MSI R9 290 OC Gaming Edition Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4K)

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell February 27, 2014 Featured Announcement, Graphics

Batman Arkham Origins moved development away from series creators Rocksteady Studios, and is written by Corey May and Dooma Wendschuh. The game’s main storyline is set five years before that of 2009′s Batman: Arkham Asylum and follows a younger and less refined Batman who has a bounty placed on his head by crime lord Black Mask, drawing eight of the world’s greatest assassins to Gotham City on Christmas Eve. The game is presented from the third-person perspective with a primary focus on Batman’s combat and stealth abilities, detective skills, and gadgets that can be used in both combat and exploration. Arkham Origins is the first game in the series to feature multiplayer gameplay.

We test at Ultra HD 4K with a mixture of high image quality settings and 2 MSAA, shown above.

The Palit GTX780 Ti Jetstream is way out in first position, followed by the reference clocked GTX780 Ti and GTX Titan. The MSI R9 290 OC Gaming Edition averages 39 frames per second, dropping to 27 a couple of times during our test run.