GPU Charts - 1080p, 1440p, UHD - Updated
Category : Graphics cards
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 06.10.14
With these chart lists we're publishing benchmark results from recent graphics cards with three different resolutions: FullHD, 1440p and UltraHD. In all cases we've set details to maximum and we're listing minimum framerates as well as maximum framerates. Other than that we will be updating and expanding these charts on a regular basis.



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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
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X
  • AMD Radeon R9 290
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum
  • ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960
  • ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum
  • Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960
  • Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980
  • MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 680
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 780
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 970
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 980
  • nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
  • PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo
Drivers
  • Windows 7 x64 (up to date)
  • NVIDIA ForceWare 344.75
  • AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 Beta
Games
Games and OS
  • Windows 7 x64
  • All games were up to date on the
System Drive
PSU
  • Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts




Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief  
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport  
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs  
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light  
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity  
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4  
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption  
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels  
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt  
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

3DMark - Fire Strike



Performance, 1920x1080 (1080p) Score Graphics Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 11'890 14'328 137.60 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 11'774 14'204 136.26 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 11'550 13'846 133.67 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 11'423 13'720 132.20 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 11'392 13'627 131.84 %
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 11'202 13'414 129.64 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 10'487 12'212 132.94 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 9'851 11'506 114.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 9'650 11'207 111.68 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 9'440 10'841 109.25 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 9'346 10'814 108.16 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 9'120 10'586 105.54 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 8'927 10'237 103.31 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 8'641 9'758 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 7'233 8'020 83.71 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 6'970 7'891   80.66 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 6'760 7'695 78.23 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 6'671 7'593 77.20 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 6'754 7'526 78.16 %
  More is better


Extreme, 2560x1440 (1440p) Score Graphics Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 6'038 6'420 137.92 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 6'034 6'439 137.83 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 5'908 6'273 134.95 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 5'810 6'176 132.71 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 5'809 6'174 132.69 %
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 5'713 6'023 130.49 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 5'351 5'641 122.22 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 4'880 5'117 111.47 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 4'810 5'034 109.87 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4'720 5'068 107.81 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4'718 4'917 107.77 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4'420 4'518 100.96 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 4'378 4'554 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 4'297 4'449 98.15 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 3'580 3'681 81.77 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 3'499 3'653 79.92 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 3'472 3'624 79.31 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 3'375 3'521 77.09 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 3'336 3'480 76.20 %
  More is better


Ultra, 3840x2160 (2160p) Score Graphics Score %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 3'214 3'171 146.76 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 3'209 3'162 146.53 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 3'148 3'100 143.74 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 3'099 3'058 141.51 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 3'072 3'020 140.27 %
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 2'988 2'954 136.44 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 2'784 2'799 127.12 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 2'585 2'551 118.04 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 2'584 2'556 117.99 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 2'502 2'465 114.25 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 2'437 2'383 111.28 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 2'420 2'347 110.50 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 2'419 2'359 110.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 2'190 2'131 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 1'943 1'894 88.72 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 1'281 1'168 58.49 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 1'058 927 48.31 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 1'032 924 47.12 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 724 607 33.06 %
  More is better


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Score Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 2'261 89.9 122.28 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 2'254 89.5 121.90 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 2'250 89.3 121.69 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 2'249 89.2 121.63 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 2'229 88.5 120.55 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 2'189 86.9 118.39 %
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 2'131 84.6 115.25 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 1'983 80.3 107.25 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 1'955 78.9 105.73 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 1'866 74.1 100.92 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 1'849 73.4 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 1'829 72.6 98.92 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 1'728 68.6 93.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 1'705 67.7 92.21 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 1'348 53.5 72.90 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 963 43.4 42.08 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 952 43.2 51.49 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 889 35.4 48.08 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 888 35.3 48.03 %
  More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Score Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 1'290 51.4 123.92 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 1'279 50.8 122.86 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 1'246 49.5 119.69 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 1'244 49.4 119.50 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 1'230 48.8 118.16 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 1'217 48.3 116.91 %
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 1'190 47.2 114.31 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 1'102 45.3 105.86 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 1'079 42.5 103.65 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 1'055 42.1 101.34 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 1'051 41.7 100.96 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 1'041 41.3 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 997 39.8 95.77 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 924 36.7 88.76 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 765 30.4 73.49 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 583 28.5 56.00 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 580 28.4 55.72 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 542 25.5 52.07 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 533 25.2 51.20 %
  More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Score Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 520 20.6 129.35 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 516 20.5 128.36 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 502 19.9 124.88 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 499 19.8 124.13 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 495 19.7 123.13 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 493 19.6 122.64 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 488 17.9 121.39 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 483 19.3 120.15 %
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 475 18.9 118.16 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 437 17.4 108.71 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 406 16.1 101.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 402 17.0 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 383 15.2 95.27 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 370 14.7 92.04 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 224 10.1 55.72 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 218 10.0 54.23 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 303 12.0 75.37 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 117 8.8   29.10 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 42 1.7 10.45 %
  More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Bordlands -  The Pre-Sequel



