XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation, (R9-290A-EDFD)

Synthetic Benchmarks

Unigine Heaven

Heaven Benchmark with its current version 4.0 is a GPU-intensive benchmark that hammers graphics cards to the limits. This powerful tool can be effectively used to determine the stability of a GPU under extremely stressful conditions, as well as check the cooling system’s potential under maximum heat output. It provides completely unbiased results and generates true, in-game rendering workloads across all platforms.

Unigine Heaven 4.0 shows the R9 290 way out ahead of the pack churning out 50.9 FPS and the only card on the chart topping 50 FPS.

Thirty FPS is (average) is considered rock solid to the eye as far as graphics for gameplay is concerned and the XFX R9 290 DD hit 31.2 FPS at a demanding 2560 x 1440 (1440p) resolution.

Settings for Unigine Heaven

Unigine Heaven Settings
1920 x 1080	2560 x 1440
Preset: Custom Quality: Ultra Tesselation: Extreme Stereo 3D: Disabled Multi Monitor: Disabled Anti Aliasing: 8x Full Screen: On Resolution: Custom	Preset: Custom Quality: Ultra Tesselation: Extreme Stereo 3D: Disabled Multi Monitor: Disabled Anti Aliasing: 8x Full Screen: On Resolution: Custom

3DMark Testing

Fire Strike

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 showcase benchmark designed for today’s high-performance gaming PCs. It is our most ambitious and technical benchmark ever, featuring real-time graphics rendered with detail and complexity far beyond what is found in other benchmarks and games today.

Fire Strike is only available in the Windows editions.

 

3DMark Firestrike sees the XFX R9 290 DD more than a thousand points higher than and of our previously tested cards and as high as 1638 points on top.

3DMark Skydiver

 

3DMark Skydiver sees the XFX R( 290 DD solidly on top the chart with a lead of 2697 points over the closest competitor.