10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 390X Asus DirectCU III Strix Gaming OC 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.

How well will the Radeon R9 390X Asus DirectCU III Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition run 2023 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 387 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Days Gone getting 48 FPS with the Radeon R9 390X Asus DirectCU III Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition, Star Citizen predicted to get 48 FPS and Battlefield 2042 getting 10 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Days Gone on the Radeon R9 390X Asus DirectCU III Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition to see that it got a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 97FPS, M: 76FPS, H: 51FPS, U: 37FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Star Citizen which we predicted will be playable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 37 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Battlefield 2042 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 7 FPS. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the Radeon R9 390X Asus DirectCU III Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition is certainly a viable option for these higher gaming resolutions. Remember that if you suffer some 1440p FPS drops the you can usually tweak modern game graphics settings until you get a near High graphics setting experience with this Graphics card.

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