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 195.25 111.45 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 195.01 111.29 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 194.58 111.05 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 193.47 110.42 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 192.45 109.83 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 191.26 109.15 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 191.22 109.13 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 188.52 107.59 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 186.19 106.26 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 186.19 106.26 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 185.02 105.59 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 178.54 101.89 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 177.18 101.12 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 175.22 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 158.87 90.67 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 157.21 89.72 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 146.83 83.80 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 137.54 78.50 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 135.65 77.42 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 152.57 126.96 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 151.24 125.88 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 150.94 125.63 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 149.53 124.45 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 146.31 121.77 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 143.91 119.78 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 142.19 118.34 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 141.38 117.67 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 139.29 115.93 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 135.62 112.88 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 134.30 111.78 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 123.76 103.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 125.33 104.31 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 120.15 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 108.97 90.69 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 102.34 85.18 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 99.84 83.10 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 81.15 67.54 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 80.49 66.99 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 72.96 112.16 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 70.88 108.96 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 70.23 107.96 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 70.12 107.79 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 69.98 107.58 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 69.87 107.41 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 69.20 106.38 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 69.00 106.07 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 68.44 105.21 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 67.85 104.30 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 67.42 103.64 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 67.21 103.32 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 65.55 100.77 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 65.05 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 48.08 93.91 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 48.86 75.11 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 44.74 68.78 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 36.28 55.77 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 35.59 54.71 %
More is better


Borderlands The Pre-Sequel Settings
1080p 1440p 2160p
  • VSNYC: Off
  • Framerate: Unlimited
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Bullet Decals: High
  • Foliage Distance: Far
  • Texture Quality: High
  • Game Detail: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Depth Of Field: On
  • FXAA: on
  • View Distance: Ultra High
  • Physx Effects: Low
  • Texture Fade: On
  • Colorblind: Off
  • VSNYC: Off
  • Framerate: Unlimited
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Bullet Decals: High
  • Foliage Distance: Far
  • Texture Quality: High
  • Game Detail: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Depth Of Field: On
  • FXAA: on
  • View Distance: Ultra High
  • Physx Effects: Low
  • Texture Fade: On
  • Colorblind: Off
  • VSNYC: Off
  • Framerate: Unlimited
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Bullet Decals: High
  • Foliage Distance: Far
  • Texture Quality: High
  • Game Detail: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Depth Of Field: On
  • FXAA: on
  • View Distance: Ultra High
  • Physx Effects: Low
  • Texture Fade: On
  • Colorblind: Off


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

BattleField 4



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 92.31 141.13 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 90.81 138.83 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 89.87 137.39 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 89.64 137.04 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 88.74 135.67 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 86.86 132.79 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 81.38 124.42 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 73.40 112.22 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 71.74 109.68 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 71.03 108.59 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 67.59 103.33 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 65.41 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 62.98 96.28 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 60.23 92.08 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 50.30 76.90 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 52.74 80.63 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 49.53 75.75 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 48.55 74.22 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 47.13 72.05
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 60.58 143.08 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 59.88 141.43 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 58.97 139.28 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 59.62 140.81 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 57.55 135.92 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 56.69 133.89 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 53.85 127.18 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 48.22 113.89 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 47.12 111.29 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 46.80 110.53 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 45.24 106.85 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 42.34 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 42.06 99.34 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 39.63 93.60 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 32.65 77.11 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 33.73 79.66 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 30.65 72.39 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 28.59 67.52 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 27.22 64.29 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 34.05 162.37 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 33.19 158.27 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 32.96 157.18 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 32.68 155.84 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 31.88 152.03 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 30.44 145.16 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 26.51 126.42 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 25.05 119.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 25.03 119.36 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 24.75 118.03 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 23.92 114.07 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 23.86 113.78 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 23.81 113.54 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 20.97 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 16.90 80.59 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 14.00 66.76 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 13.85 68.05 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 13.72 65.43 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 9.88 47.11 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Watch Dogs



