PowerColor Radeon PCS+ R9 390X 8GB Review
Category : AMD
Published by Marc Büchel on 19.06.15
The PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB from PowerColor is amongst the very first Radeon R9 390X graphics cards with 8 Gigabyte memory, which are available these days. Compared to earlier PCS+ cards PowerColor has reworked their cooler and apart from that this particular pixel accelerator features a 10 MHz factory overclock on the GPU. Since this is the very first Radeon R9 390X we're having a close look at we're rather curious to find out how it does.



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Presentation




PowerColor, aka the TUL corporation, is one of AMDs launch partners when it comes to the new Radeon R9 390X. If you were following the news prior to the launch you might have noticed, that the 390X is actually a rebranded R9 290X with more VRAM. Basically I've already spilt all the beans at the beginning of this article but nevertheless it will be interestsing to see how this card performs, since it features 8 Gigabyte of GDDR5 memory in combination with a 512 Bit memory interface. Already in the past AMD cards were strong regarding 2160p (UHD / 4K), thanks to the wide memory interface as well as the fact, that there was 4 Gigabyte VRAM with all R9 290 as well as R9 290X cards. It looks like AMD is sticking to that legacy - providing more VRAM than their competitior - and we're certainly curious to find out in what extent this pays off or not.


As you can see from the GPU-Z screenshot below, PowerColor decided to use quite a tiny factory-overclock on the new PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB. While the reference Radeon R9 390X runs at 1050 MHz GPU clock the PowerColor bumped the frequency by 10 MHz to 1060MHz. A closer look at the memory reveals the AMD board partner kept things at reference clocks. Checking frequencies with Furmark, meaning that we're applying maximum load on the GPU, we see that the card is throttling down to 960 MHz, while the memory stays put to 1500 MHz. Running 3DMark we don't see throttling at all. In this case, GPU-Z is telling us that the GPU frequency reamains at 1060 MHz through the entire benchmark. This is also what we've noticed when running games, since there is no throttling whatsoever when running recent titles.



Specifications


PowerColor Radeon PCS+ R9 390X 8GB AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
Chip Hawaii XT Hawaii XT Hawaii XT
Process 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 6.20 billion 6.20 billion 6.20 billion
GPU clock 1'060 MHz up to 1'050 MHz up to 1'000 MHz
Memory GDDR5 8'192 MB 8'192 MB 4'096 MB
Memory clock 1'500 MHz 1'500 MHz 1'250 MHz
Memory interface 512 Bit 512 Bit 512 Bit
Memory bandwidth 384'000 MB/s 384'000 MB/s 345'000 MB/s
TMUs 176 176 176
Shader Cores 2'816 2'816 2'816
ROPs 64 64 64
TDP 300 Watt 300 Watt 290 Watt
Slots 2.5 2 2
Cooler PCS+ AMD Reference AMD Reference




Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
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The card



   


PowerColor decided to equip their Radeon R9 390X with the latest iteration of their triple fan cooler. A closer look at it shows there is a total of four heatpipes, whereas one measures 10 millimeter in diameter, two measure 8 millimeter and apart from that there is one 6 millimeter heatpipe. All heatpipes have been soldered to the dense and large fin stack, providing good cooling. PowerColor meanwhile also offers fans, which do not spin, when the temperature is below a certain threshold. This makes this particular card inaudible, when the system is in idle, or in other words when there is no load on the GPU. Under load conditions the fan profile has been setup to keep the card at 65°C max. If it were us to make the fan profile we would have reduced the fan speeds in favoer of a lower noise level the fans do not start to spin. Under high-load the noise level is almost inaudible, subjectively speaking. 

The PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB graphics card, or to be precise our sample of it, allowed a maximum stable overclock of 1'120 MHz for the GPU and 6800 MHz on the memory side. We used Furemark V1.11.0 Geeks3D benchmark with 15 minutes duration and 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme.


A closer look at the PCB shows that PowerColor equipped this graphics card with a 6+1+1 phase power design. The GPU gets its current from six phases and one phase is taking care of the memory apart from another phase in charge of PLL.

Checking the voltage regulation chip we find an IR3567P from International Rectifier for the GPU. Apart from that the PowerColor is making use of very high-quality IOR 3551M chips regarding the phases.  



   


The memory chips on the PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB come from SK Hynix and carry the model number H5GC4H24AJR. They are specified to run at 1'500 MHz (6'000 MHz effective). 





Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
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Photo Gallery



   


   


   


   


Delivery



The new PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB graphics card ships well bolstered in a cardboard made mold. The bundle is basic as you get a driver CD, a manual and a power adaptor.



Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
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Test Setup

Motherboard
  • PowerColor Maximus VII Hero (BIOS 0224)
CPU
  • Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.0 GHz (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory
  • G.Skill Ares Dual Channel 2x8GB @ CL11-12-11-28-1T-Auto DDR3-1600 MHz
Graphics Cards
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
  • MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB
  • EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 760
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti Strix
  • PowerColor Radeon PCS+ R9 390X 8GB 
  • AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB 
  • ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II
  • ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB
  • ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II
  • ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II
  • AMD Radeon R9 290
  • ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X
  • ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II
  • AMD Radeon R9 270X
  • ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II
  • AMD Radeon R9 270
Drivers
  • Windows 7 x64 (up to date)
  • NVIDIA ForceWare 353.06
  • AMD Catalyst 15.05 Beta
Games
Games and OS
  • Windows 7 x64
System Drive
PSU
  • Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
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3DMark - Fire Strike

GPU Score - Performance

  Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 14'607 109.39%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 14'255 106.76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 13'353 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 13'049 97.72%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  12'919 96.75%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 12'480 93.46%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  12'022 90.03%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 12'003 89.89%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 11'715 87.73%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 11'431 85.61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 10'991 82.31%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 10'851 81.26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 10'804 80.91%
AMD Radeon R9 290 10'638 79.67%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 10'118 75.77%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 9'740 72.95%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 8'786 65.80%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 8'359 62.60%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 8'211 61.49%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 8'029 60.13%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 7'962 59.63%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 7'886 59.06%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 7'783 58.28%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 7'541 56.47%
AMD Radeon R9 285 7'239 54.21%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 6'746 50.52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 6'737 50.45%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 5'792 43.38%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 5'378 40.28%

