PowerColor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ Review

1. Introduction2. PowerColor Radeon R9 390 PCS+3. Overclocking4. High Res Gallery5. Testing Methodology6. 3DMark 117. 3DMark8. Unigine Heaven Benchmark9. Grid AutoSport (1440p)10. Grid AutoSport (Ultra HD 4K)11. Tomb Raider (1440p)12. Tomb Raider (Ultra HD 4K)13. Grand Theft Auto V (1440p)14. Grand Theft Auto V (Ultra HD 4K)15. Metro 2033 Redux (1440p)16. Metro 2033 Redux (Ultra HD 4K)17. Ashes Of The Singularity (Ultra HD 4K)18. Thermal Dynamics/IR Thermometer Readings19. Acoustics Performance20. Power Consumption21. Closing Thoughts22. View All Pages

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.

If you want to play Tomb Raider with the eye candy maxed at Ultra HD 4K then you will likely want higher frame rates than the PowerColor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ can deliver, even after manual overclocking. The Fury X and GTX980 Ti both perform very well at this resolution for instance. You could also reduce image quality, but that defeats the purpose of high resolution gaming.

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