Gaming PC build Radeon R9 290 Sapphire Tri-X OC Edition, Core i5-4460 3.2GHz, 16GB performance review

This Radeon R9 290 Sapphire Tri-X OC Edition graphics card, along with a Core i5-4460 3.2GHz can run 189 of the top 1000 PC games released. A gaming PC like this has a Core i5-4460 3.2GHz weak point. If this component was upgraded then the system could play up to 423 games from the 1000 most demanding games of today.

Hardware performance for these gaming components can be compared to one of todays most popular games, Red Dead Redemption 2. In summary, the Low vs Ultra graphics setting discussion brings us to consider 1080p as the optimum screen resolution for Radeon R9 290 Sapphire Tri-X OC Edition when running Red Dead Redemption 2. The graphics settings and frame rates are as follows, Low setting: 116 FPS, Medium setting: 92 FPS, High setting: 62 FPS, Ultra setting: 44 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - In summary, the Low vs Ultra graphics setting discussion brings us to consider 1080p as the optimum screen resolution for Radeon R9 290 Sapphire Tri-X OC Edition when running Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The graphics settings and frame rates are as follows, Low setting: 116 FPS, Medium setting: 92 FPS, High setting: 62 FPS, Ultra setting: 44 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Halo: Reach - In summary, the performance delivered by this graphics card easily overpowers that needed by Halo: Reach. We expect to get a very strong frame rate of 141 FPS at 1080p Ultra, but would advise moving up to 1440p Ultra to get 107 frames per second or even 64 FPS at 4K Ultra as the Radeon R9 290 Sapphire Tri-X OC Edition can handle this. It just comes down to your preferred resolution then tweak your graphics settings to deliver the desired effects, without a care for performance.