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With the R9 280X, AMD hopes to take on Nvidia by offering a card that is faster than the GTX 760 and on par with the GTX 770 but costs $299 instead of the $249 of the GTX 760 or $399 of the GTX 770.
The R9 280X powered through Battlefront II using the high quality settings, providing highly playable performance. Under the same conditions it was 18% faster than the GTX 680 in this title.
The MSI Radeon R9 280X OC Edition is a faster, smarter, cheaper Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, and it’s much faster than Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 760. AMD has scored big with the gaming-console ...
The R9 280X compared with a standard Radeon HD 7970 (non GHz), GTX 770 and GTX 760. At 1080p we're running each of these gaming benchmarks with settings entirely maxed out.
The Sapphire R9 280X 3GB TOXIC is a great looking card as you can see above in our introduction image. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, though, as they say, so we won't read into it too much.
The most power hungry of the bunch was Gigabyte's R9 280X WindForce 3X OC, pulling a total system consumption of 279 watts, 11% more than if it were equipped with a standard R9 280X.
The R9 280X is no different, since it is essentially an HD 7970 GHz Edition. That said, the HD 7970 earned a rock solid reputation for being great for gaming and relatively easy on your credit card.
Finally, there's price. These new cards are launching at $300 (R9 280X aka 7970), $200 (R9 270X, aka Radeon 7870), and $140 (R7 260X, aka Radeon 7790).
What’s more, even when it heats up, the Toxic R9 280X does not get very loud. Last week we tested the XFX DD R9 280X 1000M, which is more quiet, but it’s a reference clocked card.
With no surprise, the MSI R9 280X 6GB Twin Frozr Gaming OC is one of the most expensive R9 280X cards on the market. With that said, however, MSI is one of the few companies, or only company, to ...
Here, the Radeon R9 280X finished right alongside the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, but the Radeon R9 270X and R7 260X had no trouble dismantling (get it!) the 7870 GHz Edition and 7790.
Sapphire’s new R9 280X Vapor-X comes with a hefty overclock of 1100MHz on the boost clock. It’s also a bit pricier than the baseline R9 280Xs at the moment holding about a $30 premium.