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- Page 1 AMD Radeon R9 380X Review
- Page 2 Results Review
How We Tested
We’ve locked and loaded seven games for this GPU test. The five normal games are Battlefield 4, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3, Metro: Last Light and Batman: Arkham Origins, and we’ve added Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Tomb Raider to the slate of test titles.
These games are all run at 1,920 x 1,080 and 2,560 x 1,440, since these are the resolutions that AMD is aiming for with the R9 380X.
We’ve used the 3DMark: Fire Strike test and four Unigine Heaven benchmarks to test theoretical performance, and we’ve taken idle and load temperatures and power requirements to see which card is the coolest and most frugal.
The test rig consists of an Asus X79-Deluxe motherboard, Intel Core i7-4960X processor, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB hard disk.
To get prices for each card we visited www.scan.co.uk and noted down the cheapest stock-speed card we could find. We will be referring to the various overclocked and tweaked models available for each GPU later on in the review, which will be more expensive.
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – 3DMark: Fire Strike
3DMark: Fire Strike: 7,760
3DMark: Fire Strike Extreme: 3,899
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Battlefield 4
1080p Ultra quality minimum/average: 42/50
1440p Ultra quality minimum/average: 27/33
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Batman: Arkham Origins
1080p Very High quality minimum/average: 75/115
1440p Very High quality minimum/average:56/78
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – BioShock Infinite
1080p Ultra DOF quality minimum/average: 14/86
1440p Ultra DOF quality minimum/average: 13/52
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Crysis 3
1080p Very High quality minimum/average: 31/54
1440p Very High quality minimum/average: 21/36
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Metro: Last Light Performance
1080p Very High quality minimum/average: 34/72
1440p Very High quality minimum/average: 31/46
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
1080p Ultra quality minimum/average: 39/74
1440p Ultra quality minimum/average: 35/50
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Tomb Raider
1080p Ultra quality minimum/average: 86/110
1440p Ultra quality minimum/average: 58/72
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Unigine Heaven
Unigine Extreme 1080p: 61.8
Unigine Extreme 1440p: 40.5
AMD Radeon R9 380X Benchmarks – Heat and Power
Idle/peak temperature: 35°C/69°C
Idle/peak power: 80W268/W
Trusted Score
Score in detail
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Value 7
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Features 7
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Performance 8
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Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. To ensure this is possible, every member of the editorial staff follows a clear code of conduct.
Professional conduct
We also expect our journalists to follow clear ethical standards in their work. Our staff members must strive for honesty and accuracy in everything they do. We follow the IPSO Editors’ code of practice to underpin these standards.
