Review: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X

Crysis 3

Homepage: Crysis.com/us/crysis-3 | Publisher: Electronic Arts | Developer: Crytek

Crysis 3 is a beautiful-looking game that continues to tax high-end systems. We've FRAPS'd a 30-second section near the start of the game, with lashing rain, numerous reflections and full DX11 pomp on show.

It's hard work squeezing extra framerates out of Crysis 3, and the game doesn't show any major benefit from Sapphire's factory overclock. Performance is almost perfectly in line with a reference Radeon R9 290 in this title.