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General information Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4850
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 625 MHz 37.5 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 290 W 0 % 110 W 62.1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 4-way 0 % 2-way 50 %
Performance Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4850
Overall Score 46906 0 % 15517 66.9 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 22002 0 % 2408 89.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 692.7 0 % 80.6 88.4 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 8.3 FPS 87.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.7 FPS 0 % 29.2 FPS 76.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.7 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 91 %
DirectX 11 performance 55.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 36.2 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3152.7 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290X, Radeon HD 4850.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.3 FPS 24.2 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 43.6 FPS
Medium settings 227.5 FPS 52.3 FPS
Low settings 318.5 FPS 73.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 77 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 290X, Radeon HD 4850.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.6 FPS 24.3 FPS
High settings 141.4 FPS 43.7 FPS
Medium settings 169.7 FPS 52.4 FPS
Low settings 237.5 FPS 73.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 69.1 %
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