Test: MSI Radeon R9 290x

Konklusion

Dette kort er for en gangs skyld let at skrive en konklusion om. Leder du efter et 290X kort, der skal overclockes til himlen og gerne ekstremkøles, så er MSI 290X Lightning det rigtige kort for dig. Vil du bare have et hurtigt 290X der kan overclocke, så spar lidt penge og kig efter et lidt billigere kort med en god køler. MSI kortet er lavet til ekstremoverclocking og jeg har ikke tidligere testet noget kort, der overclocker så let som dette.
 

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
Hawaii chippen er helt ny og baserer sig på den opdaterede GCN 1.1 arkitektur. Under overfladen finder vi også 6.2 milliarder transistorer, 4GB ram og en voldsom 512-bit rambus.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 4
Bundlen er solid med alt du skal bruge til kortet inklusive køleren til ekstremoverclocking. Men der mangler lige det sidste før vi når 5 points. 

UK summary

This card is for once very easy to write a summary about. If you are looking for a 290X card, which is to be overclocked into the sky and exstreme cooled, then the MSI 290X Ligthning  is the rigth card for you. If you just want a 290X which can overclock, then save some money and look for a cheaper card with a good cooler. The MSI card is made for extreme overclocking, and I have never previeously testet any card, which overclocks as easy as this. 

Innovation/Technology - 5
The Hawaii chip is brandnew and is based on the opdated GCN 1.1 architechture. Below the surface we locate 6.2 billion transistors, 4 GB ram and a impressive 512-bit rambus. 

Bundle/Accessories - 4
The bundle is solid with everything needed, inclusive the cooler for extreme overclocking. But it just need the last push before we reach 5 points.  

Design/Layout - 3
The cooler is gigantic and can keep the card cold even when it's overclocked 100 Mhz, which is impressive. But even in idle it's never absolutely quiet. So based on the generally loud noise, we deduct a point and land on 3. 

Software/BIOS - 5
MSI's own Afterburner software makes this card incredible easy to overclock, and together with a MSI videocard, you get the oppourtunity to control exstra variables and functions. AMD's standard drivers works true to form quite well. 

Performance - 5
290X Ligthning is among the fastest card we have tested, it matches the performance from the nVidia 780Ti. On top of that you place and incredible overclock potential, and that triggers 5 points from us. 

Price - 4
If you wanna own a very fast videocard with every possibility for overclocking, you need to empty your bankaccount for 4300 DKK. That sounds very scary until you notice that the corresponding card 780Ti costs 4500 DKK and does not provide the same possibilities for overclocking. In Denmark MSI is the only one with a 290X which can overclock like this. Yes, the price is high, but this is a niche product, so until a competitor launches something similar we land on a 4. 

Test: MSI Radeon R9 290x

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	4
Design - Layout	3
Software - BIOS	5
Ydelse	5
Pris	4
Samlet	86%