With the Dual-X R9 280 OC Edition, Sapphire has a Radeon R9 280 graphics card in their portfolio, which is based on a custom PCB as well as a custom cooler. Apart from that this pixel accelerator also features an attractive price and therefore we're rather curious to find out what this card is actually capable of.
Presentation
Today we're going to have a close look at Sapphire's R9 280 Dual-X card,
that features a dual fan custom cooler named Dual-X and in case
of the PCB there is also a custom design from Sapphire. With it's black and
blue color scheme this
card looks just about perfect and luckily
the manufacturer also decided to overclock the GPU to 940MHz.
Since it is the Dual-X version of the Sapphire Radeon R9 280 OC Edition series, the
card features a factory overclock of 7 MHz on the GPU, which is actually tiny.
While the reference Radeon R9 280 GPU is set to work at 933 MHz, the Sapphire
Dual-X R9
280 OC Edition
works at 850MHz for the base clock and 940 MHz for the turbo clock.
Unfortunately, no factory overclocking was done on the 3GB of GDDR5 memory that
remains at the recommended 1'250 MHz (5'000 MHz effective).
Specifications
Sapphire
Dual-X R9 280
Radeon R9 280
Radeon R9 280X
Chip
Tahiti
Pro2
Tahiti
Pro2
Tahiti XT2/L
Process
28 nm
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
4.31 billion
4.31 billion
4.31 billion
GPU
clock
850 MHz
827 MHz
850 MHz
GPU Boost clock
940 MHz
933 MHz
1'000 MHz
Memory
GDDR5
3'072 MB
3'072 MB
3'072 MB
Memory clock
1'250 (5'000) MHz
1'250 (5'000) MHz
1'500 (6'000) MHz
Memory interface
384 Bit
384 Bit
384 Bit
Memory bandwidth
240.0 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
288 GB/s
Shader Cores
1'792
1'792
2'048
TMUs
112
112
128
ROPs
32
32
32
PCB Type
Custom Design
Reference Design
Reference Design
Slots
2
2
2
Cooler
Dual-X
AMD
Reference
AMD Reference
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The card
As noted earlier, the Dual-X R9 280 OC Edition graphics card
features Sapphires quite famous Dual-X cooler with a total of four heatpipes.
The two inner heatpipes feature 8 millimeter diameter and the outer ones are 6
millimeter heatpipes. The cooler also features a metal plate, which got equipped
with thermal pads, to provide active cooling even for the memory chips. Looking
at the VRM area we find a separate aluminum profile, which is being actively
cooled by the air passing through dense heatsink above it. In order to move heat away from the large fin stack, there
are two fans, each measuring 100
millimeter in diameter. The Dual-X cooler is definitely a very capable model and
compared to AMDs reference cooler this is a great upgrade. As part of the Dual-X series, the
Dual-X R9
280
uses a black on blue color scheme and the overall build quality of the cooler is
very good.
Overclocking
The Sapphire Dual-X 280 OC Edition graphics card, or to be precise our sample of
it, allowed a maximum stable overclock of 1'300 MHz
for the GPU and 1'600 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 1.21 Volts and the memory ran at stock voltages. Sapphire is locking the
BIOS to 1.20 volts maximum. We would like some more headroom with this card,
since the powerdesign could cope with higher loads easily and the card could
also be overclocked quite a bit higher.
For its Dual-X R9 280 OC Edition, Sapphire makes use of an entire custom design PCB. The PCB
color is blue and features an improved power design. There is a total of 6+2+1 (GPU, Memory
and PLL, PCIe) phases on this Dual-X R9 280 card. GPU, memory and VRM phaes all
received active cooling.
The memory chips used are made by SKhynix and carry the model number
H5GCQ2H24BFR. They are specified to run at 1'500 MHz (6'000 MHz effective).
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Delivery
Bundled with the graphics card there is a software CD, an installation manual,
a soft CrossFire bridge, a 1m HDMI cable, a power adapter 2x 4-pin
to 6-pin as well as a quick installation guide. The bundle is ok compared to what we are used to see.
