XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition Review

1. Introduction2. XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition3. XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition (High Res Gallery)4. Testing Methodology5. 3DMark Vantage6. 3DMark 117. 3DMark8. Unigine Heaven Benchmark9. Unigine Valley Benchmark10. Tomb Raider11. Metro Last Light12. Battlefield 413. WatchDogs14. Thermal Dynamics15. Acoustics Performance16. Power Consumption17. Overclocking18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

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 2560×1600 with the image quality settings on the ‘ULTRA’ preset. We test the AMD hardware with both Direct X and AMD’s Mantle rendering. Nvidia hardware is tested with Direct X rendering.

The R9 280 and GTX760 struggle at these settings at 1600p, although for many people 25+ frame rates are fine. We found the game enjoyable at these settings with the XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition.

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