rx280 Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 (F4 BIOS) and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X 3GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 (F4 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk SDSSDHII, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X 3GB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DUAL-DVI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970 . 167.57 |========================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970 . MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 5783