10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 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.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2023. In particular we focus on how well the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 132 games in the list.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Resident Evil 8 with 0 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Far Cry 6 which returns a weak 0 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Dying Light 2 which we saw getting a weak 0 FPS.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We discovered the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition ran Resident Evil 8 to a weak performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. Another game tested was Far Cry 6, L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on Dying Light 2, which returned L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS at 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition is going to underperform if you try and run modern games.

How many years will the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition in your PC? We think this Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition has around 6-12 months until an upgrade should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 76% better and can run 716 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon R9 285 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300 which meets 300 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 41% better performance.