GPU Score - Extreme

  Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 6'774 109.91%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 6'670 108.23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 6'163 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 5'811 94.29%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  5'753 93.35%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 5'714 92.71%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 5'366 87.07%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  5'346 86.74%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 5'320 86.32%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 5'073 82.31%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 5'067 82.21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 4'946 80.26%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 4'802 77.92%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 4'731 76.76%
AMD Radeon R9 290 4'708 76.39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 4'554 73.90%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 3'969 64.40%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 3'895 63.20%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 3'787 61.45%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 3'709 60.19%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 3'675 59.62%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 3'634 58.96%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 3'552 57.64%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 3'505 56.87%
AMD Radeon R9 285 3'373 54.73%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 3'177 51.56%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 3'143 51.00%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 2'618 42.48%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 2'431 39.45%

GPU Score - Ultra

  Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 3'378 110.65%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 3'328 109.01%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 3'053 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 2'905 95.15%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  2'876 94.20%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  2'867 93.91%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 2'671 87.49%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 2'650 86.80%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 2'589 84.80%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 2'587 84.73%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 2'544 83.32%
AMD Radeon R9 290 2'536 83.07%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 2'448 80.18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 2'294 75.14%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 2'198 71.99%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 2'116 69.31%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 2'034 66.62%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 1'901 62.26%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 1'532 50.18%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 1'264 41.40%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 1'200 39.31%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 1'192 39.06%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 1'114 36.50%
AMD Radeon R9 285 1'095 35.86%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 1'023 33.51%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 914 29.94%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 858 28.11%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 542 17.75%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 530 17.35%


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset


Score - 1080p

  Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 1'766 114.23%
 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 1'631 105.50%
 ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 1'568 101.42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 1'546 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 1'428 92.37%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  1'414 91.44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 1'357 87.80%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 1'353 87.52%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  1'349 87.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 1'322 85.51%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 1'306 84.48%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 1'289 83.35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 1'265 81.82%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 1'257 81.32%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 1'255 81.15%
AMD Radeon R9 290 1'230 79.56%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 960 62.10%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 943 61.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 922 59.62%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 897 58.03%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 889 57.50%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 862 55.76%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 847 54.76%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 833 53.88%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 813 52.59%
AMD Radeon R9 285 777 50.27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 723 46.78%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 637 41.20%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 592 38.26%

Score - 1440p

  Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 1'290 134.66%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 1'006 105.01%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 1'001 104.49%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 958 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 910 94.99%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  901 94.04%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 858 89.56%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  858 89.53%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 840 87.68%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 817 85.30%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 809 84.41%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 801 83.61%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 794 82.84%
AMD Radeon R9 290 778 81.21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 768 80.17%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 610 63.67%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 580 60.54%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 570 59.51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 567 59.18%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 544 56.78%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 518 54.08%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 511 53.34%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 509 53.13%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 480 50.10%
AMD Radeon R9 285 476 49.65%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 427 44.58%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 395 41.23%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 367 38.29%

Score - 2160p

  Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 457 106.78%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 449 104.91%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 443 103.50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 428 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 407 95.09%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  403 94.14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 396 92.43%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 385 89.95%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 384 89.72%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  380 88.84%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 370 86.37%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 367 85.67%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 353 82.46%
AMD Radeon R9 290 346 80.84%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 345 80.61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 334 78.04%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 289 67.52%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 270 63.11%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 224 52.34%

FPS - 1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 70.10 114.17%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 64.70 105.37%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 62.30 101.47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 61.40 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 56.70 92.35%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  56.13 91.42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 53.93 87.84%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 53.70 87.46%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 52.50 85.50%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 51.90 84.53%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  51.14 83.29%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 51.14 83.29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 50.20 81.76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 49.96 81.37%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 49.78 81.07%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 38.10 62.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 37.40 60.91%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 36.56 59.54%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 35.61 57.99%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 34.24 55.77%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 33.00 53.75%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 32.30 52.61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 28.73 46.79%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 25.30 41.21%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 23.49 38.26%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 19.40 31.60%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 18.48 30.09%
AMD Radeon R9 285 16.97 27.63%
AMD Radeon R9 290 48.80 22.31%

FPS - 1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 40.50 106.58%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 40.00 105.26%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 39.70 104.47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 38.00 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 36.10 95.00%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  35.74 94.05%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 34.37 90.44%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 34.10 89.74%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 33.40 87.89%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  32.48 85.46%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 32.48 85.46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 32.15 84.61%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 31.80 83.68%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 31.52 82.94%
AMD Radeon R9 290 30.90 81.32%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 30.50 80.26%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 24.20 63.68%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 23.00 60.53%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 22.62 59.52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 22.48 59.16%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 21.60 56.84%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 20.57 54.14%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 20.30 53.42%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 20.14 53.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 19.00 50.00%
AMD Radeon R9 285 18.89 49.71%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 16.90 44.47%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 15.70 41.32%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 14.58 38.36%

FPS - 2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 18.20 107.06%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 17.80 104.71%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 17.60 103.53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 17.00 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 16.20 95.29%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  16.04 94.34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 15.76 92.68%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 15.32 90.12%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 15.30 90.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 14.75 86.75%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  14.57 85.71%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 14.57 85.71%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 13.97 82.20%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 13.70 80.59%
AMD Radeon R9 290 13.70 80.59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 13.30 78.24%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 11.50 67.65%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 10.75 63.22%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 8.90 52.35%


Unigine Heaven Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Preset: Custom
  • Quality: Ultra
  • Tesselation: Extreme
  • Stereo 3D: Disabled
  • Multi Monitor: Disabled
  • Anti Aliasing: 8x
  • Full Screen: On
  • Resolution: Custom
  • Preset: Custom
  • Quality: Ultra
  • Tesselation: Extreme
  • Stereo 3D: Disabled
  • Multi Monitor: Disabled
  • Anti Aliasing: 8x
  • Full Screen: On
  • Resolution: Custom
  • Preset: Custom
  • Quality: Ultra
  • Tesselation: Extreme
  • Stereo 3D: Disabled
  • Multi Monitor: Disabled
  • Anti Aliasing: 8x
  • Full Screen: On
  • Resolution: Custom


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Battlefield 4


1080p

  FPS %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 93.44 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 84.37 90.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 81.63 87.36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 78.62 84.14%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 75.25 80.53%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  74.50 79.73%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 73.04 78.16%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 71.61 76.64%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 68.72 73.54%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  68.20 72.99%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 68.20 72.99%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 66.16 70.80%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 65.60 70.20%
AMD Radeon R9 290 64.31 68.82%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 56.16 60.10%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 55.77 59.69%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 55.06 58.93%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 54.51 58.34%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 52.04 55.69%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 51.46 55.07%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 47.12 50.43%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 46.38 49.64%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 45.95 49.18%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 43.76 46.83%
AMD Radeon R9 285 40.19 43.01%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 38.68 41.40%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 35.92 38.44%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 67.08 107.57%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 65.11 104.41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 62.36 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 58.03 93.06%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 54.16 86.85%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 53.33 85.52%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 53.07 85.10%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  52.54 84.25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 50.23 80.56%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 48.41 77.63%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 47.27 75.80%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  46.10 73.93%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 46.10 73.93%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 45.51 72.97%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 44.96 72.10%
AMD Radeon R9 290 44.08 70.69%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 37.47 60.09%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 37.31 59.83%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 36.64 58.76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 36.47 58.48%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 35.02 56.16%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 33.94 54.43%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 31.80 50.99%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 30.74 49.30%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 30.10 48.27%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 28.67 45.97%
AMD Radeon R9 285 26.32 42.21%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 25.33 40.62%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 23.52 37.72%

