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

Today we test with the AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta driver and the Nvidia Forceware 337.88 driver.

We are using a test rig supplied by PCSPECIALIST and built to our specifications. If you want to read more about this, or are interested in buying the same Kitguru Test Rig, check out our article with links on this page.We are featuring results today with an Apple 30 inch Cinema HD Display at 2560×1600 and 1920×1080 resolutions.

Other Graphics cards:
Palit GTX780 JetStream 6GB (902 mhz core / 1502mhz memory)
AMD R9 295X2 (1018mhz core / 1250mhz memory)
Nvidia GTX Titan Black x2 (890 mhz core / 1,750 mhz memory)
Gigabyte GTX780 Ti Windforce OC (1020mhz core / 1750 mhz memory)
Palit GTX 780 Ti Jetstream OC (980 mhz core / 1,750 mhz memory)
Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X OC (1080mhz core / 1410mhz memory)
Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X  (1010mhz core / 1250 mhz memory)
Club3D R9 290X RoyalAce Superoverclock (1050mhz / 1350mhz memory)
Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X OC (1030mhz core / 1400 mhz memory)
Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X OC (1100mhz core / 1500 mhz memory)
MSI R9 280 Gaming Edition (972mhz core /1250mhz memory)
PNY GTX760 XLR8 (980mhz core / 1502mhz memory)

Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark

Games:
Tomb Raider
Metro: Last Light
Battlefield 4
Watchdogs

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

Some game descriptions edited with courtesy from Wikipedia.

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