Amd radeon r9 290x sapphire tri x conclusions and verdict.
Sapphire radeon r9 290 tri x oc benchmark.
At 12 faster the overclocked 290 tri x oc is fast enough to largely close the gap between it and the reference geforce gtx 780 ti.
The first customized 290 series card in our hands sapphire s radeon r9 290 tri x oc is a rather straightforward semi custom card.
It s hard to argue with the raw performance value of amd s r9 290x series for gamer s who re looking at playing at 1440p or below it ll simply tear through titles without too much trouble.
Close up with the sapphire r9 290 4gb tri x oc moving onto the card you can see the massive tri x cooler that takes up the entire pcb except for a tiny bit at the bottom.
A radeon r9 290x sapphire tri x oc edition card at 1080p is predicted to see a weak frame rate when running assassins creed.
Otherwise it will consistently outscore the 290x in uber mode.