AMD R9 290 Review (1600P, 4K and CF)

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell November 5, 2013 Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics

Battlefield 4 (also known as BF4) is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and published by Electronic Arts. The game is a sequel to 2011's Battlefield 3. Battlefield 4 is built on the new Frostbite 3 engine. The new Frostbite engine enables more realistic environments with higher resolution textures and particle effects. A new “networked water” system is also being introduced, allowing all players in the game to see the same wave at the same time.Tessellation has also been overhauled.

We test at Ultra HD 4K with the high image quality profile, shown above.

The R9 290 and R9 290X score very highly in this game, outperforming the reference Nvidia GTX Titan by a single frame per second. The GTX780 Lightning scores the same at Ultra HD 4K as the R9 290.