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The AMD Radeon R9 285 Thread

David Bisset said:
Eh? Just looking at some of these and thats.... made up?

I'm not saying it's a triumph, not really excited by it at all, but to claim it's inferior to a 280 non-x in all the benchmarks you've seen so far seems a bit of a lie.

e.g. Neoseekers in the post you quoted - it beats the 280 in BF4, in metro LL and every other game. Yes, it occasionally loses out, but on the whole it's matching or beating it. It's meant to be roughly a like for like replacement, so why would we expect it to be otherwise? It's not claiming to be the next-gen replacement for the 280 in the advancing performance way, nor is it priced as such.
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I think when AMD release the 285X it is going to be quite a performer and I suspect with more volts it will have a lot of overclocking headroom, HD7970/280Xs I think will be under a lot of pressure.:)
 
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.:)
 
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
 
humbug said:
It would have been interesting to see a 2816 Shader 512 Bit bus Tonga GPU, i think it would have destroyed a 290X and be a bit more power efficient.
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With those specs it would have been about 5% faster

It is a bit like comparing a 285 to a HD7970 or 50

Having said that the Tonga architecture would give the opportunity to pack a lot more than 2816 shaders onto the core due to the better efficiency.
 
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