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 62.67 131.49 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 60.22 126.35 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 60.12 126.14 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 59.94 125.77 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 57.99 121.67 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 56.06 117.62 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 52.08 109.27 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 51.72 108.27 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 50.82 106.63 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 49.88 104.66 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 49.44 103.73 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 48.28 101.30 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 48.09 100.90 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 47.66 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 30.78 64.58 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 36.13 75.81 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 35.12 73.69 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 28.39 59.57 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 23.54 49.39 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS  
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 40.20 129.72 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 38.57 124.46 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 38.46 124.10 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 37.28 120.30 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 38.64 124.62 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 37.23 120.14 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 35.81 115.55 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 35.47 114.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 34.34 110.81 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 32.66 105.39 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 32.54 105.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 32.26 104.10 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 30.99 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 30.46 98.29 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 22.92 73.96 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 22.98 74.15 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 22.10 71.31 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 21.22 68.47 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 19.21 61.99 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS  
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 20.40 131.87 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 20.29 131.16 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 20.04 129.54 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 20.00 129.28 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 20.20 130.58 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 19.67 127.15 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 18.99 122.75 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 18.75 121.20 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 18.68 120.75 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 17.03 110.08 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 16.46 106.40 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 16.28 105.24 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 15.47 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 12.61 81.51 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 8.68 56.11 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 11.4 73.69 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 10.9 70.85 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 8.8 56.88 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 6.80 43.96 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Tomb Raider



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 56.00 145.83 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 55.60 144.79 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 55.20 143.75 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 54.60 142.19 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 53.70 139.84 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 52.20 135.94 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 51.30 133.59 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 48.60 126.56 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 48.40 126.04 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 46.12 120.10 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 42.80 111.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 42.70 111.20 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 40.90 106.51 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 38.40 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 34.10 88.80 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 31.80 82.81 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 31.00 80.73 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 29.70 77.34 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 29.00 75.52 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 35.20 162.21 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 34.73 160.05 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 34.10 157.14 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 34.00 156.68 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 33.28 153.36 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 32.20 148.39 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 32.10 147.93 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 30.60 141.01 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 30.30 139.63 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 27.63 127.33 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 26.10 120.28 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 25.70 118.43 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 24.70 113.82 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 21.70 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 21.20 97.70 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 19.4 89.40 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 19.2 88.48 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 18.3 84.33 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 17.1 78.80 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 15.80 146.30 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 15.70 145.37 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 15.50 143.52 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 14.50 134.26 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 15.50 143.52 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 14.40 133.33 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 14.20 131.48 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 14.10 130.56 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 13.20 122.22 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 12.43 115.09 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 11.70 108.33 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 11.10 102.78 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 11.00 101.85 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 10.80 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 7.00 64.81 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 5.30 49.07 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 5.00 46.30 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 5.00 46.30 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 3.00 27.78 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Sniper Elite 3



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 58.02 150.31 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 56.78 147.10 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 56.52 146.42 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 54.63 141.53 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 57.00 147.67 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 54.22 140.47 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 44.82 116.11 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 43.19 111.89 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 42.35 109.72 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 39.94 103.47 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 39.88 103.32 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 39.87 103.29 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 38.60 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 37.32 96.68 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 32.06 83.06 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 30.10 77.98 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 28.98 75.08 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 29.20 75.65 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 26.06 67.51 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 35.10 154.90 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 33.80 149.16 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 33.76 148.98 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 31.62 139.54 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 33.90 149.60 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 31.18 137.60 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 30.75 135.70 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 29.65 130.85 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 29.06 128.24 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 26.59 117.34 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 24.42 107.77 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 24.17 106.66 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 23.73 104.72 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 22.66 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 21.09 93.07 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 15.80 69.73 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 15.30 67.52 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 15.30 62.52 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 13.20 58.25 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 19.07 203.30 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 18.27 194.78 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 18.22 194.24 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 18.24 194.46 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 16.87 179.85 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 16.08 171.43 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 16.03 170.90 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 15.75 167.91 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 14.52 154.80 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 13.75 146.59 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 12.98 138.38 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 10.22 108.96 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 9.43 100.53 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 9.38 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 8.75 93.28 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 8.10 86.35 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 8.00 85.29 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 7.50 79.96 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 5.20 55.44 %
More is better


