Tested a 290 recently, and just got a Gig 970 WF3. No longer have the 290 so cant test anything else. Will be trying the 970 @ 4K tomorrow though with Vanishing Of Ethen Carter and Ryse Son Of Rome added in.
4690K @ 4.5Ghz
Cards at stock.
1080P Max settings used for all tests.
290 vs 970
Firestrike
290 - 8675 Score / 10288 GPU / 8213 CPU / 4148 Combined
970 - 10032 Score / 12313 GPU / 8777 CPU / 4614 Combined
Heaven
290 - 50 FPS / 1261 Score / 24.5 Min / 101.8 Max
970 - 58.4 FPS / 1471 Score / 28.7 Min / 124.2 Max
Crysis 3
290 - 48.9 / 39 / 63
970 - 56.5 / 47 / 71
Bioshock Infinit
290 - 93 / 63 / 146
970 - 127 / 32 / 164
Tomb Raider
290 - 41.6 / 30 / 54
970 - 61.9 / 44.7 / 80
Grid Autosport
290 - 94.06 / 70.29 / 114.58
970 - 108.59 / 90.49 / 132.39
4690K @ 4.5Ghz
Cards at stock.
1080P Max settings used for all tests.
290 vs 970
Firestrike
290 - 8675 Score / 10288 GPU / 8213 CPU / 4148 Combined
970 - 10032 Score / 12313 GPU / 8777 CPU / 4614 Combined
Heaven
290 - 50 FPS / 1261 Score / 24.5 Min / 101.8 Max
970 - 58.4 FPS / 1471 Score / 28.7 Min / 124.2 Max
Crysis 3
290 - 48.9 / 39 / 63
970 - 56.5 / 47 / 71
Bioshock Infinit
290 - 93 / 63 / 146
970 - 127 / 32 / 164
Tomb Raider
290 - 41.6 / 30 / 54
970 - 61.9 / 44.7 / 80
Grid Autosport
290 - 94.06 / 70.29 / 114.58
970 - 108.59 / 90.49 / 132.39