XFX Radeon R9 280X Double Dissipation caught on camera

Darkest

2013-09-27 17:16

After the the problems XFX cards had with the 7000 series I'm wary to consider them this time around. I have owned XFX products in the past however and found them to work as intended. Lets hope they've upped their game and start releasing quality products again with the new series.

#4663518

Mombasa69

2013-09-27 17:59

After the the problems XFX cards had with the 7000 series I'm wary to consider them this time around. I have owned XFX products in the past however and found them to work as intended. Lets hope they've upped their game and start releasing quality products again with the new series.

I hope so too, I really like this refreshed GPU, unlocked and should be as fast as a 780 with few tweaks.

#4663521

---TK---

2013-09-27 18:10

Nice now the 770 has some company

#4663530

Rich_Guy

2013-09-27 18:29

280X is lower clocked.

AMD Radeon R9 280X with TAHITI XT Starting from Radeon R9 280X, apparently this is a pure HD 7970 GHz Edition refresh, only with slower clocks. What is interesting is that both R9 280X and HD 7970 GHz Edition will be priced similar, around £230 ($299). The R9 280X will make use of full Tahiti XT GPU with 2048 cores, 128 texture units and 32 ROPs. Of course there’s 3GB GDDR5 384-bit memory on board. This card will be available starting from late October.

#4663531

Enticles

2013-09-27 18:29

i am hoping that not only is it as quick as a 7970ghz edition, but quicker 🙂 really excited to see what the 290x is capable of 😀

#4663533

eclap

2013-09-27 18:35

Nice now the 770 has some company

it's just a re-branded 7970ghz card, nothing much more.

#4663534

Rich_Guy

2013-09-27 18:37

Nice now the 770 has some company

Indeed 😀

#4663537

eclap

2013-09-27 18:39

Looks like the only worthy upgrade for me would be a 290 or 290x. I'll wait to hear more about them, especially the pricing of the 290. I'm guessing around $400-$450.

#4663574

Rich_Guy

2013-09-27 19:36

290X is the only one that interests me, just wanting final confirmed specs, from AMDs mouths, what with the talk of it being only 384bit now.

#4663624

NiColaoS

2013-09-27 20:47

it's just a re-branded 7970ghz card, nothing much more.

Seriously? Is it confirmed these GPUs are fully re-branded? Not a slight change in number of transistors, ROPs or whatever? If that's the case, only the 290x is gonna be kinda different with one extra GB VRAM and a little more power... On the other hand, that's good for us with 7000 series cards. They gonna focus even more time on drivers and generally whatever might concern us. Mantle will be working, too.

#4663627

-Tj-

2013-09-27 20:53

^ Yes 7970Ghz = 280X 7950 with 256bit bus and 2gb ram = 270X http://i.imgur.com/xQwKizJ.png http://***************/46137/amd-radeon-r9-280x-270x-detailed-bit ^ video cardz.com

290X is the only one that interests me, just wanting final confirmed specs, from AMDs mouths, what with the talk of it being only 384bit now.

Dont worry about that bull, 4gb cant be done on 384bit bus, it is 512bit but slower because of 260W TDP limit, higher ram bus & speeds and ROPs (thus only 44) raise TDP a lot. I bet that ram will OC to 1500mhz for sure, if not close to 7Ghz, but TDP will raise accordingly. Im also only interested in 290X, this XFX fan would look sick on it 😀 And apparently it will be max 550-600€. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191543

#4663633

eclap

2013-09-27 21:04

Seriously? Is it confirmed these GPUs are fully re-branded? Not a slight change in number of transistors, ROPs or whatever? If that's the case, only the 290x is gonna be kinda different with one extra GB VRAM and a little more power... On the other hand, that's good for us with 7000 series cards. They gonna focus even more time on drivers and generally whatever might concern us. Mantle will be working, too.

290 and 290x are new. 260/270/280 both x and no x are rebrands.

#4663636

eclap

2013-09-27 21:07

^ Yes 7970Ghz = 280X 7950 with 256bit bus and 2gb ram = 270X http://i.imgur.com/xQwKizJ.png http://***************/46137/amd-radeon-r9-280x-270x-detailed-bit ^ video cardz.com Dont worry about that bull, 4gb cant be done on 384bit bus, it is 512bit but slower because of 260W TDP limit, higher ram bus & speeds and ROPs (thus only 44) raise TDP a lot. I bet that ram will OC to 1500mhz for sure, if not close to 7Ghz, but TDP will raise accordingly. Im also only interested in 290X, this XFX fan would look sick on it 😀 And apparently it will be max 550-600€. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191543

Now then... if the 290x is £400, I might just be tempted. That would be a seriously sweet card.

#4663684

Rich_Guy

2013-09-27 22:16

Now then... if the 290x is £400, I might just be tempted. That would be a seriously sweet card.

Be a price crash on the 780, and possibly Titan 😀

#4663708

eclap

2013-09-27 22:58

gtx 780 doesn't interest me in the slightest any more. Titan even less, at it's price it's just a bad joke by nvidia. I would consider a 290x, because it could cost me around £250 after selling my 7950. But I'll wait for charts. Still, my overclocked 7950 is faster than what a stock 280x will be, so it seems I'm pretty well off either way. But if 290x comes with a nice boost over 280x, I'll consider it.

#4663759

Blackops_2

2013-09-28 00:01

290X is the only one that interests me, just wanting final confirmed specs, from AMDs mouths, what with the talk of it being only 384bit now.

This ^, though the 280x at 300$ competing with the 770 at 400$ is good. I just don't understand how or why it would be clocked lower than the Ghz editions. Hell go like the Lightening black edition or whatever it's called and release those things at 1150/1500. As far as XFX is concerned the hell with them. I went through three 7970s and 6 months of wait before they sent me a new one. They had been sending me refurbs. Lifetime warranty means absolute squat if your product is crap.

#4663922

Koniakki

2013-09-28 05:19

My 490euro Palit 780 Je****** is coming in a few days... I would love me some R-290X sweetness but since no "official" benchmarks are available, the 780 will do. I can always sell it later ofc. 😀

#4663927

Frances

2013-09-28 05:46

XFX has been terrible ever since the 7xxx series came out. I use to like them for double lifetime warranties and their tolerance for enthusiasts(they use to install water blocks for free...they still might but who cares.) They then got rid of DLW and went even further by voltage locking cards. Seriously, XFX needs to go out of business. Crap cards with terrible customer service. There are threads everywhere on the net about their QC, more than any other vendor that I've seen.

#4663949

BABA-The Hacker

2013-09-28 08:07

FAKE IMAGES!!!!! http://i44.tinypic.com/2v1kuv5.jpg

#4664012

Koniakki

2013-09-28 11:44

Supposely leaked images are FAKE??? What a shocker.... 😀