<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
200	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
are	O
manufactured	O
on	O
a	O
28nm	O
Gate-Last	O
process	O
through	O
TSMC	O
or	O
Common	O
Platform	O
Alliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rx	B-Device
200	I-Device
series	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
AMD	O
GPU14	O
Tech	O
Day	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-disclosure	O
agreements	O
were	O
lifted	O
on	O
October	O
15	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
,	O
and	O
pre-orders	O
opened	O
on	O
October	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Next	I-Architecture
3	O
(	O
Volcanic	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
)	O
is	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
R9	B-Device
285	I-Device
(	O
Tonga	O
Pro	O
)	O
branded	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Next	I-Architecture
2	O
(	O
Sea	B-General_Concept
Islands	I-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
found	O
on	O
R7	B-Device
260	I-Device
(	O
Bonaire	O
)	O
,	O
R7	B-Device
260X	I-Device
(	O
Bonaire	O
XTX	O
)	O
,	O
R9	B-Device
290	I-Device
(	O
Hawaii	O
Pro	O
)	O
,	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
(	O
Hawaii	O
XT	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
R9	B-Device
295X2	I-Device
(	O
Vesuvius	O
)	O
branded	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Next	I-Architecture
1	O
(	O
Southern	O
Islands	O
)	O
is	O
found	O
on	O
R9	B-Device
270	I-Device
,	O
270X	O
,	O
280	O
,	O
280X	O
,	O
R7	B-Device
240	I-Device
,	O
250	O
,	O
250X	O
,	O
265	O
,	O
and	O
R5	B-Device
240	I-Device
branded	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeraScale	B-Architecture
2	O
(	O
VLIW5	O
)	O
(	O
Northern	O
Islands	O
or	O
Evergreen	O
)	O
is	O
found	O
on	O
R5	B-Device
235X	I-Device
and	O
below	O
branded	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
implemented	O
by	O
emulation	O
on	O
some	O
TeraScale	B-Architecture
(	O
microarchitecture	O
)	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
TrueAudio	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
Rx	I-Device
200	I-Device
Series	I-Device
,	O
but	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
dies	O
of	O
GCN	O
2/3	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
's	O
SIP	B-Architecture
core	I-Architecture
for	O
video	O
acceleration	O
,	O
Unified	O
Video	O
Decoder	O
and	O
Video	O
Coding	O
Engine	O
,	O
are	O
found	O
on	O
all	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
and	O
supported	O
by	O
AMD	B-Application
Catalyst	I-Application
and	O
by	O
the	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
graphics	O
device	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
2014	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
200	O
series	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
offered	O
a	O
very	O
competitive	O
price	O
for	O
usage	O
in	O
cryptocurrency	O
mining	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Q2	O
of	O
2018	O
availability	O
of	O
AMD	B-Architecture
GPUs	I-Architecture
as	O
well	O
as	O
pricing	O
has	O
,	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
,	O
returned	O
to	O
normal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Radeon	O
HD	O
7770	O
and	O
Radeon	B-Device
R7	I-Device
250X	I-Device
both	O
use	O
the	O
'	O
Cape	O
Verde	O
XT	O
 '	O
chip	O
so	O
have	O
identical	O
specifications	O
and	O
will	O
work	O
in	O
CrossFire	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
driver	O
release	O
candidate	O
version	O
v14.501-141112a-177751E	O
,	O
officially	O
named	O
as	O
Catalyst	O
Omega	O
,	O
AMD	O
's	O
driver	O
release	O
introduced	O
VSR	O
on	O
the	O
R9	B-Device
285	I-Device
and	O
R9	B-Device
290	I-Device
series	O
graphics	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
frame	O
is	O
then	O
downsampled	B-Algorithm
to	O
native	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
process	O
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
supersampling	B-Algorithm
which	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
all	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
CL	O
1.0	O
to	O
1.2	O
are	O
supported	O
for	O
all	O
Chips	O
with	O
Terascale	B-Architecture
and	O
GCN	O
Architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vulkan	O
1.2	O
requires	O
GCN	O
2nd	O
gen	O
or	O
higher	O
with	O
the	O
Adrenalin	O
20.1	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
Mesa	B-Application
20.0	O
drivers	O
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
295X2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
dual	O
GPU	B-Architecture
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
11.5	O
teraflops	O
of	O
computing	O
power	O
,	O
the	O
R9	B-Device
295X2	I-Device
