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General information Radeon R9 290X GeForce 8800 GTS
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 320 MB 92.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 290 W 0 % 146 W 49.7 %
Performance Radeon R9 290X GeForce 8800 GTS
Overall Score 46906 0 % 10404 77.8 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 22002 0 % 1083 95.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 694.8 0 % 31.8 95.4 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 92.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 126.4 FPS 0 % 17.8 FPS 85.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 45 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 95.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 55.4 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 36.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3140.1 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, GeForce 8800 GTS.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X GeForce 8800 GTS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 13.7 FPS
High settings 189.3 FPS 24.7 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 29.7 FPS
Low settings 318.0 FPS 41.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 86.9 %

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, GeForce 8800 GTS.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X GeForce 8800 GTS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 15.7 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 28.2 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 33.8 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 47.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 80 %
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