10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon R9 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB 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 11 requirement.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2023 popular games. This short Radeon R9 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB Edition game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 362 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Days Gone getting 45 FPS with the Radeon R9 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB Edition, FIFA 22 getting 85 FPS and Forza Horizon 5 getting 37 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 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB Edition to see that it got a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 90FPS, M: 71FPS, H: 48FPS, U: 34FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was FIFA 22 which seemed good in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 64 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Forza Horizon 5 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were playable at 28 FPS. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB Edition is a good choice of hardware for increased screen resolution gaming. We can see this graphics card is capable of delivering reliable frame rates at Ultra and certainly High graphics settings at 1440p.

How many years will the Radeon R9 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB 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 290 Club3D royalAce 4GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 20% better and can meet 716 of their recommended requirements. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, which has 69% better performance and can run 956 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.