— New
installment to Civilization series bundled with select AMD Radeon™ R9 290
Series graphics cards as part of AMD Gaming Evolved program —
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. — Nov. 09, 2014 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that qualifying
purchases from participating retailers[i] of
an AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2, R9 290X or R9 290 graphics card
will be eligible for a complimentary
copy of 2K’s Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
“I personally have enjoyed more than 500 hours
of game time with the Sid Meier’s Civilization® franchise, and I’m thrilled by
what AMD and Firaxis Games have done with the Mantle graphics API to make
Beyond Earth™ a smooth, high-performance marvel,” said Roy Taylor, corporate vice
president, ISV/IHV Partner Group, AMD. “AMD believes that gamers should freely
experience that remarkable development work, and our new Sid Meier’s
Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ promotion offers exactly that as a ‘thank you’ to
new AMD Radeon™ customers.”
Collaboration
between Firaxis Games and the AMD Gaming Evolved program brings deep PC
optimization to Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. That optimization can
be experienced first-hand with high performance AMD Radeon™ R9 Series GPUs,
which are ready to support empire-worthy display technologies like AMD
Eyefinity and 4K UltraHD.[ii],[iii] Support for AMD
CrossFire™ technology and an exceptional implementation of the Mantle graphics
API provides discerning gamers with radical performance and effortlessly smooth
gameplay.[iv],[v]
In
Civilization:
Beyond Earth players lead an expedition from Earth to a new
frontier, enabling them to explore and successfully colonize an alien planet.
The game’s storyline ventures into uncharted territory for the franchise as the
game propels the evolution of human civilization into the future.
Gamers can qualify for their complimentary
copy of Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ by purchasing a new AMD
Radeon™ R9 295X2, R9 290X or R9 290 graphics card from a participating reseller
starting November 6, 2014. Visit
amd.com/civilizationoffer for specific terms and conditions.
Plays best on AMD
Radeon™
Sid
Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is the first of many next-generation PC
games that crave larger GPU framebuffers, and the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X 8GB
answers the challenge. In performance testing, the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X 8GB
graphics card with Mantle rendered Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ at higher frame rates than any other single-GPU graphics
card.[vi] Gamers looking to secure
the power of 8GB for their own rigs can do so from their favorite online
retailer starting this month.
Never Settle: Space
Edition
In addition to the Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond
Earth™ bundle, all AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2, R9 290X and R9 290 graphics cards are
simultaneously eligible for the Never Settle: Space Edition promotion. With a qualifying purchase at
participating resellers, customers can receive a Radeon™ Gold Reward coupon good
for three free games from a catalog of more than 25 titles to choose from.[vii] This offer can be combined with the Sid
Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ promotion for a total of up to four
complimentary games.
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designs and integrates technology that powers millions of intelligent devices,
including personal computers, tablets, game consoles and cloud servers that
define the new era of surround computing. AMD solutions enable people
everywhere to realize the full potential of their favorite devices and
applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information, visit www.amd.com.
[i] Visit
http://www.amd.com/civilizationoffer
for specific terms and conditions.
[ii] AMD
Eyefinity technology supports multiple monitors on an enabled graphics card.
Supported display quantity, type and resolution vary by model and board design;
confirm specifications with manufacturer before purchase. To enable more than
three displays, or multiple displays from a single output, additional hardware
such as DisplayPort™-ready monitors or DisplayPort 1.2 MST-enabled hubs may be
required. A maximum of two active adapters is recommended for consumer
systems. See www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq
for full details.
[iii] Requires
4K display and content. Supported resolution varies by GPU model and board
design; confirm specifications with manufacturer before purchase.
[iv] Application
support for Mantle is required.
[v] AMD
CrossFire™ technology requires an AMD CrossFire-ready motherboard, a compatible
AMD CrossFireX™ bridge interconnect (for each additional graphics card) and may
require a specialized power supply.
[vi] In
Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ internal benchmark test at 3840x2160,
the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X 8GB with Mantle outperforms the GeForce GTX 980 with
DirectX® 11, NVIDIA’s highest-performing single-GPU graphics card as of October
20, 2014, by 45.38 average FPS to 44.89 average FPS using the Ultra in-game
preset with 8xAA. Test system: Intel Core i7-4960X, 16GB DDR3-1866, Asus
SABERTOOTH X79, Windows 8.1 x64, AMD Catalyst™ 14.9.2 Beta and ForceWare 344.16
WHQL.
[vii]
Visit http://www.amd.com/neversettlespace
for specific terms and conditions.
