Gaming PC build Radeon R9 290, Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz, 8GB performance review

A PC gaming machine that puts together a Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz processor, a Radeon R9 290 GPU and 8GB system memory will be able to play 70 games from the top 1000 recommended requirements. The PC could increase the number of games it can run at recommended requirements to 460 if it upgraded its bottleneck component, the Radeon R9 290.

This PC, when compared to a popular game like Cyberpunk 2077 is a good way to review its gaming performance. To summarise, you may be toying with the idea that a 1440p resolution could be achieved with this Radeon R9 290 graphics card, but in so doing you would have to drop the graphics settings to pretty Low according to our assessment. But let the Cyberpunk 2077 frame rate numbers decide and guide. 1080p Medium 81 FPS, 1080p High setting: 55 FPS, 1080p Ultra setting: 39 FPS, 1440p Low setting: 79 FPS, 1440p Medium setting: 62 FPS. Our Low vs Ultra analysis tells us that you would be better placed running this at 1080p, but at least you could still tinker with graphics settings for 1440p to perhaps be passable?

2nd most popular game: Watch Dogs Legion - To summarise, you may be toying with the idea that a 1440p resolution could be achieved with this Radeon R9 290 graphics card, but in so doing you would have to drop the graphics settings to pretty Low according to our assessment. But let the Watch Dogs Legion frame rate numbers decide and guide. 1080p Medium 85 FPS, 1080p High setting: 57 FPS, 1080p Ultra setting: 41 FPS, 1440p Low setting: 83 FPS, 1440p Medium setting: 65 FPS. Our Low vs Ultra analysis tells us that you would be better placed running this at 1080p, but at least you could still tinker with graphics settings for 1440p to perhaps be passable?

3rd most popular game: Assassins Creed: Valhalla - To summarise, you may be toying with the idea that a 1440p resolution could be achieved with this Radeon R9 290 graphics card, but in so doing you would have to drop the graphics settings to pretty Low according to our assessment. But let the Assassins Creed: Valhalla frame rate numbers decide and guide. 1080p Medium 51 FPS, 1080p High setting: 44 FPS, 1080p Ultra setting: 30 FPS, 1440p Low setting: 46 FPS, 1440p Medium setting: 39 FPS. Our Low vs Ultra analysis tells us that you would be better placed running this at 1080p, but at least you could still tinker with graphics settings for 1440p to perhaps be passable?