ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II and Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X Video Card Reviews

3DMark 2013

3Dmark Fire Strike Benchmark Results – For high performance gaming PCs

Use Fire Strike to test the performance of dedicated gaming PCs, or use the Fire Strike Extreme preset for high-end systems with multiple GPUs. Fire Strike uses a multi-threaded DirectX 11 engine to test DirectX 11 hardware.

Fire Strike Benchmark Results:

Benchmark Results: The 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark has the ASUS R9 290X DCII scoring 9,982 points and the Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X scoring lower at 9,912 points. The ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II is the fastest single-GPU powered card that we have ever tested in 3DMark Fire Strike.

Fire Strike Extreme:

Benchmark Results: The 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme benchmark found the ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II scored 5,073 points and the Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X scored 5,021 points.