10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon RX 550X 4GB is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

What FPS performance can the Radeon RX 550X 4GB 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. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 123 games in todays list.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing FIFA 22 getting 57 FPS with the Radeon RX 550X 4GB, Battlefield 2042 getting 0 FPS and Resident Evil 8 getting 0 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We discovered the Radeon RX 550X 4GB ran FIFA 22 to a playable performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 115 FPS, Medium: 90 FPS, High: 61 FPS and Ultra: 43 FPS. Another game tested was Battlefield 2042, L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on Resident Evil 8, which returned L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS at 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the Radeon RX 550X 4GB we get the impression that it is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the Radeon RX 550X 4GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 550X 4GB in your PC? There is around 6-12 months of top end gaming left in this card, at which point its graphics card replacement time, assuming the Radeon RX 550X 4GB is part of your PC gaming machine.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon RX 550X 4GB? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon RX 550X 4GB then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB as this is better than 716 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 79% better performance as well. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon RX 550X 4GB is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, which is 43% more powerful and can run 300 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.