2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 34.71 104.99%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 33.47 101.24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 33.06 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 30.19 91.32%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 29.00 87.72%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  28.71 86.84%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 27.62 83.55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 26.49 80.13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 26.13 79.05%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 26.05 78.80%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  24.81 75.04%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 24.81 75.04%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 24.59 74.38%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 24.57 74.32%
AMD Radeon R9 290 24.09 72.87%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 23.67 71.60%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 18.62 56.32%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 17.40 52.64%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 16.14 48.82%


Battlefield 4 Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Texture Filtering: Ultra
  • Lighting Quality: Ultra
  • FX Quality: Ultra
  • Post Process Quality: Ultra
  • Mesh Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Decoration: Ultra
  • Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
  • Antialiasing Post: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Texture Filtering: Ultra
  • Lighting Quality: Ultra
  • FX Quality: Ultra
  • Post Process Quality: Ultra
  • Mesh Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Decoration: Ultra
  • Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
  • Antialiasing Post: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Texture Filtering: Ultra
  • Lighting Quality: Ultra
  • FX Quality: Ultra
  • Post Process Quality: Ultra
  • Mesh Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Decoration: Ultra
  • Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
  • Antialiasing Post: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Watch Dogs


1080p

  FPS %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 61.45 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 60.97 99.22%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 54.31 88.38%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 53.04 86.31%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 52.78 85.89%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  52.51 85.45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 51.87 84.41%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 51.31 83.50%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 51.05 83.08%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 49.40 80.38%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  48.62 79.12%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 48.62 79.12%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 47.97 78.06%
AMD Radeon R9 290 47.03 76.53%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 38.34 62.39%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 35.99 58.57%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 35.83 58.31%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 34.69 56.45%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 34.08 55.46%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 33.87 55.12%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 33.21 54.04%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 32.46 52.83%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 32.46 52.82%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 30.20 49.14%
AMD Radeon R9 285 29.80 48.50%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 26.95 43.86%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 25.03 40.72%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 43.28 108.36%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 42.19 105.63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 39.94 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 37.42 93.69%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 37.41 93.67%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 37.10 92.89%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  36.73 91.96%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  35.63 89.21%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 35.63 89.21%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 34.86 87.28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 33.32 83.43%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 33.02 82.67%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 32.39 81.11%
AMD Radeon R9 290 32.37 81.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 31.49 78.84%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 30.31 75.90%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 26.69 66.83%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 24.94 62.45%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 23.05 57.71%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 21.62 54.13%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 20.04 50.18%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 18.41 46.09%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 18.14 45.42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 18.00 45.06%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 17.90 44.82%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 17.74 44.42%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 17.05 42.68%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 16.47 41.24%
AMD Radeon R9 285 15.65 39.19%

2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 21.71 107.90%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 21.29 105.82%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 20.51 101.94%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 20.12 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 19.57 97.27%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  19.37 96.29%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 18.37 91.30%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 17.75 88.25%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  17.50 86.95%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 17.50 86.95%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 17.32 86.08%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 17.26 85.79%
AMD Radeon R9 290 16.98 84.39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 16.62 82.58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 16.12 80.12%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 14.70 73.06%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 11.51 57.21%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 2.09 10.39%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 1.95 9.71%


Watch Dogs Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Vsync: Off
  • Color Blind Support: Off
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Shadow Quality: Ultra
  • FX Quality: Ultra
  • Mesh Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Decoration: Ultra
  • Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
  • Antialiasing Post: High
  • Motion Blur: On
  • Anisotropic Filter: 16x
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
  • Vsync: Off
  • Color Blind Support: Off
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Shadow Quality: Ultra
  • FX Quality: Ultra
  • Mesh Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Decoration: Ultra
  • Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
  • Antialiasing Post: High
  • Motion Blur: On
  • Anisotropic Filter: 16x
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
  • Vsync: Off
  • Color Blind Support: Off
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Shadow Quality: Ultra
  • FX Quality: Ultra
  • Mesh Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Quality: Ultra
  • Terrain Decoration: Ultra
  • Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
  • Antialiasing Post: High
  • Motion Blur: On
  • Anisotropic Filter: 16x
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Tomb Raider


1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 61.40 108.10%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 60.80 107.04%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 56.80 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 54.40 95.77%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  53.86 94.82%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 51.70 91.02%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 48.90 86.09%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 48.50 85.39%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  46.57 81.99%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 46.57 81.99%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 46.40 81.69%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 44.76 78.79%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 42.94 75.60%
AMD Radeon R9 290 42.10 74.12%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 41.80 73.59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 40.24 70.85%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 37.20 65.49%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 34.77 61.21%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 34.50 60.74%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 32.86 57.85%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 32.30 56.87%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 32.14 56.58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 31.57 55.59%
AMD Radeon R9 285 30.17 53.12%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 30.10 52.99%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 26.97 47.48%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 26.70 47.01%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 22.40 39.44%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 20.80 36.62%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 38.00 108.26%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 36.80 104.84%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 35.10 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 33.70 96.01%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  33.36 95.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 31.80 90.60%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 30.80 87.75%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 29.50 84.05%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  29.33 83.57%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 29.33 83.57%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 28.20 80.34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 27.53 78.43%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 27.03 77.01%
AMD Radeon R9 290 26.50 75.50%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 25.71 73.25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 24.75 70.51%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 22.80 64.96%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 21.31 60.71%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 21.10 60.11%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 20.10 57.25%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 19.70 56.13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 19.26 54.86%
AMD Radeon R9 285 18.45 52.57%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 15.70 44.73%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 13.40 38.18%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 12.44 35.45%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 5.40 15.38%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 5.00 14.25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 4.53 12.91%

2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 17.30 109.49%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 17.10 108.23%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 16.00 101.27%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  15.84 100.25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 15.80 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 14.40 91.14%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 14.40 91.14%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  13.71 86.80%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 13.71 86.80%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 13.30 84.18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 12.60 79.75%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 12.55 79.41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 12.47 78.90%
AMD Radeon R9 290 12.30 77.85%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 11.64 73.67%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 11.21 70.92%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 7.60 48.10%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 7.20 45.57%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 7.10 44.95%


