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With 3GB of the latest GDDR5 memory and 1792 stream processors, and support for DirectX 11.2, the architecture is built to play the very latest games with perfectly smooth action even at higher resolutions such as 2560 x 1440. In fact its Ultra HD graphics processor can feed even the latest 4K displays with the HDMI 1.4a interface. The R9 280 family represents a breakthrough in cost:performance.
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Having spent the last weekend with this card, I feel ready to offer an opinion. I consider myself a medium-core gamer, and this card replaced an MSI GTX 560ti in my very modest rig. The rough outline of my components is listed below:
-Asus Z68 motherboard -Core i5 2500k (OCed to 4.5Ghz) -4Gb of 1600Mhz RAM -An SSD and regular HD (I install games on both) -700W PSU -BenQ BL2411PT monitor (native resolution of 1920x1200)
I initially planned to wait to upgrade to a GTX 860, however, at less than £140, the price on this was too good to pass up. I was also helped into buying it by Hexus, who suggested further overclocking could get it up to par with some branded GTX 770s.
So, how does it perform? I know 3Dmark scores don’t reflect real world performance, but here they are anyway. With the old 560ti, I had a score of 3585 in Fire Strike (on the 33rd centile ). The R9 280 gave me 6308 (on the 69th centile). Copying what Hexus had done, I clocked the GPU up from 940MHz to 1085MHz and the memory to 1450MHz using Sapphires’ own overclocking utility (Trixx). This gave a Fire Strike score of 6961 (on the 78th centile ), which follows what Hexus achieved very closely. That’s an extra 10% for no extra cost! And despite not touching the power settings, the setup has been extremely stable so far. **A big note of warning** Another review site managed to cook their card by pushing the GPU to 1100Mhz, so I have avoided going any higher than 1085Mhz.
How does it perform in the real world? I can run Black Flag on ultra with MSAA at 1920x1200 at 60fps with no drops/stuttering, even when running around in the bigger towns. Far Cry 3 results in a frame rate of about 45-55 in some of the busier areas, but with no stuttering (so far).Read more ›
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Great Card , Performs very well , handles everything at Ultra/High. Card stays at 67 degrees celcius when gaming , although the cooling is not as quiet as the one that Asus has. (DirectCUII) The maximum temperature I managed to get it was 76 degrees , but the card ran at max for 3-4 hours. Mine arrived with a noisy fan but when playing in a headset i don't mind it.
I can highly recommend this product.
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S FinnertyTOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 19 Jun 2014
Interesting card this, basically an R9 280X with a lower clock speed and power requirements. Performance sits between R9 270X and 280X unsurprisingly but closer to 270X stock but with the ability to overclock toward the 280X. I did not order my card from Amazon as although the price was competitive I was not sure it included the 3 bundled games in the Gold Reward Package.
It was supplied boxed with two 4 pin to 6 pin power converters, a crossfire cable, printed installation guide and a Radeon Gold Reward scratch card for 3 free games from Steam (ordered Murdered Soul Suspect, Sniper Elite 3 and Sleeping Dogs.) as well as additional content for the free to play game Dragons and Titans, Splashtop streaming utility and discount on Dataram Ram disk. The card is quite large and covers two slots but sits nicely in my large desktop tower case. This has the following specs.
Intel i5 Lynnfield stock 2.66Mhz Gigabyte mini Motherboard 12 Gig RAM DVD RAM 1 TB Samsung Drive Wireless PCIe card
It requires two 6 pin power connectors as opposed to the more usual 6 pin and 8 pin power on a R9 280X and runs without any problems on by 600W OEM power supply. Install was painless with the bundled CD Rom updating my Catalyst drivers to 14.2 which I have since updated to the latest 14.4. The fans are quiet and the card has no problems with Crysis 3 maxed out to Ultra on my 1400 x 900 monitor with the 3Gig of video RAM providing the ability to upgrade the display to a larger one or support multiple monitors.
It replaces a AMD 5770 1Gig card and is not a massive step change on the games I have at this resolution as this was quite capable but provides plenty of overhead for the future.
This is a great value card at current prices especially with the game bundle. I am sure the next best thing will be out shortly to replace it however should keep me going for the time being.
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recently i replaced both graphic cards in my two top-end systems, which were 6870s from an earlier series. one i replaced with a 7950 which showed a marked improvement, and the other i replaced with this, and while this actually has an on-paper higher spec than the 7950 -- about ten percent more pixel pielines and an updated chipset -- this proved to be the less powerful in used. just goes to show, its not the numbers that matter, but the way the chipset is implemented on the card. having said that, still a cracking card that runs every game I've tried to date in highest resolution on a 26 inch monitor (of the larger 6:10 ratio 1200 HD resolution), and helps that problem game Cities XL run a little more smoothly, though still not as smoothly as it ought to (down to bad programming, not a fault of hardware).. its also dropped hugely in price recently so time to take advantage!
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