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Test Setup
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus V Formula (BIOS 1707)
CPU
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.0 GHz (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory
G.Skill Ares Dual Channel 2x8GB @ CL11-13-13-31-1T-Auto DDR3-2400 MHz
Graphics Cards
AMD Radeon HD 5850
AMD Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 6950
AMD Radeon HD 6970
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (1'000 / 1'500)
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7970
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R9 270 (925/1'400)
AMD Radeon R9 270X (1'050/1'400)
AMD Radeon R9 280X (1'000/1'500)
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX OC Edition
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini
OC
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker
Platinum
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
ASUS GeForce GTX 780
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Striker Platinum
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum
ASUS ROG MARS 760
Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X OC
MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GeForce GTX 780 OC Edition
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming Radeon R9 280X OC Edition
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
PowerColor LCS Radeon R9 290X
PowerColor LCS Radeon R9 290X OC 1200MHz / 1500MHz
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
Sapphire Radeon Dual-X R9 280
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
Drivers
Windows 7 x64 (up to date)
NVIDIA ForceWare 344.07
AMD Catalyst 14.7
Games and OS
Windows 7 x64
All
games were up to date on the
System Drive
OCZ Technology Octane 512 GB SSD
PSU
Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts
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3DMark - Fire Strike Performance
Graphics Cards
Score
Graphics Score
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
11'593
14'071
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
11'024
13'020
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
10'455
12'225
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
10'303
12'006
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
9'714
11'484
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
9'690
11'452
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
9'529
11'141
PowerColor LCS R9 290X
9'400
10'988
ASUS ROG MARS 760
9'135
11'273
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
9'115
10'399
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
9'043
10'566
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
8'989
10'196
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
8'970
10'185
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
8'790
10'117
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
8'948
10'133
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
8'639
10'883
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
8'683
9'806
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
8'396
9'420
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
8'341
9'344
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
7'877
8'734
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
7'640
8'689
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
7'554
8'458
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
7'437
8'273
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
7'312
8'198
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
7'294
8'146
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
7'224
8'132
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
7'091
7'922
AMD Radeon R9 280X
7'093
7'837
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
6'904
7'719
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
6'679
7'408
AMD
Radeon HD 7970
6'578
7'215
AMD Radeon HD 6990
6'350
7'207
nVidia
GeForce GTX 680
6'402
7'102
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
6'239
6'689
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
5'979
6'564
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
5'944
6'515
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
5'915
6'473
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
5'844
6'398
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
5'801
6'338
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
5'696
6'210
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
5'674
6'226
nVidia
GeForce GTX 670
5'624
6'099
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
5'521
6'039
AMD Radeon R9 270X
5'318
5'784
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
5'246
5'712
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
5'243
5'645
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
5'188
5'642
AMD Radeon R9 270
5'059
5'483
AMD Radeon HD 7870
5'009
5'436
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
4'885
5'270
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
4'545
4'975
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
4'415
4'707
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
4'387
4'648
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
4'319
4'648
AMD Radeon HD 7850
4'176
4'460
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
4'146
4'411
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
3'762
3'962
AMD Radeon HD 6970
3'742
3'880
AMD Radeon HD 7790
3'546
3'823
AMD Radeon HD 6950
3'338
3'446
AMD Radeon HD 5870
3'232
3'299
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
3'031
3'182
AMD Radeon HD 6870
2'991
3'096
AMD Radeon HD 5850
2'710
2'751
More is better
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
Graphics Cards
Score
Graphics Score
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
5'937
6'346
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
5'668
6'028
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
5'340
5'641
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
5'248
5'538
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X Platinum
5'011
5'336
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
5'010
5'333
ASUS ROG MARS 760
4'859
5'296
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
4'844
5'093
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
4'823
5'101
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
4'658
4'854
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
4'619
4'884
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
4'601
4'800
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
4'550
4'747
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
4'462
4'734
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
4'460
4'653
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
4'441
4'622
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
4'406
4'562
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
4'198
4'330
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
4'271
4'420
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
4'007
4'121
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
3'829
3'967
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
3'785
3'928
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
3'746
3'880
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
3'684
3'763
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
3'649
3'781
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
3'634
3'757
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3'568
3'720
AMD Radeon R9 280X
3'564
3'668
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
3'426
3'592
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
3'319
3'448
AMD Radeon HD 7970
3'291
3'383
AMD Radeon HD 6990
3'185
3'274
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
3'176
3'286
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
2'999
3'085
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
2'991
3'084
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
2'956
3'044
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
2'961
3'037
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
2'904
2'991
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
2'904
2'970
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
2'851
2'931
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
2'837
2'933
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
2'805
2'872
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
2'760
2'855
AMD Radeon R9 270X
2'657
2'739
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
2'610
2'655
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
2'598
2'668
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
2'570
2'636
AMD Radeon R9 270
2'503
2'562
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2'484
2'560
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2'378
2'440
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
2'213
2'350
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750
Ti Black Edition
2'180
2'204
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
2'178
2'202
AMD Radeon HD 7850
2'044
2'073
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
2'006
2'204
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
2'008
2'034
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
1'842
1'848
AMD Radeon HD 6970
1'784
1'760
AMD Radeon HD 6950
1'585
1'555
AMD Radeon HD 7790
1'456
1'437
AMD Radeon HD 6870
1'101
1'025
AMD Radeon HD 5870
1'005
1'005
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
942
983
AMD Radeon HD 5850
959
878
More is better
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Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
Graphics Cards
Score
fps
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
2'181
86.6
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
2'040
81.0
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
2'046
81.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
2'035
80.8
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
1'955
76.5
ASUS ROG MARS 760
1'923
76.3
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
1'808
71.8
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
1'805
71.6
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
1'803
71.6
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
1'772
69.9
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
1'756
69.7
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
1'736
68.9
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
1'754
68.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
1'744
69.2
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
1'645
65.1
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
1'603
63.6
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
1'594
63.3
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
1'567
62.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
1'537
61.0
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
1'368
54.3
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
1'310
52.0
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
1'265
50.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
1'261
50.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
1'204
47.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
1'204
47.8
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
1'204
47.2
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
1'178
46.7
AMD Radeon HD 6990
1'156
45.9
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
1'148
45.6
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
1'137
45.1
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
1'135
45.0
AMD Radeon R9 280X
1'113
44.2
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
1'106
43.9
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
1'092
43.4
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
1'072
42.6
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
1'063
42.2
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
1'060
42.1
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
1'058
42.0
AMD Radeon HD 7970
1'034
41.1
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
1'028
40.8
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
