![]() Performance is similar between the cards from the red team and green camp, and once again we saw the trend of higher temperatures and power draw here.įor extra benchmark I ran GRID 2 and Witcher 3. The R9 380 was capable of getting more than 60 fps on Ultra setting, and you may achieve even better framerate by disabling the anti-aliasing. I also tested BF4, and the results were quite impressive. With the R9 380 pushing well above 120 fps here, it is more than enough for a good game, as long as you are good at aiming yourself. I didn’t test the GTX 960 with CS:GO, but results should not be that far from the R9 380’s frame rate. Performance wise, both cards should give a very enjoyable experience playing DOTA 2.ĬS:GO is yet another popular game on Steam. The thermals and power draw of the R9 380 is also higher than the 960, but then we are comparing between very different architectures as well as two cards of different power requirements, so this is quite a moot point. Here you see the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380 getting an average of 120 fps, while the ASUS STRIX GTX 960 pushed a slightly higher framerate of 138 fps, but back then DOTA2 haven’t received the Ultra Shadow update yet which does reduce framerates quite noticeably. See for yourself if these older cards are good enough.ĭOTA 2 is far from a graphically taxing game, but it is indeed one of the most popular games among PC gamers. To make it fair, I will also throw in the results I obtained from the ASUS STRIX GTX 960 that I have previously reviewed. So, I mentioned about “past-gen” cards from both AMD and NVIDIA. Witcher 3, Battlefield 4, Grid 2, DOTA2 Reborn, CS:GO OSįurMark, Fraps, ASUS GPU Tweak, GPUZ, OBS, Steam, Uniplay, Origin, GOG Galaxy That includes the operating system, system drivers, BIOS and graphic driver. ProcessorĬorsair LS 120GB (System), Western Digital Blue 1TB (game)Īlmost all the software used in this test are updated to the latest version. For a guide on how I optimized my Xeon, click here. Who cares about any iGPU when we are building gaming rigs, right? Since the price is much cheaper than the i7-4770, the decision was very easy to make. The Xeon E3 1230V3 is practically a i7-4770 sans the iGPU. Firstly, I don’t overclock and during the time I transitioned from AMD to Intel, I needed a processor with a good price-to-performance ratio. I’m using the Xeon E3 1230V3 for several reasons. This card will be able to pull up to 225W from the power connectors and PCIe slot, but it will most probably never ever draw that much power.įor this review, the rig specifications are listed below. ![]() But for me, the backplate on the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380 is not necessary to prevent the card from bending because the cooler isn’t heavy enough to cause it to bend.įor power, the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380 is fed via two 6-pin PCI-e power connectors. It isn’t purely for looks though as it also helps to increase the rigidity of the card, making it less prone to bending. It’s doesn’t help in improving the cooling performance but it does improve the aesthetics of the card. The back of the card the is covered up with a backplate. To wick the heat from the GPU to the cooling fin array, PowerColor has equipped this card with two 8mm copper heatpipes and a smaller 6mm heatpipe, The heatpipes are connected to a pure copper base to ensure heat is transferred from the GPU to the heatpipes effectively. With just five blades on the fan, we can clearly see the shiny nickel-plated aluminium fins. PowerColor claims that its unique 80mm fan can provide 20% more airflow than a normal fan, thus dissipating heat with improved efficiency. These are easily the most interesting part on this card, and some of the most unique I have ever seen. I don’t mind not having the driver installation CD, considering that they will most probably not be the latest version by the time it reaches the consumers’ hands anyway.įirst off, the fans. Inside the packaging we have the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380 itself, sitting alone without any DVI to VGA adapter or any driver installation CD. There’s nothing much to see on the top of the box, while on the bottom we have more juicy details about the technologies PowerColor crammed on this card, such as the custom cooling solution and power delivery system. Red and black colour scheme is the norm on most “gaming” components and peripherals, and the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380’s packaging does nothing to buck the trend.
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