Testing Methodology
All synthetic and gaming tests are carried out three times with the best result taken. If the game is an online multi player, the same map is used each time and a ping constantly under 30ms is required before a test is valid. We always try synthetic and real world tests, and for graphics cards, there is no better real world test than gaming.
The results depend on several elements, internet connection, other applications running, heat and the basic specification of the chipset, CPU and memory. We always run the benchmarks several times, taking the best results and recording them on the graphs, and only with the minimum diagnostic software running to capture the results.
For this review, we have included the XFX Radeon R9 390X, this is to compare the best of the mainstream AMD range against its flagship models.
The R9 390X is not a direct competitor to any of the cards tested today, we thought it would make an interesting baseline.
Synthetic Tests
- AIDA64 Engineer
- 3DMark Professional
- Unigine Heaven 4.0
Real World Tests
- Battlefield 4
- Crysis 3
- Far Cry 3
4K Tests
- 3DMark Professional
- Battlefield 4
- Crysis 3
- Far Cry 3
First we have AIDA64 Engineer and the results are pretty flat on the most part, with the GTX 980 Ti beaten by the new releases from AMD, and the Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury Tri-X OC generally coming second or third.
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We tested the XFX Radeon R9 390X just to compare the best of the rest from the AMD range and it fairs pretty well.
The Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury Tri-X OC comes in third as you may expect from this quartet of test subjects. That’s really where it is supposed to be as the understudy tot he R9 Fury X. Remember, with all of our graphs, you can click to remove graphics cards. Re select to add the results back in.
Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury Tri-X OC Graphics Card Review
Package and Bundle - 8.5
Performance - 9.5
Price - 9
Consumer Experience - 9.6
9.2
Finally, the Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury Tri-X OC is something the Fury X is not, and that's - available to buy right now. The GTX 980 does have the slight advantage in most results, but the Fury should be on everyone's shopping list based on the price to performance ratio.