1'004
39.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
951
37.8
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
944
37.5
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
921
36.5
nVidia
GeForce GTX 580
915
36.3
AMD Radeon R9 270X
886
35.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
866
34.4
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
864
34.3
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
853
33.9
AMD Radeon R9 270
832
33.0
AMD Radeon HD 7870
826
32.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
801
31.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
705
28.0
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
704
28.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
702
27.9
AMD Radeon HD 7850
684
27.2
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
684
27.1
AMD Radeon HD 6970
620
24.6
AMD Radeon HD 7790
568
22.5
AMD Radeon HD 6950
556
22.1
AMD Radeon HD 6870
510
20.3
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
498
19.8
AMD Radeon HD 5870
478
19.0
AMD Radeon HD 5850
403
16.0
More is better
VIDEO
[pagebreak]
BattleField 3
High Preset, 1920x1080, 4xMSAA,
Ultra, SSAO
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
120.4
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
118.9
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
117.9
ASUS ROG MARS 760
110.6
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
107.4
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
106.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
101.0
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
100.9
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
99.4
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
99.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
97.6
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
96.9
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
96.7
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
96.4
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
96.0
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
94.0
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
93.2
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
92.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
90.4
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
84.6
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
83.4
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
81.6
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
80.2
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
79.4
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
78.6
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
78.4
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
78.0
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
77.0
AMD Radeon R9 280X
76.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
76.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
72.8
AMD Radeon HD 7970
71.2
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
70.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
69.0
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
69.0
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
67.6
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
67.4
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
67.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
66.0
AMD Radeon HD 6990
65.6
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
62.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
62.0
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
61.0
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
59.6
AMD Radeon R9 270X
58.2
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
57.8
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
56.1
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
55.8
AMD Radeon R9 270
55.0
AMD Radeon HD 7870
54.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
50.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
48.6
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
44.7
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
44.8
AMD Radeon HD 7850
44.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
44.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
41.2
AMD Radeon HD 7790
36.6
AMD Radeon HD 6970
35.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
33.2
AMD Radeon HD 5870
32.6
AMD Radeon HD 6950
32.0
AMD Radeon HD 6870
29.8
AMD Radeon HD 5850
26.6
More is better
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Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
Ultra Preset, 1920x1080, AA, no DDOF
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
133.96
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
122.41
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
122.16
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
119.69
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
119.16
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
117.30
ASUS ROG MARS 760
115.01
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
113.45
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
111.74
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
107.32
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
103.53
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
103.24
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
102.86
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
102.00
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
102.20
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
100.03
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
99.78
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
97.06
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
95.55
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
93.44
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
90.78
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
85.80
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
85.04
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
83.02
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
82.11
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
81.00
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
79.38
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
79.25
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
78.98
AMD Radeon HD 6990
78.01
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
76.80
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
75.68
AMD Radeon R9 280X
75.44
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
75.21
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
73.88
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
73.48
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
71.54
AMD Radeon HD 7970
70.13
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
69.07
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
68.73
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
67.87
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
66.65
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
62.41
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
60.36
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
58.74
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
57.47
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
56.53
AMD Radeon R9 270X
54.79
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
52.94
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
52.91
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
52.89
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
52.67
AMD Radeon R9 270
51.11
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
51.04
AMD Radeon HD 7870
50.55
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
45.77
AMD Radeon HD 6970
43.20
AMD Radeon HD 7850
43.13
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
42.91
AMD Radeon HD 5870
39.28
AMD Radeon HD 6950
38.13
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
34.89
AMD Radeon HD 7790
34.65
AMD Radeon HD 6870
33.69
AMD Radeon HD 5850
32.42
More is better
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Crysis 3
High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA,
Very High
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
58.6
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
49.3
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
41.4
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
41.2
ASUS ROG MARS 760
41.0
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
38.8
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
34.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
33.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
33.8
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
33.6
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
33.4
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
33.2
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
31.8
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
31.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
30.2
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
28.8
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
28.0
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
27.3
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
27.2
AMD Radeon HD 6990
26.8
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
25.9
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
25.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
25.4
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
24.7
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
24.4
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
24.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
23.4
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
23.2
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
23.0
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
22.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
22.2
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
22.0
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
21.6
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
21.6
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
20.8
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
20.8
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
20.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
20.4
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
20.0
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
19.8
AMD Radeon R9 280X
19.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
18.8
AMD Radeon HD 7970
18.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
17.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
16.8
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
16.7
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
16.4
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
16.0
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
15.4
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
15.1
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
15.0
AMD Radeon R9 270X
15.0
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
14.6
AMD Radeon HD 6970
14.6
AMD Radeon HD 7870
14.2
AMD Radeon R9 270
14.0
AMD Radeon HD 6950
12.2
AMD Radeon HD 7850
11.8
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
11.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
10.2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
8.4
AMD Radeon HD 7790
8.0
AMD Radeon HD 5870
8.0
AMD Radeon HD 5850
7.6
More is better
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Call of Duty Black Ops 2
High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA,
High
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
209.4
ASUS ROG MARS 760
177.4
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
176.2
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
172.1
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
162.3
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
159.4
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
146.3
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
146.0
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
145.8
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
