10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 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 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 791 games in todays list.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire is running Forza Horizon 5 and delivering reasonable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 56 frames per second. Comparing this to Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to get playable results, where it averages 38 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is FIFA 22, which is running at 120 frames per second.

We move on to 1440p, and tested Forza Horizon 5 which delivered playable FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 113 FPS, Medium: 89 FPS, High: 60 FPS and Ultra: 43 FPS. Next we have Grand Theft Auto VI running on Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire which is predicted to get L: 77FPS, M: 60FPS, H: 41FPS, U: 29FPS. And for performance contrast the popular FIFA 22 gets L: 242FPS, M: 190FPS, H: 128FPS, U: 92FPS at 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire, this is probably one of the better high resolution gaming options on the graphics card market. You can consider pushing most games up to 4K with this gpu and Ultra 1440p is going to be a regular occurrence for gaming today.

How many years will the Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire in your PC? 2-3 years of top end gaming before an upgrade

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 290X MSI Gaming Edition 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 290X MSI Gaming Edition Crossfire.