3DMark
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3DMark is the latest version of this hugely-popular synthetic benchmark. Making use of DX11 features such as tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading, it provides modern-day results and is available as a free download.
The wait is over! 3DMark, though often derided by some, generally paints a reasonable picture of what to expect in real-world games. We see the Fury X card come in a few per cent behind both the GTX 980 Ti and Titan X at the 1080p resolution.
Crank up the settings to a more useful 2,560x1,440 brings the Fury X's horsepower more to bear. The gap to the GTX 980 Ti is practically irrelevant now. Fury X is almost 50 per cent faster than the R9 290X at this resolution.
This was a card designed for usage at 4K. Take a note of what's happening here: AMD is a little ways behind the reference GTX 980 Ti at 1080p, almost draws level at 1440p and just noses ahead at 4K. Is this a trend that will continue?