Tomb Raider Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Preset: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16x
  • Antialiasing: 4x SSAA
  • Shadow: Ultra
  • Shadow Resolution: High
  • Level of Detail: Ultra
  • Post Processing: On
  • Tessellation: On
  • High Precision: On
  • Hair Quality: TressFX
  • Reflections: High
  • Depth of Field: Ultra
  • SSAO: Ultra
  • Preset: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16x
  • Antialiasing: 4x SSAA
  • Shadow: Ultra
  • Shadow Resolution: High
  • Level of Detail: Ultra
  • Post Processing: On
  • Tessellation: On
  • High Precision: On
  • Hair Quality: TressFX
  • Reflections: High
  • Depth of Field: Ultra
  • SSAO: Ultra
  • Preset: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16x
  • Antialiasing: 4x SSAA
  • Shadow: Ultra
  • Shadow Resolution: High
  • Level of Detail: Ultra
  • Post Processing: On
  • Tessellation: On
  • High Precision: On
  • Hair Quality: TressFX
  • Reflections: High
  • Depth of Field: Ultra
  • SSAO: Ultra


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Crysis 3


1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 38.46 105.72%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 38.28 105.22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 36.38 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 32.30 88.79%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 31.97 87.88%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 31.93 87.77%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 30.78 84.60%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 30.28 83.23%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  29.98 82.40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 29.87 82.11%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 28.21 77.54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 27.96 76.86%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  26.87 73.85%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 26.87 73.85%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 26.40 72.56%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 26.37 72.48%
AMD Radeon R9 290 25.88 71.14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 25.78 70.85%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 22.72 62.45%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 21.72 59.70%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 20.54 56.46%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 20.05 55.11%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 19.20 52.77%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 18.22 50.09%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 17.54 48.21%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 16.70 45.92%
AMD Radeon R9 285 15.34 42.16%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 14.09 38.73%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 13.08 35.96%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 23.78 106.21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 22.39 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 20.71 92.50%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 20.63 92.14%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  20.50 91.57%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 20.01 89.37%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 19.81 88.48%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 19.41 86.69%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 19.32 86.29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 19.07 85.17%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  18.49 82.56%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 18.49 82.56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 18.20 81.29%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 17.76 79.31%
AMD Radeon R9 290 17.41 77.76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 17.32 77.37%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 15.63 69.81%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 15.28 68.24%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 13.97 62.39%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 13.84 61.81%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 12.94 57.79%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 12.93 57.77%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 11.36 50.74%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 10.86 48.49%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 9.34 41.72%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 8.67 38.74%
AMD Radeon R9 285 CF 6.89 30.79%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 4.15 18.54%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 3.95 17.65%
AMD Radeon R9 285 3.63 16.21%

2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 11.81 105.26%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 11.44 101.96%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 11.22 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 10.95 97.59%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  10.84 96.62%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 9.57 85.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 9.18 81.82%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  9.11 81.23%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 9.11 81.23%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 9.10 81.11%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 9.09 81.02%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 8.86 78.97%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 8.77 78.18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 8.75 77.99%
AMD Radeon R9 290 8.60 76.65%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 7.95 70.83%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 6.37 56.77%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 1.42 12.66%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 1.33 11.83%


Crysis 3 Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Anti Aliasing: MSAA High 8x
  • Texture Resolution: Very High
  • Vsync: No
  • System Spec: Very High
  • Game Effects: Very High
  • Object: Very High
  • Particles: Very High
  • Post Processing: Very High
  • Shading: Very High
  • Shadows: Very High
  • Water: Very High
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Motion Blur Amount: High
  • Lense Flares: Yes
  • Anti Aliasing: MSAA High 8x
  • Texture Resolution: Very High
  • Vsync: No
  • System Spec: Very High
  • Game Effects: Very High
  • Object: Very High
  • Particles: Very High
  • Post Processing: Very High
  • Shading: Very High
  • Shadows: Very High
  • Water: Very High
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Motion Blur Amount: High
  • Lense Flares: Yes
  • Anti Aliasing: MSAA High 8x
  • Texture Resolution: Very High
  • Vsync: No
  • System Spec: Very High
  • Game Effects: Very High
  • Object: Very High
  • Particles: Very High
  • Post Processing: Very High
  • Shading: Very High
  • Shadows: Very High
  • Water: Very High
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Motion Blur Amount: High
  • Lense Flares: Yes


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Thief


1080p

  FPS %
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 84.40 104.33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 80.90 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 78.10 96.54%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 75.30 93.08%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 72.50 89.62%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 69.90 86.40%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 68.60 84.80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 67.61 83.57%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 66.81 82.58%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  65.33 80.76%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 65.33 80.76%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 65.00 80.35%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 64.10 79.23%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  63.46 78.44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 62.57 77.35%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 57.50 71.08%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 55.50 68.60%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 53.74 66.43%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 52.86 65.34%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 52.60 65.02%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 52.54 64.94%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 51.42 63.55%
AMD Radeon R9 285 48.54 60.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 47.70 58.96%
AMD Radeon R9 290 65.50 58.96%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 44.30 54.76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 44.08 54.49%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 39.10 48.33%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB CF 36.63 45.28%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 36.31 44.88%

1440p

  FPS %
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 59.30 104.40%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 58.40 102.82%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 56.80 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 56.10 98.77%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  55.54 97.78%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 54.60 96.13%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 53.50 94.19%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  50.95 89.70%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 50.95 89.70%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 49.50 87.15%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 48.65 85.66%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 47.27 83.21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 46.90 82.57%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 45.44 80.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 43.74 77.01%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 40.20 70.77%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 37.70 66.37%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 37.57 66.14%
AMD Radeon R9 285 32.97 58.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 32.44 57.11%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 30.50 53.70%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 30.30 53.35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 29.62 52.14%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 29.30 51.58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 27.22 47.92%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 26.30 46.30%
AMD Radeon R9 290 47.70 45.07%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 24.42 43.00%

2160p

  FPS %
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 31.60 104.98%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 31.50 104.65%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  31.28 103.93%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 30.60 101.66%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 30.10 100.00%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 29.70 98.67%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 28.60 95.02%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  28.29 93.97%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 28.29 93.97%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 26.11 86.75%
AMD Radeon R9 290 25.60 85.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 24.90 82.72%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 24.76 82.25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 24.60 81.73%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 23.80 79.07%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 22.91 76.12%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 22.10 73.42%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 20.65 68.62%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 15.50 51.50%


