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The AMD Radeon R9 285 Thread

Crucio said:
Had a quick skim though but don't have the time to read though 8 pages yet, meant to be working :P But i just had a quick question.

What is the performance of the 285 in CF? the cost is only slightly more than a single 290.

Thanks, sorry if this has been answered already
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It'll be a bit faster than a 290X in games where CF scales well.
 
I bought a Sapphire R9 285 Saturday, I must say I am rather impressed with it, having said that I suppose it's a matter of perspective and I did upgrade from a near 4 year old GTX 480, so there was little doubt it'd be a very good upgrade. I am more struck with how quiet it is and how little heat it seems to kick out compared to the 480 rather than it's speed, although it is much faster of course.

One thing though, I expected that I would have had something in the box to allow me to claim the AMD Gold Award games ...I did not ...how do I get this ?
 
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Moeks said:
I bought a Sapphire R9 285 Saturday, I must say I am rather impressed with it, having said that I suppose it's a matter of perspective and I did upgrade from a near 4 year old GTX 480, so there was little doubt it'd be a very good upgrade. I am more struck with how quiet it is and how little heat it seems to kick out compared to the 480 rather than it's speed, although it is much faster of course.

One thing though, I expected that I would have had something in the box to allow me to claim the AMD Gold Award games ...I did not ...how do I get this ?
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I believe it is in an email you should have recieved
 
I went to the shop to buy it, so no email. Had a look on AMD's website, looks like it is something given out by vendors rather than the board makers. I think I should have asked for it at the time, didn't really cross my mind that I would need to though. I wonder if I can get it after the fact now.
 
Imagine the 285 on the 20nm process as was intended.
It would bE tahiti performance -/+, at a power consumption of
110-130-150 watts.

But it wasn't!
 
Moeks said:
I bought a Sapphire R9 285 Saturday, I must say I am rather impressed with it, having said that I suppose it's a matter of perspective and I did upgrade from a near 4 year old GTX 480, so there was little doubt it'd be a very good upgrade. I am more struck with how quiet it is and how little heat it seems to kick out compared to the 480 rather than it's speed, although it is much faster of course.

One thing though, I expected that I would have had something in the box to allow me to claim the AMD Gold Award games ...I did not ...how do I get this ?
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If you post a pic of your card I will start a "Roll of Honour" in the OP for owners.:)
 
I'd not thought about mini graphics cards, good to see some more competition in that space, looks like it's a good pick if that's what you're after. I guess next die shrink will see it way off the pace, but then that's always the case, so still a good option for now. Not that I really care about small graphics cards - the bigger the better in my eyes ;)

In this form-factor it makes more sense to be comparing directly with the 760 too.
 
I have just built a mini itx system and I will probably be getting the compact one once the price comes down. Looks like it has good results for such a small card.
 
EK Working on Full Cover Water Block for Radeon R9 285 Cards

EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium computer liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is working on a new Full Cover water block for the latest AMD Radeon R9 285 reference design Tonga GPU powered graphics card.

The upcoming EK-FC R9-285 will be a high performance full-cover water block for engineered specifically for AMD reference design Radeon R9 285 graphics cards and will be available in two variants - Nickel Plexi and Nickel Acetal. Just like the Full-Cover water block for the flagship Radeon R9 290(X) variant, this cooler will directly cool the GPU, RAM as well as VRM (voltage regulation module) as water will flow directly over these critical areas thus allowing the graphics card and its VRM to remain stable under high overclocks.


Up to four water blocks could be interconnected with EK-FC Terminal which allows for hassle-free piping job. Product will also feature a very high flow design allowing the product to be used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps. An aesthetic backplate, which will also provide passive cooling for the VRM (Voltage Regulation Module) on the backside of the circuit board, will be available for separate purchase.

In order to simplify the search for suitable and compatible water block EK is adding newly released AMD Tonga powered graphics cards from various manufacturers to EK Cooling Configurator database and compatible graphics cards are being added to the list on daily basis.

EK-FC R9-285 series water block is slated for release in mid October 2014.
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http://www.techpowerup.com/205157/ek-working-on-full-cover-water-block-for-radeon-r9-285-cards.html
 
currently using the 285 OC from HIS,

works fine so far except for stuttering in league of legends

Any ideas? Gpu load is all over the place on it too.

FPS wise it's very impressive for a little card would just like to fix this issue
 
humbug said:
To be fair this is simply a 280 replacement, in that is has features the 280 does not, like Free-Sync, True Audio, XDMA. In terms of performance at its slowest its as fast as a 280 while at its fastest its faster than a 280X, its a different architecture, a much better architecture with twice the Tessellation performance, and better memory management, hence the reason its faster than the 280X in some games.
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The problem I have with this card (or maybe Ive mis-understood) is that AMD are marketing it at a BETTER THAN 1080p card , which imo it plainly isnt with the 1st cards coming out with 2GB

Im sure the gpu itself is better, and with better management but imo it has degressed from the 280 but with a larger "marketing" number.

Yes I know AIB's are allowed to add memory if they want to, but it just stinks a little of some dirty tricks to me
 
FrankJH said:
The problem I have with this card (or maybe Ive mis-understood) is that AMD are marketing it at a BETTER THAN 1080p card , which imo it plainly isnt with the 1st cards coming out with 2GB

Im sure the gpu itself is better, and with better management but imo it has degressed from the 280 but with a larger "marketing" number.

Yes I know AIB's are allowed to add memory if they want to, but it just stinks a little of some dirty tricks to me
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The reason AMD say this is because its a stronger GPU for high resolution than the 280.

Having said that i agree 2GB isn't enough for Higher resolutions.
 
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