10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire 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.

What FPS performance can the Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire get on latest AAA 2023 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 247 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire can run Far Cry 6 at 1080p and saw it return weak frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Back 4 Blood returns a weak 24 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

We move on to 1440p, and tested Far Cry 6 which delivered weak FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. Next we have Back 4 Blood running on Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire which gets L: 48FPS, M: 38FPS, H: 26FPS, U: 18FPS. And for performance contrast the popular FIFA 22 gets L: 141FPS, M: 111FPS, H: 75FPS, U: 53FPS at 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire, this is in need of some graphics adjustments to get some stability, which means its not an ideal gaming resolution for this GPU.

How many years will the Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire in your PC? This Radeon R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire 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 R7 265 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB Edition Crossfire? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which is 45% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 716 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 104% better and can run 956 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.