10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements.

DirectX 11 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

This PC hardware performance game review for the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition graphics card, when running 2023 more popular games, lets us see what type of FPS this card gets when playing at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions and ultra settings. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 363 games in todays list.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Forza Horizon 5 getting 38 FPS with the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition, Battlefield 2042 getting 5 FPS and Back 4 Blood getting 38 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Forza Horizon 5 on the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition to see that it got a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 77FPS, M: 60FPS, H: 41FPS, U: 29FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was Battlefield 2042 which seemed weak in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 4 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Back 4 Blood where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were playable at 29 FPS. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition in your PC? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition.