10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

Game performance for the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2021. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. 119 games can be played by this graphics card of the 1000 most demanding games being played by PC gamers today.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Days Gone with 17 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Forza Horizon 5 which is predicted to return a playable 31 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Resident Evil 8 which we saw getting a weak 0 FPS.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Days Gone on the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition to see that it got a weak set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 33FPS, M: 26FPS, H: 18FPS, U: 13FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Forza Horizon 5 which we predicted will be weak in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 23 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Resident Evil 8 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 0 FPS. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition is not the best choice to run modern games.

How many years will the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB 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 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 76% better and can run 633 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, as it can run 312 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 45% increased graphics performance.