14 Jun 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire graphics card as a serious price to performance entry point. This card will meet and play most demanding AAA games and do so with good graphics setting as standard, and confidently pushing past the recommended game system requirements needed to run today’s games. DirectX 11 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2021. In particular we focus on how well the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire 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 502 games in the list.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire shows us that Dying Light 2 is predicted to get a playable result of 32 FPS, and then we are seeing Elden Ring predicted to return a reasonable 57 FPS while another game on our list is the GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- which is getting 115 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we researched the upcoming Elden Ring to predict how the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire would deal with it. Our research revealed a playable series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 114 FPS, Medium: 90 FPS, High: 60 FPS and Ultra: 43 FPS. Next we looked at GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- which was strong with a 87 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Dying Light 2 that we predict will get an Ultra 1440p FPS of 24. 1440p Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire PC gaming is a good choice for running modern games at Ultra in this larger screen resolution.

How many years will the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire? A suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon R9 280X Sapphire Vapor-X 3GB OC Edition Crossfire is the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, which is 26% more powerful and can run 773 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 35% better and can meet 903 of their recommended requirements.