Based on the award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture from AMD with 2816 stream processors, the Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X boasts 4 GB of the GDDR5 memory running at 1325 MHz & high speed engine clocks of 1030 MHz. Together these clocks deliver industry leading performance
- but to achieve this performance with stability & reliability demands high quality components throughout the design (especially in the power control circuitry) together with a sophisticated cooling solution.