10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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.

Lets look at the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 8GB Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2023. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 386 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Far Cry 6 getting 19 FPS with the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 8GB Edition, Forza Horizon 5 getting 40 FPS and Battlefield 2042 getting 8 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 8GB Edition by playing Far Cry 6 which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 38FPS, M: 30FPS, H: 20FPS, U: 14FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Forza Horizon 5 and that was playable. This graphics card delivered 30 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Battlefield 2042 which gets weak results with a 6FPS on Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 8GB Edition is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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 390 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 8GB Edition.