Sniper Elite 3 Settings
1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Graphics Detail: Ultra
  • AntiAliasing: High
  • Texture Detail: Ultra
  • Draw Distance: Ultra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16
  • Supersampling: 4.0x
  • Motion Blur: Yes
  • Ambient Occlusion: Yes
  • V-Sync: No
  • Use Tessellation: Yes
  • Use Obscurance Fields: Yes
  • Graphics Detail: Ultra
  • AntiAliasing: High
  • Texture Detail: Ultra
  • Draw Distance: Ultra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16
  • Supersampling: 4.0x
  • Motion Blur: Yes
  • Ambient Occlusion: Yes
  • V-Sync: No
  • Use Tessellation: Yes
  • Use Obscurance Fields: Yes
  • Graphics Detail: Ultra
  • AntiAliasing: High
  • Texture Detail: Ultra
  • Draw Distance: Ultra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16
  • Supersampling: 4.0x
  • Motion Blur: Yes
  • Ambient Occlusion: Yes
  • V-Sync: No
  • Use Tessellation: Yes
  • Use Obscurance Fields: Yes


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Crysis 3



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 39.47 123.23 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 39.40 123.01 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 38.99 121.73 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 38.66 120.70 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 37.22 116.20 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 37.23 116.23 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 35.90 112.20 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 32.06 100.09 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 32.03 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 29.59 92.38 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 28.33 88.45 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 27.86 86.98 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 26.07 81.39 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 24.73 77.21 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 18.65 58.23 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 23.56 73.56 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 23.30 72.74 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 21.98 68.62 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 21.92 68.44 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 26.12 135.83 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 25.98 135.10 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 25.96 135.00 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 24.24 126.05 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 24.25 126.11 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 23.02 119.71 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 22.57 117.37 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 20.14 104.73 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 20.08 104.42 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 19.32 100.47 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 19.23 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 18.97 98.65 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 17.46 90.80 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 16.52 85.91 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 12.51 65.05 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 14.13 73.48 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 13.80 71.76 % %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 12.44 64.69 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 12.44 64.69 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 14.12 171.78 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 13.53 164.60 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 13.44 163.50 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 13.00 158.15 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 13.02 158.39 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 12.69 154.38 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 9.80 119.22 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 9.68 117.76 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 8.88 108.03 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 8.22 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 7.56 91.97 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 7.55 91.85 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 5.99 72.87 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 5.58 67.88 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 3.21 39.05 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 7.7 93.67 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 2.1 25.55 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 2.1 25.55 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 1.5 18.25 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 85.21 147.22 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 85.00 146.86 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 84.33 145.70 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 83.87 144.90 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 82.17 141.97 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 80.99 139.93 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 71.79 124.03 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 67.70 116.79 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 65.87 113.80 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 65.24 112.72 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 62.01 107.14 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 61.26 105.84 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 60.57 104.65 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 57.88 100 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 55.94 96.65 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 46.03 79.53 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 45.79 79.11 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 29.00 50.10 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 28.71 49.60 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 50.19 142.75 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 50.11 142.52 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 49.87 141.84 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 49.31 140.24 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 48.06 136.69 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 47.12 134.02 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 41.75 118.74 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 40.74 115.87 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 40.28 114.56 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 38.97 110.84 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 36.92 105.01 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 35.90 102.10 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 35.40 100.68 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 35.16 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 34.19 97.24 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 24.62 70.05 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 23.99 68.23 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 21.24 60.41 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 20.21 57.48 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 24.56 204.33 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 24.02 199.83 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 23.54 195.84 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 22.14 184.19 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 21.00 174.71 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 20.07 166.97 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 18.32 152.41 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 17.88 148.75 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 17.65 146.84 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 16.15 134.36 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 15.47 128.70 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 15.28 127.12 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 17.58 146.26 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 12.02 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 11.22 127.50 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 3.88 44.09 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 2.00 22.73 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 2.00 22.73 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 2.00 22.73 %
More is better