142.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
141.8
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
138.7
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
137.2
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
134.0
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
133.7
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
133.2
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
131.4
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
130.2
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
127.8
AMD Radeon HD 6990
127.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
121.0
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
118.2
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
116.1
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
115.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
109.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
109.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
107.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
105.4
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
103.6
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
103.0
AMD Radeon R9 280X
102.8
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
101.6
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
101.4
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
101.0
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
99.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
98.2
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
97.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
95.8
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
94.2
AMD Radeon HD 7970
93.2
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
91.9
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
89.2
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
88.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
86.0
AMD Radeon R9 270X
84.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
81.8
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
81.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
81.4
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
80.1
AMD Radeon HD 7870
79.2
AMD Radeon R9 270
79.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
72.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
69.9
AMD Radeon HD 7850
69.0
AMD Radeon HD 6970
68.6
AMD Radeon HD 5870
64.6
AMD Radeon HD 6950
62.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
62.4
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
59.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
58.7
AMD Radeon HD 6870
58.4
AMD Radeon HD 5850
54.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
48.2
AMD Radeon HD 7790
46.4
More is better
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DIRT Showdown - Benchmark
High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra
Average FPS
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
121.60
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
119.36
ASUS GeForce GTX
780 Ti Matrix Platinum
119.29
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
114.19
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
112.63
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
108.86
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
107.93
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
105.76
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
104.89
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
100.09
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
98.04
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
95.00
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
94.90
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
94.74
ASUS ROG MARS 760
92.64
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
90.83
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
89.13
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
87.97
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
87.64
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
83.44
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
82.72
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
82.45
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
82.36
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
81.65
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
80.48
AMD Radeon HD 6990
80.30
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
79.22
AMD Radeon R9 280X
76.46
AMD Radeon HD 7970
71.63
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
71.73
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
70.66
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
70.28
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
69.91
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
68.79
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
67.66
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
67.04
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
66.32
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
65.57
AMD Radeon R9 270X
64.63
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
63.26
AMD Radeon R9 270
62.99
AMD Radeon HD 7870
62.53
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
60.25
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
61.50
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
59.99
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
59.36
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
59.10
nVidia
GeForce GTX 670
58.98
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
58.50
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
54.27
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
52.48
AMD Radeon HD 7850
50.61
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
48.92
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
45.35
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
44.20
AMD Radeon HD 6970
44.19
AMD Radeon HD 7790
43.28
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
43.24
AMD Radeon HD 6950
38.94
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
38.02
AMD Radeon HD 5870
36.48
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
30.35
AMD Radeon HD 6870
30.05
AMD Radeon HD 5850
29.13
More is better
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Far Cry 3
High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA,
Ultra
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
65.4
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
63.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
62.8
ASUS ROG MARS 760
61.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
61.2
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
58.2
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
54.9
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
54.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
53.8
PowerColor LCS R9 290X
53.3
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
53.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
52.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
52.1
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
51.6
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
50.2
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
50.0
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition
49.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
47.2
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
46.8
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
46.0
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
40.4
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
40.0
AMD Radeon HD 6990
39.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
38.2
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
37.5
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
35.6
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
34.8
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
33.7
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
33.3
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
33.2
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
33.2
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
33.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
32.4
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
32.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
32.2
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
31.8
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
31.0
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
30.9
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
30.4
AMD Radeon R9 280X
30.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
29.4
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
22.8
AMD Radeon HD 7970
27.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
27.0
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
25.4
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
24.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
24.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
24.6
AMD Radeon R9 270X
23.8
AMD Radeon HD 7870
22.4
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
22.3
AMD Radeon R9 270
22.0
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STIX OC Edition
21.7
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
21.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
21.2
AMD Radeon HD 6970
20.6
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
18.2
AMD Radeon HD 6950
18.0
AMD Radeon HD 7850
17.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
15.4
AMD Radeon HD 5870
15.2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
13.0
AMD Radeon HD 5850
13.0
AMD Radeon HD 7790
10.6
More is better
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Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
High Preset, 1920x1080, Extreme,
High-Res Textures
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
84.5
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
80.9
ASUS ROG MARS 760
78.3
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
76.8
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
76.0
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
73.0
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
72.4
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
69.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
69.8
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
68.8
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
66.5
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
66.3
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
65.9
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
64.5
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition
63.8
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
62.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
61.5
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
61.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
58.7
AMD Radeon HD 6990
56.6
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
56.4
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
56.4
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
56.2
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
56.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
54.9
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
53.7
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
52.2
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
52.1
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
51.7
AMD Radeon R9 280X
50.7
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
50.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
49.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
48.7
AMD Radeon HD 7970
47.0
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
44.7
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
44.4
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
44.0
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
43.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
42.7
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
42.2
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
42.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
38.7
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
