MSI R9 280 Gaming v PNY GTX760 XLR8 – £185 shootout

Today we test with the AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta driver and the Nvidia Forceware 337.88 driver.

We are using a test rig supplied by PCSPECIALIST and built to our specifications. If you want to read more about this, or are interested in buying the same Kitguru Test Rig, check out our article with links on this page.We are featuring results today with an Apple 30 inch Cinema HD Display at 2560×1600 and 1920×1080 resolutions.

Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark

Games:
Thief 2014
Total War: Rome 2
Tomb Raider
Metro: Last Light
GRID 2
WatchDogs

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

Some game descriptions edited with courtesy from Wikipedia.

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