AMD postpones Radeon R9 290 – picks up clock speeds

It was not even a week after AMD’s launch of the Radeon R9 290X before Nvidia responded with price reductions on the Geforce GTX 770 and GTX 780. The launch of the stripped-down Radeon R9 290 was originally intended to take place on October 31, but is now being moved forward. to meet Nvidia’s adjusted prices.

German 3dcenter reports that the Radeon R9 290 was originally intended to go up against the Geforce GTX 770, but that it is instead set against the Geforce GTX 780. As a result of the changed plans, the company has asked all reviewers to test the Radeon R9 290 with a new driver , which will increase the performance of the graphics card through a more aggressive clock frequency curve.

The previously leaked specifications on the graphics card are thus expected to be the same as before, with 2,560 stream processors up to 947 MHz. The crucial difference is that AMD via the drivers ensures that the graphics card works more frequently at higher clock frequencies, which should be enough to meet the Geforce GTX 780.

According to the new information, the launch of the Radeon R9 290 is scheduled for 5 November.