38.7
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
38.5
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
37.7
AMD Radeon R9 270X
36.4
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
35.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
35.1
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
35.0
AMD Radeon R9 270
34.2
AMD Radeon HD 7870
33.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
32.0
AMD Radeon HD 6970
30.0
AMD Radeon HD 7850
27.6
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
27.6
AMD Radeon HD 5870
27.3
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
26.3
AMD Radeon HD 6950
26.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
25.4
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
25.4
AMD Radeon HD 6870
22.9
AMD Radeon HD 7790
22.2
AMD Radeon HD 5850
22.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
19.9
More is better
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xAA,
Ultra
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
145.2
ASUS GeForce GTX
780 Ti Matrix Platinum
136.5
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
136.4
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
135.0
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
134.8
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
134.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
134.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
134.0
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
133.5
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
133.3
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
133.2
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
132.2
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
132.0
ASUS ROG MARS 760
131.8
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
131.8
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
127.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
126.2
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
123.4
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
123.1
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
118.4
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
115.8
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
114.4
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
113.5
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
113.0
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
110.4
AMD Radeon HD 6990
109.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
109.0
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
107.8
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
107.0
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
106.9
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
106.4
AMD Radeon R9 280X
106.0
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
101.4
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
99.8
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
99.5
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
99.4
AMD Radeon HD 7970
98.6
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
98.4
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
96.8
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
96.7
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
96.4
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
96.0
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
94.6
AMD Radeon R9 270X
90.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
87.6
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
86.2
AMD Radeon HD 7870
85.2
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
84.8
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
84.2
AMD Radeon R9 270
82.8
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
81.4
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
73.0
AMD Radeon HD 7850
71.0
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
70.6
AMD Radeon HD 6970
64.0
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
63.2
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
59.2
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
59.2
AMD Radeon HD 6950
58.4
AMD Radeon HD 5870
56.6
AMD Radeon HD 7790
56.2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
52.0
AMD Radeon HD 5850
48.6
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
47.2
More is better
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Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
Very High, 1920x1080, SSAA, DX11
Average FPS
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
55.19
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
54.83
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
52.06
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
48.14
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
47.61
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
47.38
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
46.58
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
45.19
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
44.49
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
44.00
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
44.00
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
43.39
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
43.36
ASUS ROG MARS 760
43.24
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
42.94
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
42.91
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
42.90
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
42.81
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
39.94
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
38.86
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
38.18
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
36.15
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
35.28
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
34.15
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
33.97
AMD Radeon R9 280X
33.78
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
33.61
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
33.55
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
33.41
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
32.53
AMD Radeon HD 7970
30.98
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
30.56
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
28.45
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
28.37
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
28.30
AMD Radeon HD 6990
27.65
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
27.51
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
27.30
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
27.28
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
27.28
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
27.21
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
25.09
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
24.96
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
24.18
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
23.97
AMD Radeon R9 270X
23.46
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
23.25
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
22.80
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
22.69
AMD Radeon R9 270
21.93
AMD Radeon HD 7870
21.58
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
20.84
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
19.76
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
18.81
AMD Radeon HD 7850
18.09
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
17.99
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
17.83
AMD Radeon HD 6970
17.05
AMD Radeon HD 6950
15.22
AMD Radeon HD 7790
14.94
nVidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
13.83
AMD Radeon HD 5870
13.33
AMD Radeon HD 6870
12.37
AMD Radeon HD 5850
11.11
More is better
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Grand Theft Auto V
[pagebreak]
Power Consumption
Power Consumption
Idle*
Watts
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
92
AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref)
80
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
72
nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref)
69
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
68
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
68
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
67
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
66
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
65
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
64
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
63
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
61
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS P.)
60
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
59
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
59
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
59
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
58
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
57
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref)
57
AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref)
57
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
57
ASUS ROG MARS 760
56
AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref)
56
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
55
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
55
AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref)
54
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC)
54
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T)
54
AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref)
53
AMD Radeon R9 270
(ASUS DC2OC)
53
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
53
nVidia GeForce GTX
770 (ASUS DC2OC)
53
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
52
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
52
nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T)
52
nVidia GeForce GTX
680 (Ref)
51
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
50
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T)
50
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
49
ASUS GeForce GTX
780 Ti Matrix Platinum
49
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
48
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
48
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
48
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
48
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
48
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz)
48
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2)
48
AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB)
47
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref)
47
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
46
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
46
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
46
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T)
45
AMD Radeon HD 7850
(ASUS DC2T)
45
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB)
45
nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC)
45
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
43
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref)
43
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
41
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
39
*Entire system
Less is better
Power Consumption Load (FurMark)*
Watts
AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref)
481
PowerColor LCS R9
290X
425
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
421
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
420
ASUS ROG MARS 760
420
ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum
401
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
383
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
382
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
380
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
980 G1 Gaming
373
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
363
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
361
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
361
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS P.)
