EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 Review
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Marc Büchel on 31.07.15
With the GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0, EVGA has a GTX 960 graphics card in its portfolio, which features a substantial factory overclock. Apart from that there is a custom cooler as well as a custom PCB and an attractive price. Such a combination certainly makes us curious to find out more about this product.



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Presentation




EVGA is amongst the first Nvidia add-in-card (AIC) partners that have decided to introduce a new custom GTX 960 graphics card which is using NVIDIAs GM206 Maxwell chip. For this graphics card, EVGA makes use of a custom PCB along with a new version of their ACX 2.0 cooler. A quick look at the specs also reveals this card ships factory overclocked.

Browsing the specifications of the EVGA GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 we find 1024 CUDA cores, 85 TMUs and 32 ROPs. For comparison reasons, the GTX 970 features 1664 CUDA cores, 104 TMUs and 64 ROPs. This means that, compared to the bigger model, there are significantly less CUDA cores, TMUs and ROPs. Looking for clocks we find 1279 MHz base clock and 1'342 MHz boost clock, whereas the NVIDIA reference cards run at 1126MHz/1178MHz, therefore there is a hefty 14% factory overclock on the GPU.



As we already mentioned, EVGA decided to use a significant factory-overclock on their new GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0. While the reference GTX 960 is set to work at 1126 MHz for the base clock and 1178 MHz for the GPU boost clock, the GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 runs at 1'279 MHz base clock and 1'342 MHz boost clock. When it comes to memory clock speeds, we see that these chips run at stock clocks. Combined with this with a 128 Bit memory interface and you end up with a total of 112.2 Gigabyte per second of memory bandwidth.

Whereas the typical boost clock is set at 1'342 MHz, the maximum boost of 1'442 MHz was achieved quite easily and the GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 held that clock most of the load time due to the capable ACX 2.0 III cooler as well as good TDP target (nVidia's Boost technology being power-based and not temperature-based on this card). Even running Furmark we noticed that clock speeds are still at 1417 MHz and 1.206 volt.



Specifications


EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB GeForce GTX 960 GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 760
Chip GM206-300-A1 GM206-300-A1 GM204 Maxwell GK104 Kepler
Process 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 2.94 billion 2.94 billion 5.20 billion 3.54 billion
GPU clock 1'279 MHz 1'126 MHz 1'051 MHz 980 MHz
GPU Boost clock 1'342 MHz 1'178 MHz 1'178 MHz 1'033 MHz
Memory GDDR5 2'048 MB 2'048 MB 4'096 MB 2'048 MB
Memory clock 1'750 (7'010) MHz 1'750 (7'010) MHz 1'750 (7'010) MHz 1'500 (6'000) MHz
Memory interface 128 Bit 128 Bit 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory bandwidth 112'160 MB/s 112'160 MB/s 224'000 MB/s 192'200 MB/s
TMUs 85 85 104 96
Shader Cores 1024 1024 1'664 1'152
ROPs 32 32 64 32
TDP 120 Watt 120 Watt 150 Watt 170 Watt
Slots 2 2 Reference Design Reference Design
Cooler EVGA ACX 2.0+ NVIDIA Reference NVIDIA Reference NVIDIA 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



   


EVGA decided to equip the GeForce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 with a new version of their famous ACX 2.0 cooler. This is actually the second version of it and they decided to come up with an improved version of their dual fan cooler. In the case of this card you get three heatpipes, which all measure eight millimeter in diameter. As with the first version of the ACX cooler there is a copper base plate. Soldered to the heatpipes you find the fin stack which is being provided with fresh air by two fans. The fans on the new ACX 2.0 cooler are designed to spin only when the GPU temeprature reaches 60 degrees, which means that in 2D mode they are completeley off. Also, under low loads the fans don't start to spin. Under high-load the noise level is still silent, subjectively speaking.


The EVGA GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 graphics card, or to be precise our sample of it, allowed a maximum stable overclock of 1'618 MHz for the GPU and 1'825 MHz on the memory side. We used Furemark V1.11.0 Geeks3D benchmark with 15 minutes duration. With these clocks we had to feed the GPU with 1.25 volt and the memory ran at stock voltages.


A closer look at the PCB shows that EVGA equipped this card with a 6+1+1 phase digital power design. The GPU gets its current from six phases, one phase takes good care of the 2GB of GDDR5 memory and on additional phase is in charge of PLL. Once more, EVGA is using high quality chokes. Checking the voltage regulation chip, we find an NCP8117 controller from ON Semiconductor. Apart from that there is an INA 3221, which is taking care of voltage regulation for the memory chips.



   


The memory chips used are made by Samsung and carry the model number K4G41325FC-HC28. They are specified to run at 1'750 MHz (7'000 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 graphics card ships well bolstered in a plastic package. Bundled with it there is a user guide, a driver CD, a power converter (2x6-Pin to 1x8-Pin-PCIe), a poster and stickers.



