Take a few extra moments to reread the article. Hence, why it was CLEARLY labeled at the very top of the article that it is AMD sponsored. If you are planning to run at resolutions higher than 1080p, or even if you want to run at higher refresh rates than 60 Hz at 1080p, then it may be time to start looking for that replacement hardware.

Older GPUs and graphics cards based on them continue to fall behind in terms of both performance and power efficiency. Prey is just one game, but this trend is something that AMD has been promoting since before the RX 500-series hit the street. The new Radeon RX 580 is 74% faster than the R9 380 and 60% faster than the GTX 960 in Prey, at Very High image quality settings at 2560×1440. Radeon RX 580 8GB, Average FPS Comparisons, Prey The difference between being able to run this new PC title at 60+ FPS at 2560×1440 or NOT, with high image quality settings enabled, is a mid-range graphics card upgrade. Considering the great GPUs that were available then (including the RX 480 and the GTX 10-series), it seems more and more likely that we going to hit an upgrade inflection point in the market.Ĭlearly the new Radeon RX 580 8GB graphics card produces a better overall gaming experience in Prey than the R9 380 and the GTX 960. AMD’s data shows that 80% of the users on Steam are running on R9 380X or slower graphics cards and that only 10% of them upgraded in 2016. The same is true for the GeForce GTX 960: launched in January of 2015, it is slightly longer in the tooth. Targeting the Radeon R9 380, a graphics card that was originally released back in May of 2015, the RX 580 offers substantially better performance at a very similar launch price. With that upgrade you should see some substantial performance improvements and as I will show you here, the new Prey is a perfect example of that. With the release of the Radeon RX 580 in April, one of the key storylines is that the card offers a reasonably priced upgrade path for users of 2+ year old hardware. While doing my due diligence and performing some preliminary testing to see if we would utilize Prey for graphics testing going forward, AMD approached me to discuss this exact title.

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