28 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB 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. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

How well will the Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition run 2019 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 120 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition is predicted to run Cyberpunk 2077 with weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 0 frames per second. Comparing this to The Outer Worlds which is getting playable results, where it averages 29 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Microsoft Flight Simulator, which is predicted to run at 0 frames per second.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition at 1440p and researched how Cyberpunk 2077 might perform on it leading us to predict a weak set of FPS results. These were, Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. We then checked out The Outer Worlds which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 57FPS, M: 45FPS, H: 30FPS, U: 22FPS. And another popular game was Microsoft Flight Simulator with predictions of L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition is going to underperform if you try and run modern games.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition 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 HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition is part of your PC gaming machine.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7950 XFX Double D 3GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 131% better and can meet 896 of their recommended requirements. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB, which has 81% better performance and can run 767 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.