ASUS Radeon R9 280X Review

For someone needing to update this card will kick some serious ass can't wait to see the review of the R9-290X
 
It would be nice when the 290X comes out if you could weave in there somehow, how fantastic these cards are at folding.
 
As someone thats just updated there rig, i like the asus new card over there old version, this card is 2 slot and not 3 slot, and on a side note, sapphire R8 280X cards, now have uefi support, sweeet :lol:
 
Is it just me or were there a few benchmarks where thee 7970 out performed the 280 x. I found that really unusual/confusing

As for the now confirmed pricing I can see how that bumped it up to gold award because you can essential crossfire 280x for just over the price of a single 7970 when they were released
 
there is no longer a xfire bridge, it's all done via the pcie slot now, this is part of the new technology ati have introduced
 
Joenus76 said:
there is no longer a xfire bridge, it's all done via the pcie slot now, this is part of the new technology ati have introduced
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Aye I thought it was 290x only.. just wondered why it was mentioned on the 280 thread :P
 
Now I've got to choose between two of these or two 770s (probably those gainward ones with the funky coolers) over the next few months. I'm planning to go the full three screens y'see and as much as I'd like to go 780/290 I don't think they'd support my monitor plan. Guess I'll have to see on the 290...
 
What I'm wondering now is;

Can you put an HD 7970 and an R9 280x in CrossfireX? :huh:
Maybe with a flashed bios?
 
barnsley said:
Now I've got to choose between two of these or two 770s (probably those gainward ones with the funky coolers) over the next few months. I'm planning to go the full three screens y'see and as much as I'd like to go 780/290 I don't think they'd support my monitor plan. Guess I'll have to see on the 290...
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i don't see how a 780/290 won't support 3 monitors and the 280x/770 will? According to you at least..

780/290 won't need to be in dual GPU mode as much as a single 280x/770 would need to be. For 3x screens at least.
 
Feronix said:
What I'm wondering now is;

Can you put an HD 7970 and an R9 280x in CrossfireX? :huh:
Maybe with a flashed bios?
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I can't seem to find the article on it anymore, but it has been confirmed that the two cards do run in CrossFire with no BIOS flash enabled. hardOCP.com has a thread on it.
 
All i know is that Mantle(R9's) use Xfire by PCI-e 3.0. Was confirmed earlier. I'll try to dig up the article again and post a linky here.
Edit:
Found this on newegg. I know you guys live in the UK/EU but here's some nice info for y'all.Link This just gives some more specs. Such as clock speeds and what not. I only looked through a few but so far the highest stock clock one is 1070 on the core. That was the DCU2 i think.
 
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Tek Syndicate just put a vid on youtube with a 280x and a 7970 in crossfire with benchmarks.
 
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