MSI Radeon R9 280 OC Review

Bioshock Infinite

Bioshock Infinite is the latest in the wildly popular Bioshock series and although it is based on the Unreal Engine, it has a lot of eye candy that can be turned on to really push a system to its limits.
At 1920×1080 on the “Ultra w/ DDOF” preset the MSI 280 averaged an impressive 65 fps and never dipped below 30. This game could easily be played perfectly smooth with just a few setting turned down a notch.

GRID 2

GRID 2 is the most recent racing game from Codemasters, creators of the popular DiRT racing series. This game is absolutely stunning with everything maxed out, and even at 1080 our system averaged about 65 fps with a minimum of 51. Again, drop a setting or two a hair and you should be holding a constant 60 fps no problem.

Metro Last Light

Metro Last Light is the newest addition to the Metro franchise from 4A Games. With incredible graphics and lighting effects, this game is more than capable of bringing any system to its knees. After 3 runs with everything turned all the way up, our average framerate came out to 27.33 with a minimum of just 9.41. Obviously for this game to be played smoothly the setting will need to be dropped quite a bit.

Tomb Raider

The Tomb Raider reboot by Square Enix is a another graphical marvel. With setting maxed our little 280 averaged 51.2 fps and never dropped below 30.

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