Sapphire Tri-x Radeon R9 290x 8GB Graphics Card Review

Test Systems and Procedures

Before we delve into any testing we would like to take this opportunity to overview our test system.

Test System

• Motherboard – Gigabyte X99-Gaming G1 WiFi LGA 2011-3 Motherboard
• Processor – Intel Core i7 5820K at Stock 3.3GHz
• RAM – 16GB (4 X 4GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400MHz
• CPU Cooler – Thermaltake Water 3.0 with Gelid GC-Extreme
• Power Supply – BeQuiet Power Zone 1000W
• Main Storage Drive – Crucial M550 512GB
• Chassis – Lian Li T80 Test Bench
• Displays – U2868PQU 4K
• Operating System – Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit

Driver Details

Hardware Used

• “Killawatt” style electricity usage meter wall plug
• Precision Gold N05CC Decibel meter

Games Used

• Batman Arkham Origins
• Battlefield 4
• Bioshock Infinite
• Hitman Absolution
• Metro Last Light
• Tomb Raider

Benchmarks Used

• 3DMark
• Unigine Valley

Other Software Used

• Unigine Heaven
• CPU-ID HWMonitor
• TechPowerUp GPU-Z
• Luxmark