10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 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.

This PC hardware performance game review for the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 8GB Edition graphics card, when running 2023 more popular games, lets us see what type of FPS this card gets when playing at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions and ultra settings. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 363 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 8GB Edition is running Far Cry 6 and delivering weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 17 frames per second. Comparing this to Battlefield 2042 which is getting weak results, where it averages 5 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Resident Evil 8, which is running at 14 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 Asus DirectCU II 8GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Far Cry 6 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 33 FPS, Medium: 26 FPS, High: 18 FPS and Ultra: 13 FPS. We then checked the performance on Battlefield 2042 to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 4 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 8GB Edition is unable to perform adequately across modern games at this increased resolution.

How many years will the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 8GB Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 390 Asus DirectCU II 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 390 Asus DirectCU II 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 II 8GB Edition.