360
MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
358
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
347
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz)
333
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top
331
AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB)
323
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC
Edition
321
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref)
306
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
297
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC)
297
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
294
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
292
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
281
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
270
nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref)
258
nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (ASUS DC2OC)
257
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
257
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
255
nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref)
254
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
252
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref)
244
MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX
241
AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref)
232
nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T)
227
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
224
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
223
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2)
220
nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC)
218
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
211
AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref)
208
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
205
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
204
AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref)
200
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
197
AMD Radeon HD 7850
(ASUS DC2T)
195
AMD Radeon R9 270
(ASUS DC2OC)
194
AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref)
193
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
192
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
192
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T)
178
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T)
177
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref)
169
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB)
152
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T)
151
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
132
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
130
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
130
*Entire system
Less is better
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Temperatures / Noise levels
Fan Speed
Auto
Auto
50%
70%
100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
0
1'700
2'550
3'650
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
1'080
1'710
2'370
3'420
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
1'050
1'500
2'100
2'970
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
1'080
1'620
2'340
3'180
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
1'250
2'060
2'950
4'240
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
1'129
1'493
2'078
3'023
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
1'040
1'910
2'650
3'770
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
0
1'450
2'350
3'150
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
1'072
1'500
2'100
3'000
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
980
1'490
2'080
3'000
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
0
1'450
2'100
2'870
ASUS ROG MARS 760
1'230
1'890
2'640
3'930
ASUS Radeon HD 7970
Platinum
1'100
2'180
2'780
3'000
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
1'050
2'320
3'000
3'300
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
1'180
2'250
2'920
3'360
ASUS Radeon R9 280X
DirectCU II Top
1'020
1'860
2'620
3'000
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
1'050
2'090
2'900
3'200
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
1'025
1'805
2'575
3'040
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
1'050
1'930
2'680
3'040
ASUS Radeon
R9 290X
Platinum
1'035
1'875
2'630
3'000
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
1'300
2'540
3'020
3'760
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
1'118
2'400
3'100
3'750
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
1'230
1'690
2'010
2'850
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
1'566
2'290
3'000
3'550
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
900
2'250
3'060
4'500
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition
780
2'180
3'100
4'380
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
780
2'180
3'100
4'380
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
1'035
2'070
2'900
4'160
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
900
1'380
1'920
2'760
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
1'140
1'500
2'050
3'000
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming
GTX 780
1'040
1'450
2'000
2'900
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
700
1'440
2'000
2'820
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
1'035
2'045
2'470
3'040
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
995
2'000
2'740
3'520
PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS
Watercooled
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
1'388
2'550
3'350
3'870
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
1'388
2'510
3'390
3'960
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
980
2'620
3'925
5'275
NVIDIA Reference
1'250
2'060
n/A
4'240
Less is better
Noise Level
Auto
Auto
50%
70%
100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
0.0 (2D)
32.5
37.8
44.3
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
32.0
32.6
45.1
49.8
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
32.7
37.0
42.8
53.2
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
32.0
36.9
45.8
51.0
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
33.2
39.8
48.4
56.2
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
33.2
37.1
43.0
51.4
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
32.0
36.6
42.7
51.2
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
0.0 (2D)
37.6
46.6
53.5
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
33.2
39.6
48.5
55.9
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
32.8
37.2
43.0
53.4
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
0.0 (2D)
37.5
44.5
51.7
ASUS ROG MARS 760
33.1
37.1
45.1
53.9
ASUS
Radeon HD 7970 Platinum
34.1
40.7
49.4
51.9
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
33.2
36.9
43.8
47.0
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
33.4
37.2
44.5
48.1
ASUS
Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top
33.4
36.3
50.5
54.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
33.5
37.1
43.3
49.5
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
32.9
41.6
49.2
52.5
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
33.0
41.8
49.5
52.5
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X Platinum
33.0
41.2
49.6
52.7
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
32.0
45.0
48.1
53.1
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
32.8
44.9
47.4
53.1
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
34.0
37.2
43.4
52.3
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
32.0
33.4
42.8
49.9
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
32.0
37.5
44.5
52.1
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition
32.0
37.1
44.4
52.3
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
32.0
37.1
44.4
52.3
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
32.0
36.8
43.5
51.7
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
32.0
34.4
40.4
50.2
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
32.0
34.8
40.7
51.0
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming
GTX 780
32.0
34.3
40.2
50.0
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
32.0
34.6
40.1
49.8
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9
280X OC Edition
32.0
36.6
44.0
49.0
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
32.3
34.0
43.3
49.5
PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS
Watercooled
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
33.5
41.2
48.5
53.4
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
33.5
41.5
44.8
49.9
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
33.6
48.7
58.2
64.9
NVIDIA Reference
33.2
39.8
n/A
56.2
Less is better
For the noise level results, we measured the noise
level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the
graphics card.
