How Low Should You Go? ASUS Radeon R7 250X Graphics Card Review

After we were done benchmarking AMD’s $110 Radeon R7 260 last winter, we were impressed enough to call it a “console killer” (thanks in part to the ‘next-gen’ consoles having been released not soon before). Will we be able to say the same thing about the R7 250X, a model a mere one-step down? That’s what we’re going to find out.

With NVIDIA expected to launch some high-end graphics cards in the weeks ahead, I figured that there’s no better time than right now to tackle something a bit more modest. Alright – a lot more modest. Such as AMD’s Radeon R7 250X.

In truth, this is a card I’ve wanted too take a look at since its announcement earlier this year, simply because it’s an HD 7770 GHz Edition in a different skin. Back when that card was released, in early 2012, it was well-received overall – it offered some great performance for its price-point.

Where the excitement in the R7 250X might die down a little bit is with the realization that this current $90 offering was a $130 offering two-and-a-half years ago. That being the case, it might seem a little odd to tackle it now, but the fact is, the R7 250X is a current sub-$100 offering, and that’s intriguing to me. What we’re here to find out is if this “classic” Cape Verde XT can give us sufficient framerates at 1080p.

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