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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

Martini1991 said:
But clock a 7950 and it'll kill it.
I didn't realise it was actually a 7870, I thought it was an LE.
It's still got 1280 shaders.

There's no defending the R270X.

AMD have lowered the price/performance from their older series and removed the games (Nvidia pretty much did the same, after the cheap 670's and 680's)
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Ignore me, you're right. :)
 
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LtMatt said:
Now there's a thought. It would be fascinating to see the difference between a 270X vs a 7950. The only difference from what i can see is the 3gb/384bit bus on the 7590. At 1440p and higher the 7950 would be the better card for sure. At 1080p i bet the difference wouldn't be much. The 270X with its higher core clock will be faster id bet. Not checked reviews though so i could be wrong.
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Have you checked the shader count difference?
The 270x has 1280, the 7950 has 1792.

The 7870 LE has about 1500.


Shader wise it's just a 7870, I thought it was an LE, but 1280 shaders is 7870. >.<

So, there's no real replacement to the 7950 at current prices.

GG AMD.
 
Martini1991 said:
Agh fair enough, mind unquoting me :p? Looks like you're saying ignore me lol. :p

Don't forget a lot of reviews may have the 7950's at their stock 8XXMHZ result, and old results.

We need fresh ones to compare really.
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Yes ive edited it again. :)

Most reviewers have their 7950 boost throttling and down clocking to 880mhz or lower. ;)
 
Martini1991 said:
Well that's truly frustrating.
It also makes no sense.

Now you've got a 7870 and a 7970 with nothing inbetween (In reality)
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The 280X actually replaces the 7950 believe it or not. However it has the stream processors, compute units etc of the 7970. Dave Baumann from AMD confirmed as much. That's why its so cheap. You can get the 280X for £230. At pure reference its 50 mhz slower than 7970 ghz. However most 280X cards come clocked at 7970 ghz clocks 1050 mhz or higher for £250.


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LtMatt said:
The 280X actually replaces the 7950 believe it or not. However it has the stream processors, compute units etc of the 7970. Dave Baumann from AMD confirmed as much. That's why its so cheap. You can get the 280X for £230. At pure reference its 50 mhz slower than 7970 ghz. However most 280X cards come clocked at 7970 ghz clocks 1050 mhz or higher for £250.


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Your quoted image references the 290X not the 280X. He states the 290X is 50Mhz slower than the 7970 GE?
 
Sin_Chase said:
Your quoted image references the 290X not the 280X. He states the 290X is 50Mhz slower than the 7970 GE?
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Crap. :o

Oh well. I guess the 280X is ok then and there is nothing in between the 270X and the 280X. But the price difference is only £50 i suppose.

Damn Sin, you're killing me here. :D
 
Sin_Chase said:
Your quoted image references the 290X not the 280X. He states the 290X is 50Mhz slower than the 7970 GE?
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LtMatt said:
Crap. :o

Oh well. I guess the 280X is ok then and there is nothing in between the 270X and the 280X. But the price difference is only £50 i suppose.

Damn Sin, you're killing me here. :D
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Actually Sin i was right. It appears to be a typo from Dave. :D

God dammit i even removed my previous reply. Now i cant remember what i wrote.
 
I was hoping at maybe snatching a R9-290 with a waterblock for £450.

This is looking more and more ambitious as this thread gets longer!

*hopes for another surprise tax return*
 
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