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    GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon R9 290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon R9 290X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTS 450 stacks up against Radeon R9 290X, check out specs charts below.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 450 Radeon R9 290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 290X has 135% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 290X has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 290X - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R9 290X is 267 mm longer, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 554 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 24−27
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 45−50
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 616% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 450 Radeon R9 290X
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name GF106 Hawaii XT
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 13 September 2010 24 October 2013
    Pipelines 192 2816
    Core clock speed 1566 MHz
    Boost Clock 947 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million 6,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec 176.0
    Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 5,632 gflops
    Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) 275 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 320 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.2 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.76 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 192
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    HDMI + +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 40 Mh/s 623 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 25.75 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 350 Sol/s
    AppAcceleration +
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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