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Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game played from either a first-person or third-person view. Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story.
Outside of missions, players can freely roam the open world. Composed of the San Andreas open countryside area and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world of Grand Theft Auto V is much larger in area than earlier entries in the series.
The world may be fully explored from the beginning of the game without restrictions, although story progress unlocks more gameplay content. (Wikipedia).
For 1920×1080 testing we set all of GTA V's primary settings to the Very High level (ambient occlusion was High). MSAA was turned off as it deals a harsh blow to the graphics cards' frame rates. We saw the game use over 3GB of VRAM on a 4GB graphics card, however squeezing the files into a 2GB frame buffer did not incur a noticeable performance penalty. At 2560×1440, the game's highest image quality settings are used (no AA) to correspond with our 1440P results database.
The built-in benchmark is used to gather performance data.
These results are particularly interesting. The GTX960 holds a slightly higher average frame rate than the R9 380 at 1080p although the Sapphire card maintains a higher minimum frame rate. This is directly related to the R9 380's 4GB frame buffer and the 2GB capacity for our comparison GTX960.
At 1440p the GTX960 is clearly struggling with the engine and its VRAM requirements – the average frame rate is close to the R9 380 Nitro, but the huge minimum frame rate differential would indicate bandwidth issues at the higher resolution.
Can you try to make a CF (4GB) review?
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To add perspective, this 380 was up against a 3-Slot Über OC Palit GTX 960 Super Jetstream 2Gb, and this even with cost disparity of being a 4G unit is just £4 more right today. I see a good purchase or a high priced 960!
Considering the Palit GTX 960 Super Jetstream 2Gb you tested back Feb ’15 only provided 6% more OC it’s fairly spent in what it can provide in more FpS. Also, for the 3-Slot Palit cooler and Maxwell efficacy, the Nitro cooler is offering excellent cooling under gaming, even with the Palit having a big chunk of its cooler hanging out in the clear through flow air, because of it’s short PCB.
As they stand they’re close competitors, but when the Sapphire Nitro truly pedestrian, while hardly any huge factory OC (985MHz) version. I say it held up excellent against what is one of the “preeminent 960” offered… which anymore seems overpriced. Perhaps a more proper vying would be something like XFX Black 380 4G with a 1030MHz, that would give a clear picture of what are the “ultimate versions” from either side.
Hello! I have just received my r9 380 4g. Didn’t expect thechanges from the review product… The version I have received now have 1010 Mhz default core clock. And an unexpected backplate. Yes a backplate that looks similar to the r9 390 version. Plus a free Dirt 3 game. Although I was wondering, r9 380 is under Gold Reward group which was listed as to receive 3 games but I only got 1. (Is this only for reference cards? see AMD Never Settle Promo).
Anyway Photos of the backplate could be seen at the link below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12208225/20151029_211102.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12208225/20151029_212041.jpg
A great deal anyway! Thanks AMD and Sapphire!
It deems Sapphire started to supply all the 300 series with Backplates now. And they have a nice design to them too, like yours.
IMO, these little things make the 380 worth every penny.