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At the AMD Technology showcase 2014 in Bardez, Goa, AMD India also introduced the Radeon R9 285 graphics card along with the launch of its new Firepro products. At a price of Rs. 19,990, the Radeon R9 285 graphics card brings the feature set of the Radeon R9 290 series along with support for Project FreeSync and AMD TrueAudio technology.
AMD claims the Radeon R9 285 graphics card to be faster than Nvidia’s GTX 760 and supports gaming with multiple monitors or a 4K display.
The Radeon R9 290 was first showcased at the 30 years of Graphics & Gaming event in August. It features the latest Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture with support for the upcoming DirectX 12 and AMD’s Mantle API.
Featuring an engine clock speed of 918 MHz, it offers 2 GB offrame buffer running at 5.5 Gbps. On the performance front, it can deliver up to 3.29 TFLOPS.
AMD also launched “Never Settle: Space Edition, it latest iteration of game bundle promotion, which also includes “Alien: Isolation and the Mustang Omega Variant Racer from Accelerated Mass Design in Star Citizen. Users will receive up to three choices from a library of up to 29 games.
