ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectX 11.2 R9290X-DC2-4GD5 4GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: Extremely cold in my rig! 39°C idle and the maximum temp is only 79°C with full load and overclocked. Never got a video card this cold. Don't be fooled by the 1000MHz GPU core speed. This card is built for overclocking if you have the right, quality parts in your case. Card comes with an ASUS Tweak software where you can set the GPU speed, GPU voltage and Memory speed in no time. Running on 1070Mhz, memory 5400MHz and I set all my games to ULTRA high settings. No glitch no problem.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I'm a huge DIABLO fan since the first release came out in the 90's and funny thing, you should not overclock your card for Diablo III otherwise everything will be so fast can't even follow the kills and happenings lol... Got this card on shell shocker deal with rebate for only $279.99. Can't beat that.

Pros: Very nice overall characteristics at stock speeds. - Great performance, especially at higher resolutions - Very Low temps, never goes above 76 c - Inaudible sound output. I cannot hear it at load, over my case fans; which are quite. Phenomenal Overclocked performance - I was able to get 1160Mhz GPU and 5800Mhz Mem w/out much fuss at all. I'm sure I could get more, but that's comfy for MY card. - I use 1125Mhz/5760Mem for Daily Gaming and the card never goes above 88c at constant load. - Very Quite Still - OC is with fans set to AUTO. Fan speeds fluctuate between %20-%56, which again, is inaudible over my very quite case fans. - Does Not Throttle!!!! With the original 290x you'd get throttling (lowering) of GPU speed when the card hit its 94c temp limit. Fortunately, even at 1160Mhz, this GPU stays at that clock %100 under constant load. This equals performance that is very good and very consistent.

Cons: - Not as cool as the MSI Lightning 290x (that card's about $700+) - Memory isn't as fast as the MSI Lightning's. I got mine (w/Elpida memory) to 5800Mhz; giving me 371.2 Gps memory bandwidth. That's insane. The MSI Lighting (w/Samsung GDDR5) can supposedly hit 6500-6800Mhz.

Overall Review: Game performance - Battlefield 4 at 5760x1080p @Ultra Settings (Yes, with 4x AA too) I get 45-60 fps. - Dragon Age Inquisition at 5760x1080p @Ultra settings (w/no AA) I get 30-40 fps. 1080p @Ultra (w/4x AA) is locked at 60fps. - Mortal Kombat X at 1080p (doesn't support 5760x1080) I get a locked 60fps. - GTA 5 5760x1080p @Ultra (w/2xAA) this baby gets 30-45fps My old 7950 (basically a Radeon 280) used to clock to 1150/6060Mhz and it didn't even come close to these numbers (...and I consider that card to be pretty fast, even today). That card also got insanely loud and would get above 90c. Having my games play at considerably higher fps and doing it while being whisper quite....that sort of thing is definitely my bag baby. P.S. I heard/saw some reviews of this card that were not all positive. Obviously, not every single Asus DCU II 290x is going to get a "Silicon Lottery Winner GPU". Those are just the breaks. Me, I am very pleased with the card overall and silicon that I was shipped. I'd HIGHLY Recommend this card at whatever the price may currently be. At 5760x1080 (~3k) and above; this baby can trade blows with the 970 and sometimes the 980. Buy it, Love it.

Pros: Card is a beast, can run anything i throw at it on ultra usually smooth excluding witcher 3, the temps are actually suprising for a 290x also, didn't change paste on arrival because i wanna save warranty, but this thing has never once gone past 90c, even after a 2 hour witcher 3 binge on ultra, with all the post processing stuff turned off eg. depth of field. Got a 4.4ghz 3570k at 1.2 volts and a 650 xrx psu, haven't once black screened and seem to be doing fine with these amps even after a long gaming spree.

Cons: It still can get pretty hot just idling around or watching youtube videos, It usually jumps around 50c when doing small things like twitch tv, or youtube, due to the high volts.

Overall Review: Might be getting a nzxt cooler, and two h100's to watercool the gpu and cpu of mine, will update when i do.

Pros: Worked near flawlessly for the first month, with the occasional crash after a couple of hours.

Cons: After working very well for the first month, the 290x began to repeatedly blue screen and crash my monitor over and over, often right after I had started my computer. At one point, it looped a blue screen error, each time with different reasons. This $300 purchase was definitely more hassle than it was success, and I am disgusted with how unstable it was as a product. I wasted nearly a week trying to fix all the errors and driver issues it had, even after constantly redownloading them. The ASUS software also left me consistently annoyed, causing blue screen effects whenever I would try to exit them. I'm sorely disappointed in this card's performance after reading all these reviews.

Pros: beast of a card, runs most if not all games maxed. temps are controllable not really too much of an issue once u get a good fan curve rolling. For $300 I have no complaints

Cons: kicks out a good amount of heat need a well vented case

Pros: -2 dust proof fans -massive heat pipes -a robust powder coated shroud -stylish gold and red metallic stickers -an aluminum backplate -quite fans -and a rigidity support metal piece

Cons: No cons But t is quite large but my Fractal Design Define R4 can hold any graphics card

Overall Review: This card is a beast and is absolutely the best out right now with 2, 30$ rebar cards!!!!

Pros: Performance is great. Debated between this R9 290X and a GTX 970. Went with this despite the lower power use of the 970, and it performs great. Installation was easy, drivers worked flawlessly, and it booted right up, updated the firmware, and off I went into game-land. Performance is great; dual monitors and gaming at impressive rates. Nope, no issues with performance at all. Just turn it on and start playing...

Cons: And that's when things started going awry. Started with something easy; WOW. Shot up to 88 degrees within two minutes. The ASUS alarms started going off, with nasty red warnings in the corner of the screen. Case is a good one with plenty of airflow (Corsair Vengeance C70), but I cannot keep this card under 85 except when idling. For Pete's sake! This thing is cooking the plants in my office! I shouldn't have to water cool a new card, but that maybe my only option. Expensive option at that. I know they run hot, but when the manufacturer's own tools say it's overheating, there is a problem.

Overall Review: I hate to say it. I REALLY hate to say it, but I made a mistake in buying this card. I should have gone with the more efficient GTX 970. I am so bummed over this. I cannot fathom how this card can work except out in the open somewhere in the arctic. Maybe this is a cause of Global warming...

Pros: Card looks nice. Solidly built. Well packaged. Performance was as expected.

Cons: Card got extremely hot and fans were very loud. I know it's the internet, and people tend to exaggerate, but in this instance, the stories are pretty spot on. Gaming at 3440x1440, Tomb Raider had this card at 84 degrees with fans at almost 70% within a minute and they stayed there. Performance wasn't throttled, but this card was absurdly loud. Loud to the point that my kids came in from the living room and asked what was wrong with my computer.

Overall Review: Like I said, performance was all that was promised, but the acoustics and the thermal performance were atrocious.