Performance with R9 290 on Dying Light
Performance with R9 290 on Dying Light
Adjust tessellation settings in Catalyst for any Game Works title and it should work. The same applies to other Game Works titles. Capture the screenshots and align them; if the game doesn’t use cartoon visuals, the assets will appear better. AMD CPUs can sometimes cause issues, especially with single-core performance. Most users with AMD GPUs also use AMD CPUs. Optimization matters—games that are heavily optimized run better on single-core systems. This issue is temporary and should resolve in DX 12. Regarding other Nvidia Game Works titles like Hairworks or HBAO, poor performance on the R9 290 suggests similar problems on the 970/980. Tessellation can significantly impact AMD cards, potentially hurting performance on lower-end models like the 780/780 Ti. A 980 card is preferable to a high-end brand card in a Game Works game, even if it costs more. The R9 290 handles 1440p better than 970 with VSR when tessellation is disabled and downsampling is used. TL;DR: If your CPU isn’t overclocked or is single-core, focus on the game’s settings. Limit FPS to 30 in games like Far Cry 4 unless you use a stable hardware configuration.
Great! It seems your details weren’t included in your signature, and you actually have an Intel I5-4690k paired with your XFX R9 290.
I5 k is as good as it gets for gaming on our current API so don't worry. Want to know why I7's score higher in some benchmarks? Little better cache and they are clocked higher at STOCK, and they don't put the I5 K to the same turbo speed in benchmarks. Every time you see a I7-3770k recommended for a game look at the family (they are usually Ivy which you are faster than clock for clock) and the clock speed. If you are past that (and you are well past that) you are fine. The day a game truly performs much better on my 4770k with HT on I will let the forum know. That game will probably be Star Citizen and require one of the new API's though . People claiming that on our current API are full of it or looking at benchmarks where one chip has a higher turbo/clock speed than the other chip which makes the benchmark a joke.