Gaming PC build Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition, FX-8350, 16GB performance review

A PC gaming machine that puts together a FX-8350 processor, a Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition GPU and 16GB system memory will be able to play 286 games from the top 1000 recommended requirements. The PC could increase the number of games it can run at recommended requirements to 500 if it upgraded its bottleneck component, the FX-8350.

Lets see how well a gaming PC with these components performs on one of todays more popular games, Red Dead Redemption 2. To summarise, we feel that with the Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition you can enjoy Red Dead Redemption 2 at 1440p resolution pretty comfortably. The graphics card is going to run smoother on High 1440p rather than Ultra, where it would be getting 34 FPS. But when run on 1440p High it would get 48 FPS, and at Medium 71 FPS and then on Low it would return 90 FPS. The Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition would also be good at 1080p Ultra, getting 45 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - To summarise, we feel that with the Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition you can enjoy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at 1440p resolution pretty comfortably. The graphics card is going to run smoother on High 1440p rather than Ultra, where it would be getting 34 FPS. But when run on 1440p High it would get 48 FPS, and at Medium 71 FPS and then on Low it would return 90 FPS. The Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition would also be good at 1080p Ultra, getting 45 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Halo: Reach - To summarise, with this graphics card you do not need concern yourself too much regarding Halo: Reach frame rates. Because Ultra graphics setting can be turned on across all resolutions up to 4K quite comfortably.We are seeing 4K getting 65 FPS, 1440p will get 108 frame rate and if you are interested then 1080p gaming can get 142 FPS. Based around the Radeon R9 290 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC Edition launch price, we calculate the cost per frame at different resolutions. 1080p Ultra frames will cost $0, 1440p frames cost $0 each and then the 4K costs $0 per frame.