Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC Review

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Crysis 3

Publisher: EA

Mixing the open-world combat of Crysis with the more tightly scripted urban jungle of Crysis 2, Crysis 3 is a smorgasbord of visual effects and polygons galore. With DirectX 11 support, high resolution textures and incredibly detailed characters models, it's laid down the gauntlet for the next generation of consoles and games alike when it comes to gorgeous graphics

We test using the Very High detail preset and with Very High texture resolution. lens flare and motion blur are both enabled, although due to its heavy performance impact, anti-aliasing is disabled.

As explained earlier, we use a custom macro-driven 60 seconds play-through from the single player mission Red Star Rising. The 60 seconds of gameplay takes place in a large open environment heavy on water and particle effects. Each test is repeated three times, with the average result taken.

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Crysis 3

1,920 x 1,080, 0x AA, 16x AF, 'Very High' Settings

  • AMD Radeon R9 295X2 8GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB
  • Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB
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Crysis 3

2,560 x 1,440, 0x AA, 16x AF, 'Very High' Settings

  • AMD Radeon R9 295X2 8GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
  • Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4GB
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB
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Crysis 3

5,760 x 1,080, 0x AA, 16x AF, 'Very High' Settings

  • AMD Radeon R9 295X2 8GB
  • Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
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Crysis 3

3,840 x 2,160, 0x AA, 16x AF, 'Very High' Settings

  • AMD Radeon R9 295X2 8GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB
  • Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4GB
  • ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB
  • AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
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