Call of Duty: Advanced Wirefare Settings
1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Vsync: No
  • Render Resolution: Native
  • Texture Quality: manual
  • Texture Resolution: Extra
  • Normal Map Resolution: Extra
  • Specular Map Resolution: Extra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: High
  • Shadows: On
  • Shadow Map Resolutiopn: High
  • Cache Sun Shadow Maps: On
  • Cache Spot Shadow Maps: On
  • Depth of Field: High Quality
  • Motion Blur: High Quality
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Normal
    • Medium Distance Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Sub Surface Scattering: On
  • Depth PrepaSS: oN
  • Post Process Anti-Aliasing: Filmic SMAA T2x
  • Super Sampling: 4x
  • Shader Preload: On
  • Shader Preload During Cinematics: On
  • Bullet Impacts: On
  • Dynamic Light Limit: 8
  • Vsync: No
  • Render Resolution: Native
  • Texture Quality: manual
  • Texture Resolution: Extra
  • Normal Map Resolution: Extra
  • Specular Map Resolution: Extra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: High
  • Shadows: On
  • Shadow Map Resolutiopn: High
  • Cache Sun Shadow Maps: On
  • Cache Spot Shadow Maps: On
  • Depth of Field: High Quality
  • Motion Blur: High Quality
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Normal
    • Medium Distance Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Sub Surface Scattering: On
  • Depth PrepaSS: oN
  • Post Process Anti-Aliasing: Filmic SMAA T2x
  • Super Sampling: 4x
  • Shader Preload: On
  • Shader Preload During Cinematics: On
  • Bullet Impacts: On
  • Dynamic Light Limit: 8
  • Vsync: No
  • Render Resolution: Native
  • Texture Quality: manual
  • Texture Resolution: Extra
  • Normal Map Resolution: Extra
  • Specular Map Resolution: Extra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: High
  • Shadows: On
  • Shadow Map Resolutiopn: High
  • Cache Sun Shadow Maps: On
  • Cache Spot Shadow Maps: On
  • Depth of Field: High Quality
  • Motion Blur: High Quality
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Normal
    • Medium Distance Ambient Occlusion: On
  • Sub Surface Scattering: On
  • Depth PrepaSS: oN
  • Post Process Anti-Aliasing: Filmic SMAA T2x
  • Super Sampling: 4x
  • Shader Preload: On
  • Shader Preload During Cinematics: On
  • Bullet Impacts: On
  • Dynamic Light Limit: 8


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Thief



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 84.5 133.28 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 84.1 132.65 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 83.3 131.39 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 84.8 133.75 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 82.5 130.13 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 80.5 126.97 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 78.1 123.19 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 71.3 112.46 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 69.6 109.78 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 68.6 108.20 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 67.2 105.99 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 65.1 102.68 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 64.4 101.58 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 63.4 100.00 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 53.3 84.07 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 50.6 79.81 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 49.7 78.39 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 49.4 77.92 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 47.6 75.06 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 58.6 135.02 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 58.3 134.33 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 57.3 132.03 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 57.5 132.49 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 56.5 130.18 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 54.8 126.27 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 54.3 125.12 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 49.6 114.29 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 48.9 112.67 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 46.8 107.83 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 46.1 106.22 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 44.9 103.46 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 44.2 101.84 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 43.4 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 34.7 79.95 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 36.1 83.18 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 30.3 69.82 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 30.2 69.59 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 30.1 69.35 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 31.6 145.62 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 31.4 144.70 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 30.3 139.63 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 30.1 138.71 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 30.5 140.55 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 29.4 135.48 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 27.7 127.65 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 26.7 123.04 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 26.6 122.58 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 25.2 116.13 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 24.4 112.44 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 23.8 109.68 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 23.5 108.29 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 21.7 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 17.0 78.34 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 14.5 66.82 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 7.9 36.41 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 7.7 35.48 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 6.7 30.88 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

