This Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB 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 low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition is released on the 08 Oct 2013

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GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Oland XT

Process

28nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

25 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

8 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

384

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 12.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.4

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

No the Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition graphics card can NOT run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1024 MB

Memory Speed

1150 MHz

Memory Bus

128 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

73.6GB/sec

L2 Cache

512KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

1000 MHz

Boost Clock

1050 MHz

Power

Max Power

65 Watts

PSU

400 Watt & 29 Amps

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i3-4130 3.4GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1600 x 900

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Resolution Performance
1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
-	5.6	4.6	3	2.1

Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition is a special edition of AMD's Fast-Middle-Class Radeon R7 250 1GB, created by Sapphire.

Overclock: Central Unit
The Central Unit runs at the same speed.

Overclock: Memory Clock
The Operating Memory Clock and the Frame Buffer Remain the same.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling System remains the same.

Performance
Without any overclocking out of the box, Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition is as fast as the reference Radeon R7 250 1GB.

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Radeon R7 250 Sapphire 1GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i7-970 6-Core 3.2GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 470 4GB

305%

RAM

11GB

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TrollKaiser

TrollKaiser's Rig
Saved at: Apr-24-2017

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 7450

RAM

2GB DDR2 533MHz

RES

1280 x 1024
width x height

TrollKaiser's Game Library

10:43 Jan-12-2017

can this gpu run on my unknown chinese PSU 400W and 18 amps?

Ale3x98

Ale3x98's Rig
Saved at: Apr-25-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Pentium G4560 3.5GHz

GFX

Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB

RAM

8GB DDR4 2133MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Ale3x98's Game Library

19:05 Jan-29-2016

With my PC i can't use AMD VCE on Bandicam,OBS,DXTory. What's the problem? This card support AMD VCE but i can't use.Please.someone help me.Thank you. ;) :D :)

DTDwinner

DTDwinner's Rig
Saved at: Oct-22-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Athlon X4 860K oc: 5%

GFX

Radeon R9 270 Sapphire Dual-X 2GB OC Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1866MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

LG Google Nexus 5

DTDwinner's Game Library

09:07 Mar-05-2015

What is the crossfire for? Can I do dual R7 250?

darko6977

darko6977's Rig
Saved at: Jan-21-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i5-4460 3.2GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1440 x 900
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 5s 16 GB

darko6977's Game Library

09:02 Apr-25-2015

yeah you can

nezezajme

nezezajme's Rig
Saved at: Jan-21-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-6350

GFX

Radeon R9 270 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1440 x 900
width x height

Phone

Nokia C6-00

nezezajme's Game Library

09:39 Aug-09-2015

Or you can pair it up with a strong APU (A10 7850K,A8 7670K) in dual graphic mode.

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