Asus R9 290 DirectCU II OC (R9290-DC2OC-4GD5) review – the best price/performance ratio for gaming
- Written by Bruno
- Published in Video card reviews
Power consumption
The reference R9 290 needs a little less power than its brother R9 290X. Now we will see the intake difference between the R9 290 and R9 290X flavors from Asus.


As expected, both cards consume about the same amount of power.
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