was	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
dual-gpu	O
consumer-oriented	O
card	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
Duo	I-Device
on	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
two	O
R9	B-Device
Fury	I-Device
X	I-Device
(	O
Fiji	O
XT	O
)	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
on	O
a	O
single	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R9	B-Device
295x2	I-Device
has	O
essentially	O
two	O
R9	B-Device
290x	I-Device
(	O
Hawaii	O
XT	O
)	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
each	O
with	O
4GB	O
GDDR5	O
VRAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
290X	O
,	O
codename	O
"	O
Hawaii	O
XT	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
and	O
features	O
2816	O
Stream	O
Processors	O
,	O
176	O
TMUs	O
,	O
64	O
ROPs	O
,	O
512-bit	O
wide	O
buses	B-General_Concept
,	O
44	O
CUs	O
(	O
compute	O
units	O
)	O
and	O
8	O
ACE	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
had	O
a	O
launch	O
price	O
of	O
$549	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
290	O
and	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
were	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R9	B-Device
290	I-Device
is	O
based	O
on	O
AMD	O
's	O
Hawaii	O
Pro	O
chip	O
and	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
on	O
Hawaii	O
XT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R9	B-Device
290	I-Device
and	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
will	O
support	O
AMD	O
TrueAudio	O
,	O
Mantle	B-Application
,	O
Direct3D	O
11.2	O
,	O
and	O
bridge-free	O
Crossfire	O
technology	O
using	O
XDMA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited	O
"	O
Battlefield	O
4	O
Edition	O
"	O
pre-order	O
bundle	O
of	O
R9	B-Device
290X	I-Device
that	O
includes	O
Battlefield	O
4	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
October	O
3	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
reported	O
quantity	O
being	O
8,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R9	B-Device
290	I-Device
had	O
a	O
launch	O
price	O
of	O
$399	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
285	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
at	O
AMD	O
's	O
30	O
years	O
of	O
graphics	O
celebration	O
and	O
released	O
September	O
2	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
card	O
to	O
feature	O
AMD	O
's	O
GCN	O
3	O
microarchitecture	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
Tonga-series	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
280X	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
280	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
March	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
270X	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
270	I-Device
has	O
a	O
launch	O
price	O
of	O
$179	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R7	I-Device
260X	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
have	O
2	O
GB	O
of	O
GDDR5	O
memory	O
as	O
standard	O
and	O
will	O
also	O
feature	O
TrueAudio	O
,	O
on-chip	O
audio	O
DSP	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
Tensilica	B-General_Concept
HiFi	O
EP	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R7	I-Device
250	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
AMD	O
announced	O
the	O
R7	B-Device
250X	I-Device
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Cape	O
Verde	O
GPU	B-Architecture
with	O
640	O
GCN	O
cores	O
and	O
an	O
MSRP	O
of	O
$99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	B-Application
Catalyst	I-Application
is	O
being	O
developed	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
different	O
for	O
the	O
AMD	B-Application
FirePro	I-Application
brand	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
identical	O
hardware	O
but	O
features	O
OpenGL-certified	O
graphics	O
device	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	B-Application
Catalyst	I-Application
supports	O
of	O
course	O
all	O
features	O
advertised	O
for	O
the	O
Radeon	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
drivers	O
are	O
primarily	O
developed	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
but	O
have	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
user-space	O
component	O
in	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
"	O
Radeon	O
"	O
graphics	O
driver	O
supports	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
implemented	O
into	O
the	O
Radeon	O
line	O
of	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
nouveau	B-Application
project	O
for	O
Nvidia	O
graphics	O
cards	O
,	O
the	O
open-source	O
"	O
Radeon	O
"	O
drivers	O
are	O
not	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
,	O
but	O
based	O
on	O
documentation	O
released	O
by	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
