22 Jan 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition graphics card as a serious price to performance entry point. This card will meet and play most demanding AAA games and do so with good graphics setting as standard, and confidently pushing past the recommended game system requirements needed to run today’s games. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2021 popular games. This short Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 244.

A Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition card at 1080p is seeing a strong frame rate when running FIFA 21 on Ultra - 145 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Cyberpunk 2077 which is 41 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Resident Evil 8 is predicted to perform on this hardware, which gets a playable 44 FPS.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition at 1440p with FIFA 21, which got a strong set of FPS results. These were, Low: 248 FPS, Medium: 207 FPS, High: 152 FPS and Ultra: 110 FPS. We then checked out Cyberpunk 2077 which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 83FPS, M: 65FPS, H: 44FPS, U: 31FPS. And another popular game was Resident Evil 8 with predictions of L: 89FPS, M: 70FPS, H: 47FPS, U: 34FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition is one of the more powerful graphics cards for this monitor resolution. Games will be running with stable frame rates at Ultra on a 1440p setup. 4K gaming for a number of modern games should also be considered with this graphics hardware.

How many years will the Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition? Then we would suggest getting a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, as it can run 813 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 37% increased graphics performance. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon R9 390X HIS IceQ X² OC 8GB Edition then a good choice would be R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB as this is better than 917 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 47% better performance as well.