** NEW AMD R7 & R9 SERIES NOW IN STOCK & AVAILABLE!! **

[VincentHanna]

Excellent, thanks.

 

[nuzik]

Why do people keep saying these are r280's are 7970's! they are more like decent 7950's
The MSI 7950 Twin Frozr runs at ore: 960MHz, Memory: 3072MB 5000MHz
Thats up there with all the Rs280's....

They have obviously just used a reference board of the 7970 at best for these new cards.
I just hope the R290 is better than the 7990

 

[psychas]

witch 280x are voltage unlocked ? or they are all locked?

waits for 290pro

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-323-AS
This card went from 269 to 275 in less than 10 mins just then. I wish I had pressed buy before the change!!

 

[Cabs]

ordered myself a Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card.
looking forward to tomorrow, and my bag of haribo more than anything lol

 

[David Bisset]

Why do people keep saying these are r280's are 7970's! they are more like decent 7950's
The MSI 7950 Twin Frozr runs at ore: 960MHz, Memory: 3072MB 5000MHz
Thats up there with all the Rs280's....

They have obviously just used a reference board of the 7970 at best for these new cards.
I just hope the R290 is better than the 7990

Because 280x's are like 7970s... same stream processors etc. Clock speeds can be changed, the chip itself is same spec as a 7970 chip => it's like a 7970.

The 290x won't be better than a 7990, single card vs double is generally one-sided in favour of the double though you have to deal with any problems that brings.

 

[cheesyboy]

Why do people keep saying these are r280's are 7970's! they are more like decent 7950's
The MSI 7950 Twin Frozr runs at ore: 960MHz, Memory: 3072MB 5000MHz
Thats up there with all the Rs280's....

They have obviously just used a reference board of the 7970 at best for these new cards.
I just hope the R290 is better than the 7990

It's not all about the clock rates you know. 7950 contains a gimped version of the 7970 graphics GPU, which hamstrings it somewhat (in relative terms)

 

[VincentHanna]

Why do people keep saying these are r280's are 7970's! they are more like decent 7950's
The MSI 7950 Twin Frozr runs at ore: 960MHz, Memory: 3072MB 5000MHz
Thats up there with all the Rs280's....

They have obviously just used a reference board of the 7970 at best for these new cards.
I just hope the R290 is better than the 7990

The 290 is not going to outperform a 7990.

I can tell you that without even seeing confirmed specifications!

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Give me them now...........

 

[Martini1991]

The only downside is 256bit bus and 2gb of vram. However expecting 384 bit and 3gb at that low price (£150) is asking too much. To get an equivalent 384bit 3gb card from Nvidia you're looking at £500.

But now you've lost the 7950 option.

 

[Jamezinho]

Sensible pricing on these cards which is nice to see.

 

[Buckster]

Windforce 280x at £250 looks a bargain IMO

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So what happens to all the Pitcairn and Tahiti salvage parts??

 

[wolvers]

But now you've lost the 7950 option.

Maybe the yields are so good now they can't sustain that product in a decent quantity.

 

[Biffa]

I honestly thought there was going to be a R280 (non X) which was going to be the 7950 replacement

 

[Jamezinho]

I honestly thought there was going to be a R280 (non X) which was going to be the 7950 replacement

Ditto. So there is no 280 at all?

 

[Randomface74]

Will Asus R9 280X DirectCUII fit in an Antec P193 ?
(in terms of touching the side fan)

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

I honestly thought there was going to be a R280 (non X) which was going to be the 7950 replacement

Same here - http://videocardz.com/amd/radeon-r200/radeon-r9-280

Either it was never on the cards or the idea got ditched as it wouldn't fit between the pricing of the 270X and 280X without cutting into the sales of either.

 

[swampy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPHcU34fhtw

 

[Gibbo]

Ditto. So there is no 280 at all?

Nope.
Of course in a few months AMD might announce such a thing, but this year, NO.