14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB 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 12.

How well will the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition run 2019 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 180 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order with 0 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare which returns a weak 17 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Cyberpunk 2077 which we predict will get a weak 0 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition by playing Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and that was weak. This graphics card delivered 13 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Cyberpunk 2077 which is predicted to get weak results with a 0FPS on Ultra 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the 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? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon R9 285 Sapphire ITX Compact 2GB Edition would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB which meets 899 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 124% better performance. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB, which has 65% better performance and can run 683 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.