Gtx 760 Higher FPS than R9 290X ?!!!

[Nortabun]

As shocking as this might sound , it got me up on my feet too.

Now seriously, of what little knowledge i have, i'm fully dependent on benchmarks, at least with my preferred CPU.

I've been looking towards the FX 8350 - R9 combo, and this has turned out very awkward.

Based on the benchmarks I have seen (Youtube, yes not totally trustable, but i saw a good few to make a good judgement) here are some maxed out benchmarks :

FX 8350 + R9 290X - BF HARDLINE = 32 -40 fps...
FX 8350 + GTX 760 -BF HARDLINE = 50 - 65 fps...
FX 8350 + R9 290 - BF HARDLINE = 85 - 100 fps (f#ck logic)

Watch Dogs : R9 290X - 20 - 29 fps
GTX 760 - 32 - 40 FPS
R9 290 45 - 60 FPS (Once again f#ck logic)



Now what the hell is going on here? Please tell me it isnt the CPU... it can't be.
If you have any experience with R9 cards please help out.

 

[Nortabun]

how could the r9 290 exceed the r9 290x ...

 

[nikoli707]

are they running mantle on the 290? that would do it. otherwise its completely impossible for the 760, or the 770 for that matter, to beat a 290 in any game... ever.

 

[Bean007]

Somebody been smoking that funky monkey stuff.

 

[maxalge]

As shocking as this might sound , it got me up on my feet too.

Now seriously, of what little knowledge i have, i'm fully dependent on benchmarks, at least with my preferred CPU.

I've been looking towards the FX 8350 - R9 combo, and this has turned out very awkward.

Based on the benchmarks I have seen (Youtube, yes not totally trustable, but i saw a good few to make a good judgement) here are some maxed out benchmarks :

FX 8350 + R9 290X - BF HARDLINE = 32 -40 fps...
FX 8350 + GTX 760 -BF HARDLINE = 50 - 65 fps...
FX 8350 + R9 290 - BF HARDLINE = 85 - 100 fps (f#ck logic)

Watch Dogs : R9 290X - 20 - 29 fps
GTX 760 - 32 - 40 FPS
R9 290 45 - 60 FPS (Once again f#ck logic)



Now what the hell is going on here? Please tell me it isnt the CPU... it can't be.
If you have any experience with R9 cards please help out.

290's are shit hot.

Those comparisons could be a shit stock cooler 290x throttlewagon in a shit case vs a badass sapphire tri-x custom 290 in a custom super sized case.



Also that particular cpu has issues with 290's in general. Lot of people post here with trouble.