14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

One of the more powerful mid range graphics cards, the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition might struggle sometimes with the more system demanding game requirements. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2019. In particular we focus on how well the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 269.

A Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition card at 1080p is seeing a weak frame rate when running Borderlands 3 on Ultra - 12 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Need For Speed Heat which is 23 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Red Dead Redemption 2 performs on this hardware, which gets a weak 23 FPS.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Borderlands 3 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 23 FPS, Medium: 18 FPS, High: 12 FPS and Ultra: 9 FPS. We then checked the performance on Need For Speed Heat to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 17 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition is in need of some graphics adjustments to get some stability, which means its not an ideal gaming resolution for this GPU.

How many years will the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB 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 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition then a good choice would be 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB as this is better than 895 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 104% better performance as well. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon R9 380 MSI OC 2GB Edition then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB as this is better than 684 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 53% better performance as well.