XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation, (R9-290A-EDFD)

Gaming Benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

Set in 1912, the game has protagonist, former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the floating air city of Columbia to find a young woman, Elizabeth, who has been held captive there for most of her life. Though Booker rescues Elizabeth, the two become involved with the city’s warring factions: the nativist and elite Founders that rule Columbia and strive to keep its privileges for White Americans, and the Vox Populi, underground rebels representing the underclass of the city. During this conflict, Booker learns that Elizabeth possesses strange powers to manipulate “Tears” in the space-time continuum that ravage Columbia, and soon discovers her to be central to the city’s dark secrets.

 

At 1920 x 1080 BioShock Infinite is showing the XFX R9 290 some serious love and the beastly card tops 92 FPS or about 16 FPS ahead of the closest competition.

Oddly enough the competition closed the gap on the XFX R9 290 DD when we shot the resolution to 2560 x 1440 and the card turned out 60.1 FPS a mere 3 FPS ahead.

BioShock Infinite Settings
1920 x 1080	2560 x 1440
DirectX 11 Ultra Quality DODD Enabled FXAA Enabled	DirectX 11 Ultra Quality DODD Enabled FXAA Enabled

Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4™ on PC, powered by the advanced technology of DICE’s proprietary Frostbite™ 3 engine, blurs the line between game and glory. With dynamic destructable environments, vehicular combat, and the chaos of all-out-war with 64 players, Battlefield 4 on PC is an unmatched interactive experience.

In addition to its hallmark multiplayer, Battlefield 4 features an intense, dramatic character-driven campaign that starts with the evacuation of American VIPs from Shanghai and follows your squad’s struggle to find its way home.

There is no comparison. Immerse yourself in the glorious chaos of all-out war, found only in Battlefield.

In Battlefield 4 the XFX R9 290 DD took the lead with 61.74 FPS with the closet card below it coming in under 50 FPS.

 

Swap the Resolution to 2560 x 1440 and the rest of the cards struggle with Battlefield 4 coming in at the bare minimum of 30 – 31 FPS while the R9 290 DD dominates with 39.2 FPS.

Battlefield 4 Settings
`1920 x 1080	2560 x 1440
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

FarCry 4

The game follows Ajay Ghale, a young Kyrati-American of Nepali origin who returns to his native country of Kyrat (presently in Nepal) to spread his deceased mother’s ashes. Kyrat was an autonomous state in the Himalayas ruled by separate Kyrati Kings. Kyrat is derived from Kirati, a collection of Himalayan people originating from Tibet bordering the Himalayas. Ajay finds the country in a state of civil war between Kyrat’s Royal Army led by the country’s eccentric and tyrannical king Pagan Min and the Golden Path, a rebel movement fighting to free Kyrat from Min’s oppressive rule. The choices Ajay makes will determine the fate of Kyrat. This story has been inspired by the ten-year-long Maoist insurgency in Nepal.

FarCry 4 is known to be a GPU crushing exercise in “Do I have Enough GPU to play FarCry 4” and the XFX R9 290 DD easily skirts past 1920 x 1080 at over 41 FPS.

Crank the resolution of FarCry 4 to 2560 X 1440 and the only card to hit 30 FPS is the XFX R9 290 DD and the rest of the pack are hovering at an unplayable sub 20 FPS.

FarCry 4 Settings
1080p	1440p
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

Metro Last Light

Metro: Last Light is the sequel to Metro 2033. Published by Ukrainian game studio 4A Games, it is set in the same post-apocalyptic future as its predecessor, where mankind tries to survive in the underground of Moscow’s Metro. The story takes you through claustrophobic tunnels where you fight both humans and mutants. Each step takes you closer toward revealing a dark future and the possibility to prevent it.

Just like in the last title, the 4A Engine is used. It fully supports DirectX 11, Tessellation and Physics, but we test with Physics turned off.

With the resolution at 1920 x 1080 Metro Last Light isn’t that demanding and all the GPU’s crank out over 70 FPS with the XFX R9 290 DD the only card topping 80 FPS.

At 2560 x 1440 all the GPUs turn out playable frame rates with the R9 285 at 34.7 FPS and the GTX 960’s in the 35 – 36 FPS range and once again the XFX R9 290 DD tops the charts.

Metro: Last Light Settings
1080p	1440p
Quality: Very High Texture Filtering: AF16x Motion Blur: Normal SSAA: On Tesselation: Very High	Quality: Very High Texture Filtering: AF16x Motion Blur: Normal SSAA: On Tesselation: Very High