28 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB 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. DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Lets look at the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2019. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. This graphics hardware can run 181 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition shows us that The Outer Worlds is getting a playable result of 32 FPS, and then we are seeing Red Dead Redemption 2 returning a weak 18 FPS while another game on our list is the Microsoft Flight Simulator which is predicted to get 0 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at Red Dead Redemption 2 where it was weak. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 36 FPS, Medium: 29 FPS, High: 19 FPS and Ultra: 14 FPS. We added Microsoft Flight Simulator to our research and predict it will be weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then tested The Outer Worlds which got 24 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition is not going to be able to maintain a playable game at this resolution.

How many years will the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition? A suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition is the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, which is 120% more powerful and can run 898 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon R9 285 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 2GB Edition then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB as this is better than 672 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 62% better performance as well.