7 Mar 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 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. Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

How many years will the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition then a good choice would be 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB as this is better than 800 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 116% better performance as well. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition is the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB, which is 76% more powerful and can run 716 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

FPS System Benchmark

25 FPS

High

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition is released on 02 Sep 2014

Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

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GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.2 Tonga PRO

Process

28nm

TMUs

112

Texture Rate

107 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

31 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

1792

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 12.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.5

Resolution (WxH)

4096x2160

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

2048 MB

Memory Speed

1400 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

179.2GB/sec

L2 Cache

768KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

954 MHz

Power

Max Power

190 Watts

PSU

500 Watt & 33 Amps

Power Connector

2x 6-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

GPU Upgrade

GD Official

GD Value

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GD RATING

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Approved

Resolution Performance
1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
-	10	8.1	6	4.4

Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition is a special edition of AMD's high-end Radeon R9 285 2GB, created by Asus. It features a new Cooling Solution and overclocking out of the box. Read below to know more.

Overclock Out of The Box
The Central Unit now runs at 954MHz, instead of 918MHz while the Memory Clock was left untouched.

Cooling Solution
The reference AMD Single-Fan Cooling System has been replaced by Asus's DirectCU II Dual Fan Cooling Solution. This means the card runs cooler under load.

Performance
Benchmarks indicate a 2% performance over the reference Radeon R9 285 2GB Edition.

Source [Pip]

CPU

Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

99%

RAM

13GB

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Far Cry 6	53%	150%
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Radeon R9 285 Asus Strix OC 2GB Edition Extras

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Variants

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