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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4090 is 3241 days newer than Radeon R9 290.
Advantages of Radeon R9 290
- Consumes up to 39% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 275 vs 450 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 4090
- Performs up to 47% better in Far Cry 3 than Radeon R9 290 - 229 vs 156 FPS
- Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 24 vs 4 GB
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
FPS
229
100%
Value, £/FPS
£10.87/FPS
100%
Price, £
£2488.61
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G carte graphique NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24 Go GDDR6X
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
443.5 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
1290 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R9 290 | vs | GeForce RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | Sep 20th, 2022 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 40 |
$399 | MSRP | $1599 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 24 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 512-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 1008 GB/s |
| 947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2235 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2520 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1313 MHz |
PCs Using Radeon R9 290 or GeForce RTX 4090
With selected game settings
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£19.17/FPS
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