worthy investment?

[Lazz45]

Hey guys! so i was wondering what you guys think of my investment.  I got the 290 for $250 on sale and im selling the old car to a friend for like $125. so in the end i got a year out of the 270x and with the sale i really only spent $125 on the 290.

 

Here's the bechmarks: 

 

 

Cpu: Fx 8350 (stock)

GPU: R9 270x (OC’d to 1120 Mhz)

 

Benchmarks:
3Dmark (Firestrike):

• 3Dmark (Graphics Score): 5774

• 3Dmark (Physics Score): 7348

• 3Dmark (Combined Score): 2227

Max Temp (Celsius): 53

Link To Result: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/5120914

 

Bioshock Infinite (avg FPS, min FPS, Max FPS): 60.32, 11.27, 141.58

Max Temp (Celsius): 55

 

Metro Benchmark: (best of 3 runs, AVG FPS): 42.1

Max Temp (Celsius): 58

Settings:

DirectX: DirectX 11

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Quality: Very High

Texture Filtering: AF 16x

Motion Blur: Normal

SSAA: Disabled

Tesselation: Very High

Advanced PhysX: Disabled

 

Cpu: Fx 8350 (stock)

GPU: R9 290 (Stock)

 

Benchmarks:
3Dmark (Firestrike):

• 3Dmark (Graphics Score): 10434

• 3Dmark (Physics Score): 7225

• 3Dmark (Combined Score): 2803

Max Temp (Celsius): 65

Link To Result: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/5128734

 

Bioshock Infinite (avg FPS, min FPS, Max FPS): 90.04, 10.10, 228.27

Max Temp (Celsius): 64

 

Metro Benchmark: (best of 3 runs, AVG FPS): 68.65

Max Temp (Celsius): 71

Settings:

DirectX: DirectX 11

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Quality: Very High

Texture Filtering: AF 16x

Motion Blur: Normal

SSAA: Disabled

Tesselation: Very High

Advanced PhysX: Disabled

 

Cpu: Fx 8350 (OC’d 4.4 GHz ←- silicon lottery lost)

GPU: R9 290 (Stock)

 

Benchmarks:
3Dmark (Firestrike):

• 3Dmark (Graphics Score): 10444

• 3Dmark (Physics Score): 7981

• 3Dmark (Combined Score): 2931

Max Temp (Celsius): 65

Link To Result: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/5140074

 

Bioshock Infinite (avg FPS, min FPS, Max FPS): 92.58, 12.03, 398.82

Max Temp (Celsius): 66

 

Metro Benchmark: (best of 3 runs, AVG FPS): 70.08

Max Temp (Celsius): 71

Settings:

DirectX: DirectX 11

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Quality: Very High

Texture Filtering: AF 16x

Motion Blur: Normal

SSAA: Disabled

Tesselation: Very High

Advanced PhysX: Disabled

Cpu: Fx 8350 (Stock)

GPU: R9 290(Core: 1085  Memory: 1300)

 

Benchmarks:
3Dmark (Firestrike):

• 3Dmark (Graphics Score): 10936

• 3Dmark (Physics Score):7347

• 3Dmark (Combined Score): 2683

Max Temp (Celsius): 68

Link To Result: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/7636707?

 

Bioshock Infinite (avg FPS, min FPS, Max FPS): 95.96, 11.07, 415.08

Max Temp (Celsius): 64

 

Metro Benchmark: (best of 3 runs, AVG FPS): 73.75

Max Temp (Celsius): 70

Settings:

DirectX: DirectX 11

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Quality: Very High

Texture Filtering: AF 16x

Motion Blur: Normal

SSAA: Disabled

Tesselation: Very High

Advanced PhysX: Disabled