OFFICIAL GAME AND SYNTHETICS TESTS OF ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II OC - R9290X-DC2OC-4GD5
This is a non reference cooler and design by ASUS so its much better in design than reference model - quieter and cooler. Really nice job.

NVIDIA vs AMD!
Nvidia drivers 331.82 , Catalyst 13.11b3

Benchmark TEST SYSTEM:
I7-3770k - 4.2 GHZ
Gigabyte Z77
Kingston 8GB DDR3-1600
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780TI
ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II OC
AMD Radeon R9 290
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760

Tested games and syntetics:
BATTLEFIELD 3, CRYSIS 3, HITMAN, ABSOLUTION, METRO LAST LIGHT, TOMB RAIDER, BIOSHOCK

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