Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 Tri-X OC Video Card Review

Bioshock: Infinite

Bioshock: Infinite is another first-person shooter, developed by Irrational Games. Released in March, 2013 it uses a modified Unreal 3 engine. The developers included a nice little built-in benchmark system. This makes it a prime candidate for an apples to apples comparison. When starting up the benchmark, we will be using option 3, the Ultra DirectX 11 settings.

We will be running at a resolution of 19201080, with the quality level set at Ultra in fullscreen mode.

An average FPS of 118.92 will be a very playable game session. Bioshock Infinite does not appear to have very significant graphics requirements as all the cards tested received good average FPS.

In Eyefinity mode running 5760×1080, the performance of the Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 drops from 118.92FPS to 53.11FPS, which is a significant drop in performance but is still very playable.

Benchmark Results: Bioshock Infinity is very playable at 1080p, receiving 118.92FPS, that is dramatically dropped at 5760×1080 down to 53.11. While the drop in performance is significant, 53.11FPS is still very playable.