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
  • ASUS 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 4GB
  • 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 for 200 series
  • AMD Catalyst 15.15 Beta for 300 series
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 19'779 148.12%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 7'962 59.63 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 9'188 149.08%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 3'695 59.95 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 4'616 151.20%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 851 27.87 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 2'353 152.20%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 848 54.85 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 1'436 149.90%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 910 94.99%
AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB  901 94.04%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 867 90.45%
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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 504 52.61 %
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 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 625 146.03%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 93.40 152.12%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 33.70 54.89 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 57.00 150.00%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 20.00 52.63 %
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 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 26.91 151.18%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 126.38 135.25%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 99.34 106.31%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 52.68 56.38 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 90.32 144.84%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 33.53 53.77 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 47.91 144.92%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 84.44 137.41%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 65.09 105.92%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 64.46 104.90%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 36.20 58.91 %
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 59.46 148.87%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 22.85 57.21%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 30.66 152.39%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 84.90 149.47%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 32.20 56.69%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 52.70 150.14%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 19.00 54.13%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 24.60 155.70%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 53.14 146.07%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 20.94 57.56%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 33.85 151.18%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 23.78 106.21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 22.39 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 11.84 52.84%
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%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 16.63 148.22%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 96.80 119.65%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 49.40 61.06%
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 36.31 44.88%

1440p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 80.50 141.73%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 380 2GB 35.90 63.21%
AMD Radeon R9 285 32.97 58.05%
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2GB 32.44 57.11%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 32.20 56.69%
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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 44.90 149.17%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 119.70 146.33%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 47.00 57.46%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 73.20 150.62%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 51.40 105.76%
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 50.90 104.73%
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum 49.30 101.44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 48.60 100.00%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 25.20 51.85%
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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 29.80 155.21%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 81.74 141.66%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 34.12 59.13%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 53.41 145.49%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 20.78 56.61%
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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 26.94 153.07%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 98.52 143.87%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 38.26 55.87%
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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 65.40 147.63%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 22.58 50.97%
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 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 32.84 170.33%
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 153.16 129.62%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 60.39 51.11%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 100.73 136.36%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 38.21 51.73%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 47.35 132.11%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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
   
[pagebreak]

GRID Autosport



1080p

  FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 116.31 115.70%
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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 61.68 61.35%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 89.46 111.24%
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 290 DirectCU II 56.56 70.33%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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 48.73 60.59%
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 47.17 58.65%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 45.90 57.08%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 69.64 143.26%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
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
   
[pagebreak]

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
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 58 213
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
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 66 336
PowerColor Radeon R9 390X 8GB (Catalyst 15.15) 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
   
[pagebreak]

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 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 42 73
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 31 75
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 R7 370 4GB DirectCU II 30 78
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 33 79
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II 31 79
ASUS Radeon R7 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
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 0 34.2
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G 0 34.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 0 35.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 33.8 35.4
ASUS Radeon R7 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 R7 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
   
[pagebreak]

Performance Index & Price

Performance Index 1080p


%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 136.50%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 57.55%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 142.81%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2GB 54.29%
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 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB 150.44%
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 (Catalyst 15.15) 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%
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

  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 GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6GB
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 DirectCU II
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB
ASUS Radeon R9 380 2GB DirectCU II
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 new EVGA GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 did well in our tests, had a great factory overclock and ships with a really good custom ACX 2.0 dual fan cooler. The overall manufacturing quality is on a great level and apart from that the ACX 2.0 is a very good cooler, capable of cooling the card noiselessly in idle.
EVGA also did a really good job regarding the factory overclocking of this particular card. The fact that the GPU overclocks to more than 1440 MHz makes this one of the fastest GTX 960 graphics cards available. Even the pricing of this card is attractive, since this particular GTX 960 costs 25 Euro more than the reference card.
  - Performance
- Factory Overclocking
- Cooling
- Design
- Noise level
 
 
Cooling / Noise Level   + -
As noted earlier, the ACX 2.0 dual-fan cooler is very good and definitely runs circles around the reference solution. EVGA made a new BIOS to make the card run even more silent, especially in case of 2D or light gaming. The fans start spinning when the temprature is over 60°C.   - Inaudible in 2D  
 
Performance   + -
The performance is where the EVGA GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 is on a very competitive level. There is an impressive factory overclocking and the card hits 1440 MHz in games. Nevertheless we would have loved to see EVGA push the boundries even further regarding the memory, which has not been overclocked.

The power consumption of the EVGA GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 is good in idle with power consumption of the entire setup at 58W. Under load, the new GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 pulls 213 Watts. Overall this is an energy efficient card, but since there is a massive factory overclock power consumption is a bit higher than with other GTX 960 graphics cards.
  - Performance
-Overclocking capability
- Power consumption
 
Recommendation / Price   + -
At the moment we find this card listed in Europe for 206 Euro, which is competitive for card with such a high factory overclock, custom PCB and custom cooler. Should you be looking for a fast and silent GeForce GTX 960, then this card can definitely be recommended.   - Gaming
- Overclocking
 
The EVGA GTX 960 2GB SSC ACX 2.0 receives excellent 5 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