14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance. 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 2019 popular games. This short Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 158 games in todays list.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We predict that Cyberpunk 2077 will get 0 FPS with the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition, Diablo 4 predicted to get 0 FPS and Red Dead Redemption 2 getting 14 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Cyberpunk 2077 and predict it will deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. We then checked the performance on Diablo 4 to predict if that will run well. It is predicted to be weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition is unable to perform adequately across modern games at this increased resolution.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition in your PC? We think this Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition has around 6-12 months until an upgrade should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB which is 131% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 901 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 70% better and can run 685 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.