10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 11 or lower are met by this card.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2023 popular games. This short Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 445 games in todays list.

The Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition graphics card is returning a playable performance on Dying Light 2 at 1080p of 30 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Grand Theft Auto VI which we predict will get weak frame rates of 22 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Resident Evil 8, which was getting 22 FPS under tests.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition by playing Dying Light 2 which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 60FPS, M: 48FPS, H: 32FPS, U: 23FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Grand Theft Auto VI and that was weak. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 17 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Resident Evil 8 which gets weak results with a 17FPS on Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition is going to struggle to keep a solid FPS, but a modern game could have a few options tweaked to get it playable at this res but on low graphics settings.

How many years will the Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 290X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB 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 Double Dissipation 8GB 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 Double Dissipation 8GB Edition.