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AMD Radeon R9 280 in the works ?
AMD seems to be planning another mainstream graphics card. This time it'll be the non X mode R9-280. The R9 series is based upon the 28 nm "Tahiti" GPU (Radeon HD 7950). The chip would feature 1,792 stream processors, 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 3 GB of memory. AMD is looking to release this card in a competitive sub-300 USD price segment.
Other then that there are no real specs but you can assume clock frequencies above 850 MHz on the core with roughly 5.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) on the memory.
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#4764348 Posted on: 02/12/2014 02:37 PM
They should've just kept the 7950 in production and rake in the cash from the sub $300 market. Better late than never I guess. 3gb of vram with just the basic card is a nice bonus, and hopefully it will have the 7950's overclocking potential as well.
They should've just kept the 7950 in production and rake in the cash from the sub $300 market. Better late than never I guess. 3gb of vram with just the basic card is a nice bonus, and hopefully it will have the 7950's overclocking potential as well.
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#4764349 Posted on: 02/12/2014 02:38 PM
Keep milking it AMD...
Keep milking it AMD...
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#4764398 Posted on: 02/12/2014 04:27 PM
If they tweak something like fabrication size or find a way to make it slightly more power efficient then I'm fine with a re-brand here and there. But if its 100% identical but with a different name, that's pretty dumb.
What I don't get is the idiotic naming scheme. Ditch X in 290X and 280X and give them different product numbers. If they've only got 4 GPUs for the entire R9 series, why are they just using the last couple digits? If the argument is "so you don't think the product is worse than the GPUs from the R7 seies" then why did they even bother creating an R7 and R9?
I hate marketing.
If they tweak something like fabrication size or find a way to make it slightly more power efficient then I'm fine with a re-brand here and there. But if its 100% identical but with a different name, that's pretty dumb.
What I don't get is the idiotic naming scheme. Ditch X in 290X and 280X and give them different product numbers. If they've only got 4 GPUs for the entire R9 series, why are they just using the last couple digits? If the argument is "so you don't think the product is worse than the GPUs from the R7 seies" then why did they even bother creating an R7 and R9?
I hate marketing.
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#4764404 Posted on: 02/12/2014 04:36 PM
Seems relevant
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Seems relevant
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#4764411 Posted on: 02/12/2014 04:47 PM
If it can Crossfire with the regular 7950 I may look to it as an upgrade option.
If it can Crossfire with the regular 7950 I may look to it as an upgrade option.
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#4764487 Posted on: 02/12/2014 07:35 PM
It was a great card when I bought it two years ago. But it's so weird to see the same card being advertised as new and it's the same price.
It's worth mentioning that it was clever to stop production for a while. Right around the time that the r9 290's were getting on the market, I was leaning towards buying a second 7950 to crossfire. The prices skyrocketed up to $450 or so, so I went with a 290. AMD's partners must have appreciated making such a profit on old stock.
It was a great card when I bought it two years ago. But it's so weird to see the same card being advertised as new and it's the same price.
It's worth mentioning that it was clever to stop production for a while. Right around the time that the r9 290's were getting on the market, I was leaning towards buying a second 7950 to crossfire. The prices skyrocketed up to $450 or so, so I went with a 290. AMD's partners must have appreciated making such a profit on old stock.
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#4764544 Posted on: 02/12/2014 10:04 PM
I wanted a 7950, they were a bargin at the 160-200USD they were selling at before the mining boom. Now I'm not paying what they go for and holding onto my 6950.
I wanted a 7950, they were a bargin at the 160-200USD they were selling at before the mining boom. Now I'm not paying what they go for and holding onto my 6950.
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#4764675 Posted on: 02/13/2014 01:57 AM
It was a great card when I bought it two years ago. But it's so weird to see the same card being advertised as new and it's the same price.
It's worth mentioning that it was clever to stop production for a while. Right around the time that the r9 290's were getting on the market, I was leaning towards buying a second 7950 to crossfire. The prices skyrocketed up to $450 or so, so I went with a 290. AMD's partners must have appreciated making such a profit on old stock.
I hear ya; I was looking for a second HD 7970, but I realized I could sell my old one and buy a R9 290 for less money, so it was a no brainer for me. I sold my HD 7970 for more then I bought it brand new.... thank you Bitminers!
It was a great card when I bought it two years ago. But it's so weird to see the same card being advertised as new and it's the same price.
It's worth mentioning that it was clever to stop production for a while. Right around the time that the r9 290's were getting on the market, I was leaning towards buying a second 7950 to crossfire. The prices skyrocketed up to $450 or so, so I went with a 290. AMD's partners must have appreciated making such a profit on old stock.
I hear ya; I was looking for a second HD 7970, but I realized I could sell my old one and buy a R9 290 for less money, so it was a no brainer for me. I sold my HD 7970 for more then I bought it brand new.... thank you Bitminers!
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#4764703 Posted on: 02/13/2014 03:06 AM
mine mine mine...
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at least AMD introduced cards at lower price, instead of higher price like NVidia does. In Japan cards prices didn't got influenced by bitmining rush.
However it's still sad to see 2 years old card competing on current market.
Makes me wish I bought that card back then.
thank you Bitminers!
mine mine mine...
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at least AMD introduced cards at lower price, instead of higher price like NVidia does. In Japan cards prices didn't got influenced by bitmining rush.
However it's still sad to see 2 years old card competing on current market.
Makes me wish I bought that card back then.
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Need to change that Nvidia milking pic to AMD.