An AMD graphics card from 2012 is capable of playing Arc Raiders thanks to a YouTuber. However, in order for the game to even start, he had to make some adjustments, and the card is only utilizing 50 percent of its actual performance.
Which hardware is it about? The GPU is an AMD FirePro S10000. It was released in 2012 as a high-end workstation model and could utilize a feature that has not been common since 2017 – 2018.
AMD Crossfire is a multi-GPU technology from 2005, where a system can use multiple GPUs simultaneously to improve the overall performance of the computer. The technology requires special hardware and software that support this feature. However, there is a newer feature of the AMD 9000 series that can also provide you with an FPS boost.
A Crossfire-supported graphics card was, among others, the AMD FirePro of the YouTuber named RandomGaminginHD. In his YouTube video from December 8, 2025, you can see how he tests ARC Raiders with the AMD FirePro starting at minute 11:22. The creator found out that his model of the GPU is actually two individual graphics processors on a board called AMD Fire Pro W9000 X2. AMD is said to have renamed the model just before its release.
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Drivers breathe new life into the card
How did the YouTuber get the card to work? Due to the age of the card, the PC enthusiast had to make some adjustments to make the GPU compatible with new games. His goal was to play ARC Raiders with the hardware.
For this, RandomGaminginHD switched to Windows 10 and found that the card only supports outdated drivers at factory settings. In order for new games like ARC Raiders to even start, the card needed more current drivers.
Through a BIOS update, the YouTuber was then able to install the new software. As a result, the graphics card became functional with the popular shooter according to the tester. However, the user could only utilize full performance in Crossfire-supported titles like Mafia 2, GTA V, or Crysis 3. Other titles only used one of the two graphics chips due to the lack of software.
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What about ARC Raiders? In the YouTuber’s tests, it was found that games with Crossfire support performed significantly better than titles without the feature.
The newer shooter ARC Raiders started after a driver update and reached about 30 to 40 frames per second at Full HD and a reduced resolution (70 %). ARC Raiders was among the games that could only utilize one of the two graphics chips in his test.
For this reason, the YouTuber was unable to utilize the full performance of the AMD FirePro. The performance might have been better otherwise, but it can’t be said for sure.
What about other games? In Crysis 1, for example, the tester achieved about 60 FPS in Full HD at high settings with one active graphics processor. After activating Crossfire and simultaneously using both chips, his FPS rose to 110 – 130. ARC Raiders is not the only game that runs on old AMD graphics cards: A tech expert gets Battlefield 6 running on a 13-year-old PC, the biggest problem is an annoying security feature