GRID Autosport



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 132.08 153.51 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 130.85 152.08 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 129.90 150.98 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 128.65 149.52 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 127.03 147.65 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 118.88 138.17 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 111.41 129.49 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 107.71 125.19 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 87.86 102.12 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 86.04 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 77.85 90.48 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 76.70 89.14 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 74.31 86.37 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 73.95 85.95 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 74.48 86.56 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 73.14 85.01%
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 70.65 82.11 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 69.17 80.39 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 68.55 79.67 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 107.22 165.74 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 106.48 164.60 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 105.33 162.82 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 104.89 162.14 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 105.13 162.51 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 100.31 155.06 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 86.70 134.02 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 84.10 130.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 75.10 116.09 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 74.70 115.47 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 71.72 110.87 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 70.08 108.33 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 67.39 104.17 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 64.69 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 61.35 94.84 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 47.80 73.89 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 47.43 73.32 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960    
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 46.16 71.36 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 61.97 168.08 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 61.89 167.86 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 61.51 166.83 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 60.76 164.80 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 59.39 161.08 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 59.62 161.70 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 49.37 133.90 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 49.12 133.22 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 48.60 131.81 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 48.55 131.68 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 47.14 127.85 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 44.52 120.75 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 38.48 104.37 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 36.87 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 36.06 97.80 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 31.41 85.35 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 30.86 83.70 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 28.17 70.98 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 26.21 71.09 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 87.0 133.64 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 86.6 133.03 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 85.7 131.64 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 84.1 129.19 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 85.4 131.18 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 82.6 126.88 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 82.4 126.57 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 78.9 121.20 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 78.2 120.12 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 68.9 105.84 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 67.7 103.99 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 67.0 102.92 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 65.1 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 63.5 97.54 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 51.4 78.96 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 46.7 71.74 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 46.6 71.58 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 46.4 71.27 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 45.5 69.89 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 51.6 136.15 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 51.2 135.09 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 50.6 133.51 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 50.1 132.19 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 50.7 133.77 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 49.4 130.34 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 49.0 129.29 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 45.8 120.84 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 45.0 118.73 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 40.3 106.33 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 39.5 104.22 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 38.9 102.64 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 37.9 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 37.8 99.74 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 31.2 82.32 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 28.0 73.88 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 27.9 73.61 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 24.9 65.70 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 24.7 65.17 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 21.2 148.25 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 21.2 148.25 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 20.8 145.45 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 20.5 143.36 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 20.9 143.15 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 19.5 136.36 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 18.8 131.47 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 17.0 118.88 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 16.9 118.18 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 16.2 113.29 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 15.8 110.49 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 15.4 107.69 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 15.1 105.59 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 14.3 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 10.8 75.52 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 5.1 35.66 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 5.0 34.97 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 4.9 34.27 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 4.9 34.27 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Metro: Last Light - Benchmark



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 57.43 128.82 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 56.98 127.82 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 56.92 127.68 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 56.73 127.25 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 56.60 126.96 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 56.54 126.83 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 52.53 117.83 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 49.26 110.50 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 49.06 110.05 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 45.42 101.88 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 44.63 100.11 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 44.58 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 43.85 98.36 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 42.89 96.21 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 34.50 77.39 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 33.49 75.12 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 33.92 76.09 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 33.32 74.74 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 32.80 73.58 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 41.22 131.95 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 40.14 128.49 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 40.08 128.30 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 39.87 127.62 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 39.77 127.30 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 39.76 127.27 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 36.22 115.94 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 35.46 113.51 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 34.57 110.66 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 32.95 105.47 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 31.70 101.47 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 31.24 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 30.89 98.88 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 30.50 97.63 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 25.12 80.41 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 20.60 65.94 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 20.40 65.30 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 19.98 63.96 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 19.23 61.56 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 19.0 127.52 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 18.30 122.82 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 18.25 122.48 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 17.98 120.67 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 17.80 119.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 17.72 118.93 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 17.05 114.43 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 15.67 105.17 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 15.60 104.70 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 15.10 101.34 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 14.90 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 14.73 98.86 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 14.52 97.45 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 13.91 93.36 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 11.73 78.72 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 9.86 66.17 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 9.99 67.05 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 9.54 64.03 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 8.68 58.26 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Assassin’s Creed Unity



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 50.29 131.93 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 49.02 128.59 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 48.64 127.60 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 47.99 125.89 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 47.24 123.92 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 45.22 118.63 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 40.67 106.69 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 39.54 103.73 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 39.22 102.89 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 38.84 101.89 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 38.18 100.16 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 38.12 100.00 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 36.96 96.96 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 36.41 95.51 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 27.38 71.83 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 23.87 62.62 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 23.54 61.75 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 22.39 58.74 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 21.36 56.03 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 30.83 156.74 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 28.87 146.77 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 28.13 143.01 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 27.72 140.93 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 27.64 140.59 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 27.14 137.98 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 26.81 136.30 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 26.52 134.82
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 26.41 134.27 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 25.97 132.03 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 23.31 118.51 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 23.08 117.34 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 22.75 115.66 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 19.67 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 18.30 93.04 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 11.88 60.40 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 11.53 58.62 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 12.68 64.46 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 11.22 57.04 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 15.70 145.37 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 15.00 138.89 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 14.46 133.89 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 14.27 132.13 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 14.24 131.85 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 14.06 130.19 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 13.34 123.52 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 12.54 116.11 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 11.73 108.61 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 10.86 100.56 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 10.80 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 10.40 96.30 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 10.20 94.44 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 10.12 93.70 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 7.84 72.59 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 5.20 48.15 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 5.10 47.22 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 5.10 47.22 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 4.00 37.04 %
More is better


