The ASUS STRIX-R9380X-OC4G-GAMING card will deliver about 10-12% higher frame rates than its smaller brother, the Radeon R9 380. Considering that we had to do with an overclocked GPU here, the difference is reasonable. AMD has managed to offer this performance boost while keeping the card's power consumption at the same levels.

This performance improvement has also allowed the GTX 980X to have a lead over the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 - alomst 10% faster - mainly at screen resolutions greater than full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels). This should attributed to the 256-bit memory interface of the Radeon 980X.

Price-wise, AMD suggests a price of $229 for non-OC models, and $239 for overclocked models. But the ASUS STRIX R9 380X OC model retails at $259.99, putting this video card closer to the realm of AMD Radeon R9 390 and GeForce GTX 970.

We cannot agree that the R9 380X is a "1440p card" as AMD says. But the R9 380X is a great video card for 1080p gaming, one of the best in terms of pricing.