10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

How well will the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition run 2023 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 223 games in the list.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Forza Horizon 5 getting 19 FPS with the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition, Battlefield 2042 getting 0 FPS and Grand Theft Auto VI predicted to get 0 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Forza Horizon 5 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 38 FPS, Medium: 30 FPS, High: 20 FPS and Ultra: 14 FPS. We then checked the performance on Battlefield 2042 to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition is not going to be able to maintain a playable game at this resolution.

How many years will the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon R9 280X HIS iPower IceQ X² Edition then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB as this is better than 716 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 54% better performance as well. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, which has 24% better performance and can run 300 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.