20 Feb 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition 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. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

How well will the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition run 2021 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 213.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition can run World of Warcraft: Shadowlands at 1080p and saw it return weak frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 53 FPS, Medium: 42 FPS, High: 28 FPS and Ultra: 20 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Assassins Creed: Valhalla returns a playable 34 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition by playing World of Warcraft: Shadowlands which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 40FPS, M: 32FPS, H: 21FPS, U: 15FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Assassins Creed: Valhalla and that was playable. This graphics card delivered 26 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Far Cry 6 which is predicted to get weak results with a 15FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition PC gaming 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 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation 8GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 38% better and can meet 802 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively we would suggest getting a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB, as it can run 910 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 48% increased graphics performance.