31 Oct 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2019. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 188 games in the list.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition shows us that Need For Speed Heat is getting a weak result of 16 FPS, and then we are seeing Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order predicted to return a weak 0 FPS while another game on our list is the Cyberpunk 2077 which is predicted to get 0 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order and predict it will deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. We then checked the performance on Cyberpunk 2077 to predict if that will run well. It is predicted to be weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition is not going to be able to maintain a playable game at this resolution.

How many years will the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which meets 900 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 123% better performance. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB, as it can run 692 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 66% increased graphics performance.