Sapphire R9 390X Tri-X 8GB Review

Tomb Raider received much acclaim from critics, who praised the graphics, the gameplay and Camilla Luddington’s performance as Lara with many critics agreeing that the game is a solid and much needed reboot of the franchise. Much criticism went to the addition of the multiplayer which many felt was unnecessary. Tomb Raider went on to sell one million copies in forty-eight hours of its release, and has sold 3.4 million copies worldwide so far. (Wikipedia).

We test at 3840×2160 (4K) with the ‘ULTIMATE’ image profile selected. We normally reduce the image quality profile to ‘ULTRA’ at this resolution, but we decided to keep it at the highest image quality possible.

Out of the box, the game is borderline playable at Ultra HD 4K, although many gamers would not be happy with frame rates under 30. A few settings would need to be dialed down to improve the minimum frame rate. The GTX980 does not deliver playable frame rates at these settings or resolution either.

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