Thief Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Vsync: Off
  • Preset: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Very High
  • Shadow Quality: Very High
  • Depth of Field Quality: High
  • Texture Filtering Quality: 16x Anisotropic
  • SSAA: High
  • Automatically limit Texture Quality: On
  • Screen Space Reflection: On
  • Parallax Occlusion Mapping: On
  • FXAA: On
  • Contact Hardening Shadows: On
  • Tesselation: On
  • Image Based Reflection: On
  • Vsync: Off
  • Preset: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Very High
  • Shadow Quality: Very High
  • Depth of Field Quality: High
  • Texture Filtering Quality: 16x Anisotropic
  • SSAA: High
  • Automatically limit Texture Quality: On
  • Screen Space Reflection: On
  • Parallax Occlusion Mapping: On
  • FXAA: On
  • Contact Hardening Shadows: On
  • Tesselation: On
  • Image Based Reflection: On
  • Vsync: Off
  • Preset: Custom
  • Texture Quality: Very High
  • Shadow Quality: Very High
  • Depth of Field Quality: High
  • Texture Filtering Quality: 16x Anisotropic
  • SSAA: High
  • Automatically limit Texture Quality: On
  • Screen Space Reflection: On
  • Parallax Occlusion Mapping: On
  • FXAA: On
  • Contact Hardening Shadows: On
  • Tesselation: On
  • Image Based Reflection: On


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Sleeping Dogs


1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 86.60 105.87%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 86.00 105.13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 81.80 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 81.60 99.76%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 73.51 89.87%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  72.77 88.97%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 72.50 88.63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 70.64 86.36%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 70.40 86.06%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  69.05 84.41%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 69.05 84.41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 67.70 82.76%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 66.30 81.05%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 65.79 80.43%
AMD Radeon R9 290 64.50 78.85%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 63.83 78.03%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 54.50 66.63%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 53.80 65.77%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 52.59 64.29%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 50.93 62.27%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 48.30 59.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 47.72 58.34%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 46.00 56.23%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 44.50 54.40%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 43.90 53.67%
AMD Radeon R9 285 42.24 51.64%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 40.04 48.95%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 33.70 41.20%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 31.29 38.26%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 51.40 105.76%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 50.90 104.73%
AMD Radeon R9 285 CF 49.64 102.13%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 49.30 101.44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 48.60 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 47.00 96.71%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  46.53 95.74%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 44.40 91.36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 42.68 87.81%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  42.29 87.01%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 42.29 87.01%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 41.00 84.36%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 40.06 82.43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 39.20 80.66%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 39.17 80.59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 38.56 79.35%
AMD Radeon R9 290 38.40 79.01%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 33.00 67.90%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 31.30 64.40%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 30.84 63.46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 30.60 62.95%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 29.20 60.08%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 27.81 57.22%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 25.85 53.19%
AMD Radeon R9 285 25.54 52.54%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 24.50 50.41%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 23.10 47.53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 21.69 44.63%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 19.50 40.12%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 18.11 37.26%

2160p

  FPS %
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 21.40 111.46%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 21.20 110.42%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  21.19 110.34%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 20.40 106.25%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 20.10 104.69%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 19.20 100.00%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  19.14 99.70%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 19.14 99.70%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 17.70 92.19%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 16.93 88.19%
AMD Radeon R9 290 16.60 86.46%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 16.30 84.90%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 15.32 79.80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 15.20 79.17%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 14.50 75.52%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 14.38 74.90%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 13.84 72.10%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 13.55 70.58%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 9.60 50.00%


Sleeping Dogs Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Full Screen: On
  • Graphics Level: Extreme
  • Enable Quality Anti Aliasing: Extreme
  • Enable High Res Textures: On
  • Shadow Resolution: High
  • Shadow Filtering: High
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Enable Vsync: Off
  • Enable Quality Motion Blur: High
  • World Density: Extreme
  • Full Screen: On
  • Graphics Level: Extreme
  • Enable Quality Anti Aliasing: Extreme
  • Enable High Res Textures: On
  • Shadow Resolution: High
  • Shadow Filtering: High
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Enable Vsync: Off
  • Enable Quality Motion Blur: High
  • World Density: Extreme
  • Full Screen: On
  • Graphics Level: Extreme
  • Enable Quality Anti Aliasing: Extreme
  • Enable High Res Textures: On
  • Shadow Resolution: High
  • Shadow Filtering: High
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Enable Vsync: Off
  • Enable Quality Motion Blur: High
  • World Density: Extreme


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Metro Last Light


1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 61.81 107.12%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 61.11 105.91%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 57.70 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 55.73 96.59%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 50.65 87.78%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 50.15 86.92%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  50.14 86.90%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 49.35 85.53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 48.35 83.80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 48.24 83.61%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  47.00 81.46%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 47.00 81.46%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 45.80 79.38%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 45.08 78.14%
AMD Radeon R9 290 44.20 76.60%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 44.09 76.41%
AMD Radeon R9 285 CF 42.95 74.44%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 38.79 67.23%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 36.40 63.08%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 34.87 60.43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 34.08 59.07%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 34.02 58.96%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 32.55 56.41%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 32.31 56.00%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 31.16 54.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 29.94 51.89%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 29.68 51.43%
AMD Radeon R9 285 27.25 47.23%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 21.56 37.37%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 20.02 34.70%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 39.22 106.84%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 38.98 106.18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 36.71 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 35.62 97.03%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 32.22 87.77%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  31.90 86.89%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 31.77 86.54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 30.84 84.00%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 30.60 83.36%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 30.33 82.62%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 29.27 79.73%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  29.14 79.39%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 29.14 79.39%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 28.33 77.16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 28.18 76.76%
AMD Radeon R9 290 27.77 75.65%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 23.17 63.12%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 21.65 58.99%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 21.41 58.32%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 21.19 57.72%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 20.93 57.01%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 19.75 53.80%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 19.10 52.03%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 18.19 49.55%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 18.16 49.47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 17.78 48.43%
AMD Radeon R9 285 16.70 45.50%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 13.30 36.23%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 12.35 33.64%

2160p

  FPS %
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 18.66 106.02%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 18.33 104.15%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 17.60 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 17.06 96.93%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 15.35 87.22%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  15.20 86.34%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 15.05 85.51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 14.77 83.91%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 14.38 81.70%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 14.33 81.42%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 14.02 79.66%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 13.66 77.60%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  13.65 77.54%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 13.65 77.54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 13.50 76.69%
AMD Radeon R9 290 13.39 76.08%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 11.49 65.28%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 10.74 61.01%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 8.57 48.69%


