In order to perform these tests, we have set up a fresh SSD on our VGA test bench which we have been using for quite some time now to test the cards; Windows 10 Pro with all the updates was installed on it, the latest AMD Crimson drivers but also Steam in order to be able to install the Ashes of Singularity game. The game does feature separate executable files for DirectX11 and DirectX12 but when we have used the DX12 executable, the game was falling back to DX11 so we needed to launch the game in DirectX12 via the Steam launcher shortcut.
Test Setup
CPU: Intel I5 4690K Retail @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX
Motherboard: BIOSTAR Z97X Gaming
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 4x4GB DDR2133 (@1600)
Video: Currently reviewed card
Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB + OCZ Vertex 460
Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840
The following cards participated in our tests:
HIS R7 360 Green iCooler OC
HIS R7 370 IceQ X2 OC
HIS R9 380 IceQ X2 OC
HIS R9 380X IceQ X2 Turbo
HIS Radeon R9 390 IceQ X2 OC
HIS Radeon R9 390X IceQ X2 OC
We have used the usual resolutions for today's monitors: 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 4K; regarding the level of details, we did indeed use ALL of the preset settings: Low, Standard, High, Extreme, Crazy. The reason of this type of performance review is to check how the cards do perform in this game at different settings but also which of them benefit from the DirectX12 performance boost.
DirectX11 Low
DirectX11 Standard
DirectX11 High
DirectX11 Extreme
DirectX11 Crazy