10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 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.

What FPS performance can the Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition get on latest AAA 2023 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 363 games in the list.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition is running Resident Evil 8 and delivering weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 15 frames per second. Comparing this to Forza Horizon 5 which is getting playable results, where it averages 39 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Back 4 Blood, which is running at 39 frames per second.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Resident Evil 8 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 29 FPS, Medium: 23 FPS, High: 15 FPS and Ultra: 11 FPS. We then checked the performance on Forza Horizon 5 to see if that runs well. It was playable with a 29 FPS at Ultra 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition, this 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 390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 390 Gigabyte G1 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 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition.