My New R9 280X

[Boozad]

NEVER BUY REFERANCE!

I'll take my reference 780 quite happily over any of the AMD cards at the moment. Nothing against AMD cards, but that quote is pretty ridiculous when the reference 780 is such a fine card in performance, cooling and aesthetics.

 

[Solarstarshines]

NEVER BUY REFERANCE!

I'll take my reference 780 quite happily over any of the AMD cards at the moment. Nothing against AMD cards, but that quote is pretty ridiculous when the reference 780 is such a fine card in performance, cooling and aesthetics.

lol my refrence cards do better than Aftermarket lol

 

[Boozad]

NEVER BUY REFERANCE!

I'll take my reference 780 quite happily over any of the AMD cards at the moment. Nothing against AMD cards, but that quote is pretty ridiculous when the reference 780 is such a fine card in performance, cooling and aesthetics.

lol my refrence cards do better than Aftermarket lol

Yeah I've only ever bought one aftermarket card, a 7850-DC2T which I still have in my backup rig. Other than that I've been reference all the way.

 

[N00berG00ber]

My card shipped! It should be here by Thursday hopefully

 

[paulpicks21]

My card shipped! It should be here by Thursday hopefully

Good, I hope you enjoy your new 208X lol

 

[N00berG00ber]

My card shipped! It should be here by Thursday hopefully

Good, I hope you enjoy your new 208X lol

lol not like my current one isent new

 

[N00berG00ber]

holy shizites..........

ok I bought my GPU the second it came in stock yesterday. I know this because I kept hitting the refresh button and when it said in of stock, I added it to my cart. today, it is again out of stock. this is the 4th or 5th time they have gone out of stock! that's insane!

 

[linnemeyerhere]

holy shizites..........

ok I bought my GPU the second it came in stock yesterday. I know this because I kept hitting the refresh button and when it said in of stock, I added it to my cart. today, it is again out of stock. this is the 4th or 5th time they have gone out of stock! that's insane!

Well winter is coming and when can you get a top flight discount on a GPU that doubles as a room heater?

 

[AddRAM]

I keep tellin you........

Just kidding, I hope you get it soon But seriously, which one are you trying to order ? Link please

My step up is in phase 2, it shouldn`t be too long now !!!!

 

[N00berG00ber]

this is true..... my room gets incredibly hot when I game.... like it hits you like a wall of heat when you walk in.


this is the one I bought:

Newegg.com - ASUS R9280X-DC2T-3GD5 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

 

[paulpicks21]

Everyone is going GPU mad lately, it's making me want to get a new one as it's been a while :shock: I wander what the new 780ti will be like, it's due for release on Friday

 

[N00berG00ber]

Everyone is going GPU mad lately, it's making me want to get a new one as it's been a while :shock: I wander what the new 780ti will be like, it's due for release on Friday

I believe on par with the 290x.....

 

[paulpicks21]

Everyone is going GPU mad lately, it's making me want to get a new one as it's been a while :shock: I wander what the new 780ti will be like, it's due for release on Friday

I believe on par with the 290x.....

I hope that was a joke Noober! You do know I bought a 780 and a 290X last week and did extensive testing on both. The 780 won in 3 out of 4 benchmarks at stock and overclocked. If the ti don't beat it then they are going backwards!

 

[N00berG00ber]

Everyone is going GPU mad lately, it's making me want to get a new one as it's been a while :shock: I wander what the new 780ti will be like, it's due for release on Friday

I believe on par with the 290x.....

I hope that was a joke Noober! You do know I bought a 780 and a 290X last week and did extensive testing on both. The 780 won in 3 out of 4 benchmarks at stock and overclocked. If the ti don't beat it then they are going backwards!

that's y I said "believe" I wasent completely positive..... just wait till mantle is supported by games.... AMD is going to take the cake on all benchmarks than!

 

[AddRAM]

If I remember correctly, I read the Ti is supposed to be somehwere between a Titan and a 690, something to that affect.

 

[N00berG00ber]

If I remember correctly, I read the Ti is supposed to be somehwere between a Titan and a 690, something to that affect.

IDK.... I don't remember. but I was watching reviews on the 290x... damn is that thing hot and loud! AM will have to be better.

 

[paulpicks21]

I found this - GeForce GTX 780 Ti Beats GTX Titan and AMD Radeon R9 290X in Benchmarks I am not sure what to make of it though as my version of the 780 seems to beat the Titan in pretty much everything I have looked at. The 290X does not look so great in that chart though and that pretty much sums up why I sent it back over the 780 apart from the sheer volume of the thing too.

I think the 780ti is supposed to be a fair bit more expensive than the 290X and 780 too which if it's only an overclock apart won't really appeal to many.

 

[paulpicks21]

If I remember correctly, I read the Ti is supposed to be somehwere between a Titan and a 690, something to that affect.

IDK.... I don't remember. but I was watching reviews on the 290x... damn is that thing hot and loud! AM will have to be better.

I can whole heartedly confirm that lol. I have never heard anything like it and it was blowing hot air out of the back of my case like a hair dryer would. It shocked me really.

 

[N00berG00ber]

if they lowered the price to $450, the 290x will be awesome! but yea I think its very expansive....

 

[paulpicks21]

if they lowered the price to $450, the 290x will be awesome! but yea I think its very expansive....

Not to want to disagree with you, but I thought the 290X was priced great, so great it made Nvidia drop the prices of the 780, I can't deny both cards are now absolute power houses for the money, they are very close in performance, apart from benchmarking you would not no any different, gaming I expect them to trade blows. The heat and noise from the 290X is unacceptable however, and as I said before, maybe with a non ref design they will bring the temps down and no doubt noise too and then it will be a fantastic card. But for me right now if I was to recommend a card to anyone I know then it would have to be the 780. It's the smart move.