2 Aug 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

This PC hardware performance game review for the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire graphics card, when running 2020 more popular games, lets us see what type of FPS this card gets when playing at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions and ultra settings. This graphics hardware can run 279 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We predict that Halo Infinite will get 23 FPS with the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire, Microsoft Flight Simulator predicted to get 38 FPS and Valorant getting 467 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire by researching Halo Infinite leading us to predict a weak performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 46FPS, M: 36FPS, H: 25FPS, U: 18FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Microsoft Flight Simulator and that was playable. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 29 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Valorant which gets strong results with a 356FPS on Ultra 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire, this is probably one of the better high resolution gaming options on the graphics card market. You can consider pushing most games up to 4K with this gpu and Ultra 1440p is going to be a regular occurrence for gaming today.

How many years will the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire in your PC? This Radeon R9 280 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 R9 280 Crossfire? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon R9 280 Crossfire would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which meets 852 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 44% better performance. Alternatively we would suggest getting a R-500 Series Radeon RX 590 8GB, as it can run 804 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 24% increased graphics performance.