they both post of similar poor results.

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

The AMD Radeon R9 290 has 2560 stream processors while the AMD Radeon R9 280X has 2048 stream processors. The AMD Radeon R9 290 offers better texture mapping units when compared to the 128 texture mapping units the AMD Radeon R9 280X offers. The AMD Radeon R9 290 is designed to deliver a maximum memory speed of 5 GHz while the AMD Radeon R9 280X provides memory speed of 6 GHz. The AMD Radeon R9 290 outdoes its competitor by providing 4000 MB of RAM while the latter offers only 3000 MB of RAM. The AMD Radeon R9 290 costs around 399 dollars while the AMD Radeon R9 280X is relatively cheap retailing at costs 299 dollars.

The AMD Radeon R9 290 should be the graphics card of choice as it delivers high-end performance for so much less money. Ethereum mining is the act of mining Ether. Ether is a type of cryptocurrency token. This process requires computer hardware that can handle high levels of computations. The hash rate of the AMD Radeon R9 290 is about 22.0 MH/s giving you a profit ratio of about 165%.