Metro: Last Light Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Quality: Very High
  • Texture Filtering: AF16x
  • Motion Blur: Normal
  • SSAA: On
  • Tesselation: Very High
  • Scene: D6
  • Runs: 3
  • Quality: Very High
  • Texture Filtering: AF16x
  • Motion Blur: Normal
  • SSAA: On
  • Tesselation: Very High
  • Scene: D6
  • Runs: 3
  • Quality: Very High
  • Texture Filtering: AF16x
  • Motion Blur: Normal
  • SSAA: On
  • Tesselation: Very High
  • Scene: D6
  • Runs: 3


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

Far Cry 4


1080p

  FPS %
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 77.67 113.42%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  76.89 112.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 72.75 106.24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 68.48 100.00%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 65.32 95.39%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 63.07 92.10%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 62.33 91.02%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  62.21 90.84%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 62.21 90.84%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 59.54 86.94%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 59.37 86.70%
AMD Radeon R9 290 58.37 85.24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 54.60 79.73%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 51.28 74.88%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 51.02 74.50%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 47.68 69.63%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 46.45 67.83%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 44.72 65.30%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 39.82 58.15%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 38.58 56.34%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 38.55 56.29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 37.71 55.07%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 37.32 54.50%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 35.71 52.15%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 34.01 49.66%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 33.57 49.02%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 33.41 48.79%
AMD Radeon R9 285 31.23 45.60%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 31.17 45.52%

1440p

  FPS %
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 51.10 115.35%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  50.59 114.20%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 48.29 109.01%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 46.94 105.96%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 44.44 100.32%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 44.30 100.00%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  42.32 95.54%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 42.32 95.54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 41.80 94.36%
AMD Radeon R9 285 CF 41.58 93.86%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 40.53 91.50%
AMD Radeon R9 290 39.74 89.71%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 38.24 86.32%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 35.59 80.34%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 34.38 77.61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 34.26 77.34%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 33.66 75.98%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 33.09 74.70%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 31.46 71.01%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 24.79 55.96%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 24.30 54.85%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 23.76 53.63%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 23.14 52.24%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 21.89 49.41%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 21.82 49.26%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 21.72 49.03%
AMD Radeon R9 285 21.25 47.97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 21.23 47.93%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 20.26 45.74%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 19.94 45.00%

2160p

  FPS %
AMD Radeon R9 290 CF 36.33 188.45%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 26.36 136.72%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  26.10 135.35%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 23.40 121.37%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 22.31 115.72%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  21.25 110.21%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 21.25 110.21%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 20.61 106.90%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 20.36 105.60%
AMD Radeon R9 290 19.96 103.53%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 19.28 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 11.04 57.26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 8.03 41.65%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 7.78 40.35%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 6.71 34.80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 5.81 30.13%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 4.99 25.88%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 4.80 24.92%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 2.89 14.99%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 2.70 14.01%


Far Cry 4 Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Motion Blur : On
  • Textures: Ultra
  • VSync: Off
  • Shadow: Ultra
  • Post FX: Ultra
  • Geometry: Ultra
  • Vegetation: Ultra
  • Terrain: Ultra
  • Water: Ultra
  • Environment: Ultra
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality: MSAA-4X
  • Godrays: Volumetric fog
  • Fur : On
  • Trees relief : On
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Motion Blur : On
  • Textures: Ultra
  • VSync: Off
  • Shadow: Ultra
  • Post FX: Ultra
  • Geometry: Ultra
  • Vegetation: Ultra
  • Terrain: Ultra
  • Water: Ultra
  • Environment: Ultra
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality: MSAA-4X
  • Godrays: Volumetric fog
  • Fur : On
  • Trees relief : On
  • Graphics Quality: Custom
  • Motion Blur : On
  • Textures: Ultra
  • VSync: Off
  • Shadow: Ultra
  • Post FX: Ultra
  • Geometry: Ultra
  • Vegetation: Ultra
  • Terrain: Ultra
  • Water: Ultra
  • Environment: Ultra
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality: MSAA-4X
  • Godrays: Volumetric fog
  • Fur : On
  • Trees relief : On


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
[pagebreak]

GTA V


1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 124.78 105.60%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 122.93 104.04%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 118.16 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 104.74 88.64%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 101.81 86.16%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 97.88 82.84%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 97.26 82.31%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  96.90 82.01%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 90.90 76.93%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 90.67 76.74%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  86.57 73.27%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 86.57 73.27%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 83.77 70.90%
AMD Radeon R9 290 82.13 69.51%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 76.73 64.94%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 73.87 62.51%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 63.97 62.34%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 71.71 60.69%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 67.02 56.72%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 62.60 52.98%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 61.19 51.79%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 59.99 50.77%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 59.93 50.72%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 57.13 48.35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 53.67 45.42%
AMD Radeon R9 285 52.46 44.40%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 52.11 44.10%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 45.81 38.77%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 42.54 36.00%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 78.70 106.54%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 77.08 104.35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 73.87 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 66.84 90.48%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 66.12 89.51%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  65.46 88.61%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 61.58 83.36%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 61.36 83.06%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 60.94 82.50%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  58.65 79.39%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 58.65 79.39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 57.86 78.33%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 57.18 77.41%
AMD Radeon R9 290 56.06 75.89%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 48.97 66.29%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 47.66 64.52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 47.14 63.82%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 44.54 60.30%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 40.45 60.18%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 39.98 54.12%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 39.50 53.47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 39.08 52.90%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 37.79 51.16%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 37.62 50.93%
AMD Radeon R9 285 34.54 46.76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 33.94 45.94%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 32.99 44.66%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 29.57 40.03%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 27.46 37.17%

2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 37.58 104.85%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 36.62 102.18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 35.84 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 31.70 88.45%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 30.61 85.41%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  30.30 84.55%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 29.99 83.68%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 28.63 79.88%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 28.38 79.19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 27.44 76.57%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 27.03 75.41%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  27.03 75.41%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 26.43 73.74%
AMD Radeon R9 290 25.91 72.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 23.48 65.51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 22.60 63.07%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 21.64 60.38%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 20.22 56.43%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 14.66 40.90%


