
First, it doubles its onboard RAM buffer, up to 2GB, from 1GB. The R7 260X improves on the Asus HD 7790 in three ways. The graphics card features two DVI ports, an HDMI port, and a DisplayPort and can drive up to three monitors off one card.

Like the Asus HD 7790, the R7 260X ($288.99 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) is based on the company's Bonaire GPU, with 896 stream processors, a 128-bit path to main memory, 56 texture mapping units, and 16 render outputs.

The AMD Radeon R7 260X ($139 list), a refresh of the Asus Direct CU II Radeon HD 7790 that we reviewed last year, is the company's main strike against Nvidia's lock on the budget graphics card market. Lags behind the competition in performance.How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.

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