Sapphire R9 380 Nitro 4GB Review

Battlefield 4 ’s single-player Campaign takes place in 2020, six years after the events of its predecessor. Tensions between Russia and the United States have been running at a record high, due to a conflict between the two countries that has been running for the last six years. (Wikipedia).

We opted for Battlefield 4's High IQ preset and did not apply AA in order to make the 60 FPS target obtainable for these cards at 1080P. For 2560×1440 testing, the eye-candy is bumped up to Battlefield 4's Ultra preset as gamers spending more on a monitor are likely to want higher image quality levels.

Our frame rates are recorded using a section of the game.

1080p performance is excellent and frame rates are held in excess of 60 at all times. In real world terms this translates into a perfectly smooth gaming experience.

At 1440p the demand placed is much higher and we can see the R9 380 is struggling to maintain enough bandwidth to keep the engine running at playable frame rates. The GTX960 is very evenly matched, although minimum frame rates are a little improved.

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