GTA V Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Ignore Suggested Limits: On
  • DirectX Version: 11
  • Screen Type: Fullscreen
  • Aspect Ratio: Auto
  • Refresh Rate: 60Hz
  • Output Monitor: 1
  • FXAA: On
  • MSAA: x2
  • NVIDIA TXAA: Off
  • VSync: Off
  • Pause Game On Focus Loss: On
  • Population Density: Max
  • Population Variety: Max
  • Distance Scaling: Max
  • Texture Quality: Very High
  • Shader Quality: Very High
  • Shadow Quality: Very High
  • Reflection Quality: Ultra
  • Reflection MSAA: Off
  • Water Quality: Very High
  • Particles Quality: Very High
  • Grass Quality: Ultra
  • Soft Shadows: Soft
  • Post FX: Ultra
  • Motion Blur Strength: Min
  • In-Game Depth Of Field Effects: On
  • Anisotropic Filtering: X16
  • Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Tessellation: Very High
  • Ignore Suggested Limits: On
  • DirectX Version: 11
  • Screen Type: Fullscreen
  • Aspect Ratio: Auto
  • Refresh Rate: 60Hz
  • Output Monitor: 1
  • FXAA: On
  • MSAA: x2
  • NVIDIA TXAA: Off
  • VSync: Off
  • Pause Game On Focus Loss: On
  • Population Density: Max
  • Population Variety: Max
  • Distance Scaling: Max
  • Texture Quality: Very High
  • Shader Quality: Very High
  • Shadow Quality: Very High
  • Reflection Quality: Ultra
  • Reflection MSAA: Off
  • Water Quality: Very High
  • Particles Quality: Very High
  • Grass Quality: Ultra
  • Soft Shadows: Soft
  • Post FX: Ultra
  • Motion Blur Strength: Min
  • In-Game Depth Of Field Effects: On
  • Anisotropic Filtering: X16
  • Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Tessellation: Very High
  • Ignore Suggested Limits: On
  • DirectX Version: 11
  • Screen Type: Fullscreen
  • Aspect Ratio: Auto
  • Refresh Rate: 60Hz
  • Output Monitor: 1
  • FXAA: On
  • MSAA: x2
  • NVIDIA TXAA: Off
  • VSync: Off
  • Pause Game On Focus Loss: On
  • Population Density: Max
  • Population Variety: Max
  • Distance Scaling: Max
  • Texture Quality: Very High
  • Shader Quality: Very High
  • Shadow Quality: Very High
  • Reflection Quality: Ultra
  • Reflection MSAA: Off
  • Water Quality: Very High
  • Particles Quality: Very High
  • Grass Quality: Ultra
  • Soft Shadows: Soft
  • Post FX: Ultra
  • Motion Blur Strength: Min
  • In-Game Depth Of Field Effects: On
  • Anisotropic Filtering: X16
  • Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Tessellation: Very High


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
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GRID Autosport



1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 108.79 108.22%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 107.31 106.74%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 103.23 102.69%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 100.53 100.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 93.30 92.81%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 91.84 91.36%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 89.66 89.19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 89.36 88.89%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 86.31 85.86%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 72.69 72.31%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 71.05 70.68%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 60.58 60.26%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 59.43 59.12%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 59.41 59.10%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 59.08 58.77%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 58.37 58.06%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 58.29 57.98%
AMD Radeon R9 290 57.92 57.61%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 57.89 57.58%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 56.81 56.51%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  56.24 55.95%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  55.51 55.22%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 55.51 55.22%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 55.13 54.84%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 54.55 54.26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 50.83 50.56%
AMD Radeon R9 285 50.63 50.36%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 46.22 45.97%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 49.77 36.84%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 85.89 106.80%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 83.50 103.83%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 80.68 100.32%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 80.42 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 70.80 88.04%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 70.07 87.13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 69.84 86.85%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 68.12 84.71%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 67.45 83.88%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 56.27 69.97%
AMD Radeon R9 290 55.45 68.95%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  53.59 66.64%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 53.59 66.64%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 52.98 65.88%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 52.38 65.13%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 52.14 64.83%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  51.86 64.48%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 51.79 64.40%
AMD Radeon R9 280X CF 50.77 63.13%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 48.73 60.59%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 47.17 58.65%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 44.92 55.86%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 44.54 55.38%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 44.12 54.86%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 43.59 54.20%
AMD Radeon R9 285 41.25 51.30%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 37.37 46.47%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 37.04 46.06%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 34.39 42.77%

2160p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 52.00 106.97%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 50.94 104.79%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 48.68 100.14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 48.61 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 45.64 93.89%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  45.18 92.95%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 42.92 88.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 42.28 86.98%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 42.26 86.94%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 42.14 86.69%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  40.88 84.09%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 40.88 84.09%
AMD Radeon R9 280X CF 40.86 84.05%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 40.70 83.73%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 39.75 81.77%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 38.66 79.53%
AMD Radeon R9 290 37.90 77.97%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 32.40 66.65%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 30.28 62.29%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 25.93 53.34%


GRID Autosport Settings

1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Full Screen: On
  • Vsync: Off
  • Nigh Lightning: Ultra
  • Advanced Fog: On
  • Particles: Ultra
  • Cloths: Ultra
  • Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
  • Soft Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Ground Cover: Ultra
  • Vehicle Details: Ultra
  • Vehicle Reflections: Ultra
  • Objects: Ultra
  • Trees: Ultra
  • Crowds: Ultra
  • Water: High
  • Advanced Lighting: Enabled
  • Global Illumination: On
  • Texture Quality: High
  • Shader Quality: High
  • Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra
  • Smoke: Shadows: on
  • Full Screen: On
  • Vsync: Off
  • Nigh Lightning: Ultra
  • Advanced Fog: On
  • Particles: Ultra
  • Cloths: Ultra
  • Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
  • Soft Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Ground Cover: Ultra
  • Vehicle Details: Ultra
  • Vehicle Reflections: Ultra
  • Objects: Ultra
  • Trees: Ultra
  • Crowds: Ultra
  • Water: High
  • Advanced Lighting: Enabled
  • Global Illumination: On
  • Texture Quality: High
  • Shader Quality: High
  • Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra
  • Smoke: Shadows: on
  • Full Screen: On
  • Vsync: Off
  • Nigh Lightning: Ultra
  • Advanced Fog: On
  • Particles: Ultra
  • Cloths: Ultra
  • Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
  • Soft Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Ground Cover: Ultra
  • Vehicle Details: Ultra
  • Vehicle Reflections: Ultra
  • Objects: Ultra
  • Trees: Ultra
  • Crowds: Ultra
  • Water: High
  • Advanced Lighting: Enabled
  • Global Illumination: On
  • Texture Quality: High
  • Shader Quality: High
  • Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra
  • Smoke: Shadows: on


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
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Power Consumption



