10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2022. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 391 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Battlefield 2042 with 10 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at FIFA 22 which returns a strong 91 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Back 4 Blood which we saw getting a playable 41 FPS.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition at 1440p with Battlefield 2042, which got a weak set of FPS results. These were, Low: 19 FPS, Medium: 15 FPS, High: 10 FPS and Ultra: 7 FPS. We then checked out FIFA 22 which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 182FPS, M: 144FPS, H: 97FPS, U: 69FPS. And another popular game was Back 4 Blood that returned L: 83FPS, M: 65FPS, H: 44FPS, U: 31FPS at 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition is a reasonable choice at this screen size. You can always tweak modern game graphics settings to help you get a better High graphics setting experience at 1440p.

How many years will the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 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 Black 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 390X XFX Double Dissipation Black 8GB Edition.