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Review: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X 4GB

by Parm Mann on 10 June 2014, 16:10

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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.

Crysis 3 puts the hurt on all these high-end cards, to the extent that it's difficult to distinguish performance during gameplay. Frame rates are just about acceptable at 2,560x1,440, but as we know, a single R9 290X isn't quite enough to drive a 4K panel.