More of the same for Crysis 3, with particle effects really hurting the frame rates here, only venturing above 20 FPS five times, unplayable. This is a punishing test, and it punishes the R9 290X, a lot.
Far Cry 3 gets things back on track with a strong performance when maxxed out and peaking above 70 FPS three times during game play.
Next, more results and conclusion.
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X Tri-X Graphics Card Review
Package and Bundle - 8.7
Performance - 8
Price - 9
Consumer Experience - 8.5
8.6
If you don't want to spend money on the new R9 390X and you are upgrading, this will also be a fantastic card, but we cannot help feel as though we are left a little disappointed with this card. Why? We didn't really see the card utilized apart from the synthetic tests and we also feel the drivers are still a little behind the hardware, both down to AMD, not Sapphire.
