Gigabyte Radeon R9-280X WindForce OC review

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So the Gigabte R9 280X is a 3GB version with that popular WindForce 3X triple-fan cooler. It has a 6 and 8-pin PCI-E PEG power connector.

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The 280X is armed with 3GB to to get you a little more leash with resolutions and image quality settings. As such the card has been designed to be a nice match for QHD gaming, up-to 2560x1440. The reality though is that the Radeon R9 280X honestly is little more then a Radeon HD 7970 GHz edition with the same GPU, a few BIOS tweaks and a new cooler slapped on top of it.

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Being Radeon HD 7970 GHz (Tahiti XT2/XTL) based also means that the specs are fairly similar, 2048 shader processor running up-to a core frequency of 1 GHz. The 3GB GDDR5 graphics memory runs on a 384-bit wide bus. Honestly I can't report anything new or surprising here other then it might throttle a little higher on the clock frequency and that it has a slightly higher memory band-with.

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Board partners however do things slightly different, this Gigabyte R9 280X WindForce 3X OC for example is factory clocked at a 1100 MHz core clock (maximum boost). Next to that the 3GB DDR5 memory runs at 1500 MHz, which is an effective data-rate of 6000 MHz / Gbps. As you can see the card is 27cm long.

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