Assassin’s Creed Unity Settings
1080p 1440p 2160p
  • Blood Fx : On
  • Companion app : On
  • Graphics Quality: Ultra High
  • VSync: Of
  • Streching: on
  • Envirnoment Quality: Ultra High
  • Texture Quality: Ultra High
  • Shadow Quality : PCSS
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality: MSAA-4X
  • Bloom: On
  • Blood Fx : On
  • Companion app : On
  • Graphics Quality: Ultra High
  • VSync: Of
  • Streching: on
  • Envirnoment Quality: Ultra High
  • Texture Quality: Ultra High
  • Shadow Quality : PCSS
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality: MSAA-4X
  • Bloom: On
  • Blood Fx : On
  • Companion app : On
  • Graphics Quality: Ultra High
  • VSync: Of
  • Streching: on
  • Envirnoment Quality: Ultra High
  • Texture Quality: Ultra High
  • Shadow Quality : PCSS
  • Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality: MSAA-4X
  • Bloom: On


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Far Cry 4



High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 57.22 165.71 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 56.97 164.99 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 56.83 164.58 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 55.80 161.60 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 55.62 161.08 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 53.97 156.30 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 52.17 151.09 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 49.69 143.90 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 47.42 137.33 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 46.80 135.53 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 44.87 129.94 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 40.82 118.22 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 40.50 117.29 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 34.53 100.00 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 33.33 96.52
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 33.30 96.44 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 29.50 85.43 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 26.67 77.24 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 25.11 72.72 %
More is better


High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 38.14 164.40 %
.40 ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 37.77 162.80 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 37.68 162.41 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 37.10 159.91 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 36.60 157.76 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 34.88 150.94 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 32.69 140.91 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 32.56 140.34 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 31.22 134.57 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 30.93 133.32 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 30.37 130.91 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 28.80 124.14 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 27.97 120.56 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 23.20 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 21.77 93.84 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 19.22 82.84 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 18.54 79.91 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 19.08 82.24 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 16.76 72.24 %
More is better


High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) Average FPS %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 17.68 200.91 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 17.16 195.00 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 17.09 194.20 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 17.01 193.30 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 16.98 192.95 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 16.00 181.82 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 15.76 179.09 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 14.00 159.09 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 12.67 143.98 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 10.11 114.89 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 9.74 110.68 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 9.01 102.39 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 8.81 100.11 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 8.80 100.00 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 7.99 90.80 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 7.00 79.55 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 5.00 56.82 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 5.00 56.82 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 5.00 56.82 %
More is better


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 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Power Consumption



Power Consumption Idle* Watts %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 60 131.67 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 65 121.54 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 67 117.91 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 68 116.18 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 69 114.49 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 70 112.85 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 71 111.27 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 72 109.72 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 73 108.22 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 74 106.76 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 74 106.76 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 75 105.33 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 76 103.95 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 78 101.28 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 78 101.28 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 79 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 81 97.53 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 92 85.87 %
*Entire system Less is better


Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* Watts %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 207 145.89 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 210 143.81 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 220 137.27 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 222 136.04 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 224 134.82 %
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 225 134.22 %
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 235 128.51 %
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 238 126.89 %
AMD Radeon R9 280X 240 125.83 %
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 265 114.40 %
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 264 114.39 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 290 104.14 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 302 100.00 %
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 310 97.42 %
AMD Radeon R9 290 318 94.97 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 322 93.79 %
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 325 92.92 %
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 351 86.04 %
AMD Radeon R9 290X 353 85.55 %
*Entire system Less is better




Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Temperatures / Noise Levels

Fan Speed

Model Auto 50% 70% 100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 1'080 1'100 2'100 3'000
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 1'050 1'560 2'310 2'900
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 1'025 1'805 2'575 3'040
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 1'035 1'875 2'630 3'000
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 0 1'620 2'350 3'350
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 0 1'500 2'150 3'010
AMD Radeon R9 290X 1'150 1'970 2'680 3'040
AMD Radeon R9 290 980 2'620 3'925 5'275
AMD Radeon R9 280X 1'035 2'045 2'920 4'140
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 0 1'600 2'250 3'200
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 1'035 2'070 2'900 4'160
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 0 1'155 1'600 2'270
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 1'180 1'960 3'040 4'150
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 1'020 1'475 2'075 2'850
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 1'050 1'560 2'310 2'900
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 1'072 1'500 2'100 2'870
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 1'250 2'060 2'950 4'240
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 1'020 1'860 2'870 4'230
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 1'330 3'010 4'180 5'040
  Less is better

