XFX Radeon R7 250 Core Edition Video Card Review

Conclusions

Being a value video card, the Radeon R7 250 is not aimed on gamers who want to play the most recent titles. It is intended to be used as a replacement for the CPU’s integrated graphics for general use, or for casual gameplay.

In our tests, the frame rate in recent games, with medium or high quality in 1920×1080 resolution, was a little low for a good gameplay. On the other hand, the card actually ran those games and, at lower resolution and video quality settings, a casual player can actually use it to have fun even with high demanding games.

The Radeon R7 250 with 1 GiB GDDR5 was faster than the GeForce GT 640 in all tests. But you need to keep in mind that, if you compare a Radeon R7 250 card with DDR3 memory and a GeForce GT 640 card with GDDR5, this picture can be different. This is a problem with low-end/mainstream video cards: memory configurations can vary a lot from one model to another, making different cards based on the same chip to show a big difference in performance.

Finally, we can say that, if you are looking for a value video card for casual gaming, the XFX Radeon R7 250 Core Edition is a good choice.