Idle Temperature
Temperature
Auto
50%
70%
100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
38
33
30
28
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
33
32
32
31
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
34
34
33
29
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
29
29
28
27
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
32
30
29
28
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
30
29
28
28
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
32
31
30
29
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
53
40
38
32
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
32
31
30
29
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
37
37
36
34
ASUS
GeForce GTX 970 STRIX
52
38
35
32
ASUS
Radeon HD 7970 Platinum
28
28
28
27
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
33
31
31
30
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
28
27
26
26
ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II TOP
30
30
29
29
ASUS
Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
30
30
29
29
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
38
36
35
34
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
36
35
34
34
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X Platinum
37
36
35
34
ASUS ROG MARS 760
30
29
29
28
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
37
36
36
35
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
32
31
30
28
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
32
32
32
31
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
25
25
24
24
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
30
28
28
27
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition
29
27
26
26
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
30
29
28
28
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
34
31
30
28
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
25
25
26
26
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
27
26
26
25
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780
30
29
29
27
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
29
28
27
27
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
32
31
30
29
PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC
32
32
31
30
PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS
29
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
34
32
31
29
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
36
32
33
31
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
44
40
38
35
NVIDIA Reference
32
30
29
29
Less is better
Idle, temperature is
taken after 15 minutes @ lowest, 40 %, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
Temperature
Auto
50%
70%
100%
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
58
49
48
47
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
81
80
68
59
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
73
73
73
72
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
80
74
62
57
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
n/A
81
75
66
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
83
71
63
56
ASUS
GeForce GTX 970 STRIX
69
61
56
49
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
77
77
72
68
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
90
81
72
62
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
90
85
73
65
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
70
66
59
54
ASUS ROG MARS 760
90
84
78
67
ASUS
Radeon HD 7970 Platinum
76
70
69
69
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
87
69
64
62
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
90
70
64
63
ASUS
Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top
90
71
64
63
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
77
73
71
70
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
90
87
81
77
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
89
90
85
81
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X Platinum
88
85
82
78
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
75
63
59
53
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
69
63
64
57
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
77
70
66
59
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition
52
49
47
44
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
81
65
58
55
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition
90
80
73
58
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
90
83
75
63
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
72
79
75
68
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
69
59
53
49
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
63
55
50
46
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780
73
71
63
56
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
90
79
70
64
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
80
77
72
69
PowerColor R9 290X LCS
46
PowerColor R9 280X TurboDuo OC
n/A
n/A
74
68
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
62
60
56
52
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
76
75
69
66
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
94
85
74
67
NVIDIA Reference
90
83
76
68
Less is better
For FurMark, temperature is taken
after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test at lowest, 40 %, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature and
fan speed under BattleField 3
Auto
Temperature
PowerColor R9 290X LCS (watercooled)
39
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 750Ti Black Edition
40
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
44
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition
55
Gigabyte GeForce
GTX 980 G1 Gaming
58
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition
60
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
61
Club3D Radeon
HD 7850 royalQueen
63
MSI GeForce
GTX 770 Lightning
61
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
62
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
62
EVGA GeForce
GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX
62
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost
62
ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
63
MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK
64
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP
64
ASUS GeForce
GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
64
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB
65
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
66
ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum
66
MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780
66
Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen
66
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition
67
ASUS GeForce
GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC
68
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
68
ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum
68
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC
69
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX
69
ASUS
Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top
69
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC
70
MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK
70