Idle Temperature

Model Auto 50% 70% 100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 30 29 28 27
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 25 25 25 25
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 38 36 35 34
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 37 36 35 34
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 31 28 27 26
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 33 28 28 27
AMD Radeon R9 290X 33 33 32 31
AMD Radeon R9 290 44 40 38 35
AMD Radeon R9 280X 35 32 31 30
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 30 28 26 24
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 34 31 30 28
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 38 34 32 30
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 35 35 34 32
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 37 35 32 30
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 36 36 34 32
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 32 31 30 29
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 32 30 29 28
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 32 31 31 29
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 32 32 30 28
  Less is better

Full Temperature

Model Auto 50% 70% 100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 62 59 54 50
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 47 47 47 47
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 72 79 75 68
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 88 85 82 78
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 63 58 55 52
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 67 58 54 52
AMD Radeon R9 290X 90 91 86 83
AMD Radeon R9 290 94 85 74 67
AMD Radeon R9 280X 80 77 74 70
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 69 61 58 55
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 72 79 75 68
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 66 57 52 50
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 84 75 70 67
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 67 58 54 52
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 67 59 55 53
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 90 85 73 65
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 86 81 75 66
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 84 77 70 63
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 80 70 66 61
  Less is better

Temperature and fan speed under BattleField 4

Model Temp
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 58
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 46
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 68
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 72
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 58
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 66
AMD Radeon R9 290X 79
AMD Radeon R9 290 80
AMD Radeon R9 280X 77
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 58
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 58
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 63
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 71
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 62
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 64
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 70
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 66
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 75
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 76
  Less is better

Noise Level

Model Auto 50% 70% 100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 33,1 38,9 44,1 51,6
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 0 0 0 0
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 32,9 41,6 49,2 51,5
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 33 41,2 49,6 52,7
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960 0 32.4 37.6 44.1
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 0 36,8 41,2 50,9
AMD Radeon R9 290X 33,8 48,9 59,1 65,1
AMD Radeon R9 290 33,6 48,7 58,2 64,9
AMD Radeon R9 280X 38 40,6 50,7 63,7
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 0 33.8 38.0 43.9
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 32 36,8 43,5 51,7
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 0 35,7 41,8 49,7
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 33,9 37,8 53,8 61,2
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 34,6 41 45,5 53,8
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 34,7 41,1 45,7 54
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 33,2 39,6 48,5 55,9
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 33,2 39,8 48,4 56,2
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 33,5 37,6 45,4 51,9
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 32,8 37,4 47,9 56,7
  Less is better


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Performance/Price & Performance/Watt

  Performance Index Price/Performance Factor
AMD Radeon R9 280X 81.28 3.64
nVidia GeForce GTX 970 110.58 3.58
AMD Radeon R9 290 103.54 3.35
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo 67.75 3.26
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 106.94 3.20
AMD Radeon R9 290X 115.77 3.18
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980 144.71 2.64
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 100.00 2.63
nVidia GeForce GTX 980 133.19 2.62
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960

67.33

2.59
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G 140.21 2.53
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 125.46 2.33
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980 140.12 2.53
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum 141.19 2.29
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960

66.04

2.21
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 118.26 2.15
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum 147.88 2.12
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN 110.19 1.18
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 57.84 1.57


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices
[pagebreak]

Price

  Price
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Poseidon Platinum
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980
ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 960
n/ a
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon R9 280X
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 980
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960
n/ a
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
nVidia GeForce GTX 970
nVidia GeForce GTX 980
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
PowerColor Radeon R9 285 TurboDuo


Page 1 - Test Setup Page 11 - Thief
Page 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Page 12 - GRID Autosport
Page 3 - Unigine Heaven 4.0 Page 13 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 4 - Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel Page 14 - Metro Last Light
Page 5 - BattleField 4 Page 15 - Assassin’s Creed Unity
Page 6 - Watch Dogs Page 16 - Far Cry 4
Page 7 - Tomb Raider Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Sniper Elite 3 Page 18 - Temperatures / Noise Levels
Page 9 - Crysis 3 Page 19 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 10 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Page 20 - Prices