10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon R9 380 Crossfire graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

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

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2023. In particular we focus on how well the Radeon R9 380 Crossfire runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 592 games in the list.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Battlefield 2042 with 17 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at FIFA 22 which returns a strong 98 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Dying Light 2 which we saw getting a playable 33 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon R9 380 Crossfire by playing Battlefield 2042 which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 33FPS, M: 26FPS, H: 18FPS, U: 13FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was FIFA 22 and that was good. This graphics card delivered 75 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Dying Light 2 which gets playable results with a 25FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p Radeon R9 380 Crossfire PC gaming is a reasonable performance fit for this resolution. Some of the more resource intensive games may well need a few graphical tweak to get the most out of the graphics card at this increased resolution.

How many years will the Radeon R9 380 Crossfire graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 380 Crossfire in your PC? There is still 2 years of top end gaming left in this Radeon R9 380 Crossfire

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 380 Crossfire? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the Radeon R9 380 Crossfire.