Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

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Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition is released on the 03 Apr 2014

AMD PC game performance check Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition

GPU

Architecture

Terascale 2 Caicos PRO-L

Process

40nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

5 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

3 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

160

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 11.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.3

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

No the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition graphics card can NOT run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1024 MB

Memory Speed

667 MHz

Memory Bus

64 Bit

Memory Type

DDR3

Memory Bandwidth

10.7GB/sec

L2 Cache

128KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

625 MHz

Power

Max Power

19 Watts

PSU

400 Watt & 25 Amps

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Pentium G3220 3.0GHz

Best RAM Match

4 GB

Best Resolution

1024 x 768

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Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition is a special edition of the entry-level Radeon R5 230.
Its only relevant new feature is the increase in the operating memory clock from 533MHz to 667MHz.
Expect a 2% performance boost over the reference card in some games and under certain circumstances.

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Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i3-9350KF 4-Core 4.0GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon R9 290

1944%

RAM

11GB

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