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 780 OC V2
70
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum
71
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X Platinum
72
PowerColor R9 280X TurboDuo OC
73
ASUS ROG MARS 760
77
ASUS GeForce
GTX 780
79
ASUS
Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC
79
NVIDIA Reference
79
Sapphire Radeon R9 290
80
Less is better
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed
values taken are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan
speed.
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Performance/Watt
Graphics Cards
Performance Index
Power C. (Watts)*
Performance/Watt*10
ASUS GeForce GTX
970 STRIX
93.36
252
3.70
nVidia GeForce
GTX 660 Ti
53.55
178
3.01
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
84.22
294
2.86
nVidia GeForce
GTX TITAN
85.05
306
2.78
nVidia GeForce
GTX 770
70.92
257
2.76
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
104.63
383
2.73
nVidia GeForce
GTX 670
62.00
227
2.73
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
109.01
366
2.73
nVidia GeForce
GTX 780 Ti
90.53
333
2.72
nVidia GeForce
GTX 780
81.66
302
2.70
nVidia GeForce
GTX 660
47.37
177
2.68
nVidia GeForce
GTX 680
68.36
258
2.65
nVidia GeForce
GTX 760
56.63
218
2.60
AMD Radeon
R9 270
50.00
195
2.56
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum
100.42
380
2.51
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
59.92
255
2.49
nVidia GeForce
GTX 650 Ti Boost
40.87
169
2.42
AMD Radeon
R9 270X
53.85
230
2.34
AMD Radeon
HD 7870
50.53
219
2.31
AMD Radeon
HD 7850
42.39
190
2.23
AMD Radeon
HD 7790
33.44
151
2.21
ASUS Radeon R9
290X Platinum
88.15
401
2.20
PowerColor Radeon
R9 290X LCS
91.19
420
2.17
AMD Radeon
HD 7970 GHz Edition
70.75
325
2.18
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
58.50
270
2.16
AMD Radeon
R9 280X
68.85
321
2.14
nVidia GeForce
GTX 650 Ti
30.80
151
2.04
nVidia GeForce
GTX 580
50.49
254
1.99
AMD Radeon HD 7970
64.27
329
1.95
AMD Radeon
HD 6950
36.83
208
1.77
AMD Radeon
HD 6970
41.19
252
1.63
AMD Radeon
HD 6870
31.88
200
1.59
AMD Radeon
HD 5850
30.05
193
1.56
AMD Radeon
HD 5870
35.98
232
1.55
AMD Radeon
HD 6990
73.44
500
1.47
*Entire system
More is better
Less is better
More is better
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all
benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Unigine are not
included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
Graphics Cards
Performance Index
Price (€)*
Performance/€*10
ASUS Radeon R9
290X Platinum
n/A
n/A
n/A
ASUSGeForce GTX
780 Ti Matrix Platinum
n/A
n/A
n/A
AMD Radeon HD 7790
33.44
91
3.67
AMD Radeon HD 7870
50.53
143
3.53
AMD Radeon R9 270
50.00
144
3.47
AMD Radeon HD 7850
42.39
124
3.42
AMD Radeon R9 270X
53.85
159
3.39
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
40.87
121
3.38
nVidia GeForce GTX 660
47.37
144
3.29
Sapphire Radeon
Dual-X R9 280
58.50
186
3.14
ASUS GeForce
GTX 970 STRIX OC
93.36
299
3.12
nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
30.80
100
3.08
AMD Radeon R9 280X
68.85
241
2.86
nVidia GeForce GTX 760
56.63
199
2.85
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
53.55
193
2.77
AMD Radeon HD 7970
64.27
232
2.77
nVidia GeForce GTX 670
62.00
228
2.72
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
70.75
260
2.72
nVidia GeForce GTX 770
70.92
266
2.67
nVidia GeForce GTX 580
50.49
190
2.66
AMD Radeon HD 6870
31.88
126
2.53
nVidia GeForce GTX 680
68.36
291
2.35
ASUS
GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum
59.92
288
2.08
nVidia GeForce GTX 780
81.66
415
1.97
Gigabyte
GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming
109.01
549
1.82
AMD Radeon HD 6950
36.83
205
1.80
PowerColor Radeon
R9 290X LCS
91.19
577
1.58
ASUS
GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition
84.22
532
1.58
nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
90.53
582
1.56
AMD Radeon HD 6970
41.19
310
1.33
AMD Radeon HD 5850
30.05
260
1.16
AMD Radeon HD 5870
35.98
335
1.07
AMD Radeon HD 6990
73.44
708
1.04
nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN
85.05
832
1.02
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz
104.63
613
N/A
* 06/01/2014
More is better
Less is better
More is better
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu.
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Conclusion
General
+
-
With the Sapphire Dual-X R9 280,
Sapphire is offering a R9 280 based on a custom PCB paired up
with their Dual-X cooler. Overall, the Sapphire Dual-X R9
280 did a very good job
in our testing, performance is the way we expected it to be, cooling performance
is great, since thanks to the Dual-X cooler the card is silent and we like
the design.
In the case of the Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X OC Edition the GPU is
overclocked by a mere 7MHz compared to the reference design from AMD,
and since there is still plenty of headroom we would have liked to see a
higher overclock.
- Performance
- Cooling performance
- Memory
overclocking
Cooling / Noise
Level
+
-
The Dual-X is definitely a good cooler
and Sapphire is using a metal plate to
establish contact with the memory chips and there is an additional
aluminum profile taking care of providing the VRM with adequate cooling.
The GPU is in direct contact with a copper plate through which four
heatpipes have been routed. Furthermore the large fin-stack is being
ventilated by two 100 millimeter fans. This approach makes for very good temperatures in
idle as well as under load conditions. There is only one thing we would
like to see improved/changed: the fan profile. Unfortunately this card
is not as silent as it could be. We would love to see Sapphire providing
another fan profile, which makes the card inaudible under idle
conditions. Since there is plenty of headroom available in terms of
cooling capacity, this should definitely be possible.
- Cooling performance
Performance
+
-
Overall the 3D performance is good but Sapphire
could easily push the GPU frequency higher and not just bump it by a
mere 7MHz. It would have even be possible to add another 100 MHz to the
factory overclock. In this case it's down to the user, wheter you want
to push the chip higher or not. Overall this card is capable of competing with a GTX 760 for
example.
Idle power consumption of the Dual-X R9 280 OC Edition card is high, since we measured
72 Watts on the wall. Load power consumption is 270 Watts. Load
efficiency is about in line with the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition as well
as with the Radeon R9 280X.
- Performance
- Power consumption
Recommendation / Price
+
-
If we look-up prices on Geizhals.at we find that
the Sapphire Dual-X R9 280 OC Edition goes for 161 Euro, which makes it
the cheapest R9 280 card listed on Geizhals.at. Checking Newegg we find
this card for 209.90 US-Dollar. Should you be looking for a capable
graphics card with good cooler, then the Dual-X R9 280 OC Edition from
Sapphire should definitely be considered.
- Enthusiast
- Gaming
We give the
Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 280 OC Edition very good 4.5 out of 5 stars .