Home / Tech News / Featured Announcement / MSI R9 290 OC Gaming Edition Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

MSI R9 290 OC Gaming Edition Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

Sleeping Dogs started development as an original title, but was announced in 2009 as True Crime: Hong Kong, the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series.As a result of the game’s high development budget and delays, it was canceled by Activision Blizzard in 2011. Six months later, it was announced that Square Enix had picked up the publishing rights to the game, but the game was renamed Sleeping Dogs in 2012 since Square Enix did not purchase the True Crime name rights.
HKShip 2013-09-19 15-01-15-98
This game is still a system killer at these maximised settings. We test at 2560×1600.
sleeping dogs 1600p
The MSI R9 290 OC Gaming Edition manages to maintain smooth frame rates, holding at 25 frames per second or greater at all times.

Become a Patron!

Check Also

Yotei Sucker Punch

Ghost of Yotei announces surprise ‘Echoes of Sekigahara’ Expansion

Sucker Punch Productions found a strong formula with the release of 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima, updating the title with new, free content and eventually a paid expansion. Following in its footsteps, the team have now announced that 2025’s Ghost of Yotei will be getting its own dedicated expansion – with ‘Echoes of Sekigahara’ arriving in just a few weeks’ time.

8 comments

  1. Great card, but Sapphire are miles ahead and ive been reading some problems with the fans on these MSI cards long term. failures etc.

    No votes yet.
  2. I have had an MSI twin frozr card for years and never had a problem with it. I think some people don’t clean their fans and coolers fairly regularly and the dust kills them. nothing to do with a bad design.

    No votes yet.
  3. The 290 is just so much more sensible than the 290x, they are mega money for very little extra gain. AMD dropped the ball with the pricing.

    No votes yet.
  4. I bought one last week from OC when it was on sale for £330!
    Excellent timing on the review though as now I have an idea of the headroom I have for overclocking.

    No votes yet.
  5. This R9 290 is louder, hotter and has a lower clock speed than the gigabyte R9 290, so why does this have have a higher score?

    Rating: 4.0/5. From 1 vote.
  6. I try to configure that MSI R9 290 card for mining – problem is heat – when you ask for more than 650kH/s temperature is mre that 85 it turn off.
    I find configuration with 840kH/s but iy’s working 7 minutes before turn off.
    Any idea what to do?

    No votes yet.
  7. Something interesting , the card is actually mentioned to be over clocked to 1004mhz, but it needs the MSI Gaming App (could use afterburner as well). I wish they just overclocked it to 1004mhz without the need to use that app

    No votes yet.