Idle Watt Load Watt
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 59 180
AMD Radeon R9 285 59 183
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 58 184
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 59 186
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 58 187
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 60 207
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 62 218
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 63 222
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 66 232
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 68 235
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 60 250
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 65 260
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 66 263
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 60 272
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 67 285
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 68 288
AMD Radeon R9 280X 60 288
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 65 292
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 62 295
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 67 297
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 69 324
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 66 331
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 62 341
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  64 344
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 69 349
AMD Radeon R9 290 71 356
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 70 360
AMD Radeon R9 290X 72 366


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
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Temperatures / Noise Levels

Temperature

Idle °C Load °C
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 29 63
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 31 63
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 40 66
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 30 70
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 30 71
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 31 72
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 32 75
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 33 77
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 32 77
AMD Radeon R9 285 36 77
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 33 78
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 33 78
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 30 78
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 33 79
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 31 79
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 36 79
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 32 80
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 35 80
AMD Radeon R9 280X 39 80
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 31 81
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 32 81
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 33 82
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  38 86
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 31 87
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 36 87
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 37 88
AMD Radeon R9 290 38 93
AMD Radeon R9 290X 40 95


Noise Level

idle dBA load dBA
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 0 33.8
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 0 34.2
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 0 34.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 33.8 35.4
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 0 35.5
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 0 36
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 33.6 37.7
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 33.6 38.6
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 33.2 40
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 34.2 40.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 35.2 40.8
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 35.7 42.6
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 34.1 42.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 34.4 42.8
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 34.8 42.9
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 33.5 43.2
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 36 43.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 34.6 44
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 33.7 45
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 37.3 45.1
AMD Radeon R9 285 35.2 46.5
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 0 46.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 33.8 48.7
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  34.3 50.1
AMD Radeon R9 290 34.6 51
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 34 52.1
AMD Radeon R9 290X 34.7 52.8
AMD Radeon R9 280X 36.1 53.6


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion
   
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Performance Index & Price

Performance Index 1080p


%
AMD Radeon R9 290 CF 108.40%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 105.68%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 104.86%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 93.97%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 88.71%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 83.67%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 82.68%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  81.85%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 81.35%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 79.25%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 77.82%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  75.47%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 75.47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 74.91%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 73.47%
AMD Radeon R9 290 70.03%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 63.20%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 62.39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 61.78%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 61.06%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 58.31%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 57.07%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 55.49%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 54.41%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 52.85%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 51.78%
AMD Radeon R9 285 48.53%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 41.85%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 39.93%


Performance Index 1440p


%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 106.86%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 101.15%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 95.71%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 88.39%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  87.51%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 87.37%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 84.09%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 82.85%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 82.38%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  80.08%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 80.08%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 79.10%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 76.86%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 76.14%
AMD Radeon R9 290 71.82%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 63.86%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 59.68%
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 58.10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 56.79%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 53.63%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 52.75%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 51.21%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB 49.59%
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB 48.77%
AMD Radeon R9 285 44.78%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 44.58%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II 41.90%
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB 38.91%


Performance Index 2160p


%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 107.08%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 106.26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 98.48%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  97.50%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 89.27%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 87.84%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  85.02%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 85.02%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 80.93%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 80.25%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 79.34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 77.43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 76.04%
AMD Radeon R9 280X CF 75.35%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 73.21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 70.48%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 51.82%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 48.41%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 45.25%


Performance Index Average 1080p, 1440p & 2160p


%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 106.54%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 104.09%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 100.00%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 92.51%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB 89.85%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  88.95%
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB 85.44%
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 84.20%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB SLI 83.27%
AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB  80.19%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 80.19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 80.08%
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II 77.09%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 76.71%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 73.84%
AMD Radeon R9 290 73.73%
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II 58.22%
AMD Radeon R9 280X 54.41%
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 4GB 52.99%


  Price
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti Strix
ASUS GeForce GTX 760
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo 2GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB
n/a
ASUS Radeon R9 370 4GB DirectCU II
n/a
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB
n/a
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II
n/a
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB


Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 21 - Conclusion
   
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Conclusion


General + -
The PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB did well in our tests. It comes with a tiny factory overclock of 10 MHz on the GPU, but on the other hand, there is a very decent cooler. Its fan profile has been set to keep the fans from spinning when the operating system is in idle, which make the card noiseless under these circumstances. Under load the PCS+ becomes audible, since the card is not getting warmer than 65°C. This means that the fans have to revv up quite a bit to maintain this temperature. Performance wise this particular card is on the level we expected it to be. Since the R9 390X is basically a rebrand of the 290X with 4 GB of additional memory, this card is able to score a few more frames especially with UHD. Most graphics intense games, when they're being run at UHD, require more than 4GB of VRAM and that is actually where the 390X with 8GB scores.   - Performance
- Cooling
- Design
- Noise level
 
 
Cooling / Noise Level   + -
As noted earlier, the triple fan cooler on this particular card is quite powerful. We very much like the fact, that in idle this card is inaudible, since the fans are not spinning at all. Under load the situation changes, since the fan profile is rather progressive. PowerColor is making sure the GPU doesn't exceed 65°C, which means the fans are revving quite high, when you're playing games and the card becomes audible. Nevertheless, in our opinion, the noise level is on a reasonable level and so is the cooling.   - Inaudible in 2D  
 
Performance   + -

As we already mentioned, the card particularly benefits when being tested with games running ultra high resolutions. Having a closer look at UHD results, we see that this R9 390X with 8GB VRAM can pull away from the R9 290X by on average of 11.6 percent. This is thanks to the fact, that there is twice the memory and apart from that the VRAM also runs higher frequencies than the predecessor. Other than that the fact, that the GPU has been overclocked by a mere 10 MHz, doesn't bring any noticeable difference. Having a look at 1080p the 390X is only a tiny little be quicker than the 290X.

At this point we're also checking on power consupmtion of this particular card. In idle we find the R9 390X 8GB from PowerColor burn 62 Watts and under load the figures go up to 341 Watt. In comparison to that the R9 290X pulls 70 Watt for the plug when our system is in idle and 366 Watts under load.

  - Performance
- Power consumption
 
Recommendation / Price   + -
At the moment we find this card listed in Europe for 449 Euro. At this price point the PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB is an interesting card.

Should you be looking for a graphics card with 8GB of VRAM, with good cooler at a reasonable price, the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 390X is definitely worth checking out.
  - 2160p Gaming
- Silent PC
 
The PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB receives good 4 out of 5 stars.
 



 




Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - The card Page 12 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 3 - Photo Gallery / Delivery Page 13 - Metro Last Light
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 14 - Far Cry 4
Page 5 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 15 - GTA V
Page 6 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 16 - GRID Autosport
Page 7 - Battlefield 4 Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Watch Dogs Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Tomb Raider Page 19 - Performance Index & Price
Page 10 - Crysis 3 Page 20 - Conclusion