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Hardware MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3GB Review

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  1. Meanmotion

    Meanmotion bleh Moderator

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    Meanmotion, 10 Oct 2013
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  2. Gradius

    Gradius IT Consultant

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    My GTX 580 started to show issues, when R9 290X will be out? I need one ASAP!
     
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  3. Speed

    Speed I'm all you need!

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    The reviewers are under NDA so they won't say, but I've heard that the NDA expires on the 15th, so that would be a good bet.
     
    Speed, 10 Oct 2013
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  4. Bede

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    Typo on the first line - what is sub-editor for?
     
    Bede, 10 Oct 2013
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  5. Dogbert666

    Dogbert666 *Fewer Lover of bit-tech Administrator

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    15th was just the original NDA for 280X etc. that got moved to the 8th :p As of yet we don't have one for 290 series.

    Fixed. It's been a long few days...
     
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  6. sakzzz

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    The overclock is admittedly marginal, but there's a decent amount of extra headroom for more, especially on the memory chips, indeed it's something of a shame MSI hasn't "overclcoked" the memory by default.

    Over-Coke
     
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  7. Hustler

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    Where?
     
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  8. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    Corky42, 10 Oct 2013
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    So would if be worth upgrading to one of these from a 7870 or better to buy a 7970 while their cheap?
     
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  10. Speed

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    In my mind there is no point paying more money for what is effectively the same card. I think we'll see some 7970 discounts as retailers clear their stocks so get one of those.
     
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  11. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    If you are planning on buying a 7970 you may want to think about making it quick, according to rumor...
    http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63551-will-crossfire-r9-280x-hd-7970-scaling-tested.html
     
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  12. Kovoet

    Kovoet What's a Dremel?

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    I'm waiting for the 290. Saving up now as I will get one the end of the month. Can't wait to see a proper review on that one
     
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  13. Panos

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    Hey, are we going to see a review for the Sapphire R9 280X Toxic? Or you do not want a humble AMD exchange blows with the GTX780 at half the price as it seems from other reviews?
     
    Panos, 15 Oct 2013
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  14. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    Got a link to such a review ? as the only ones i have seen are comparing it to a GTX 770, not the 780.
     
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  15. Panos

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  16. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    But at the end of this first review you link to it says...
    And at the end of the next link...
    It says...
    That its a bargain, is something i can agree on :baby: but trying to compare a highly overclocked card with a stock card is a bit of a stretch, you are tying to compare apples with pears.
     
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  17. Panos

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    The card is sold as is. And AS IS = beats the GTX780.
     
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  18. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    The card being sold is highly overclocked, and even then it doesn't beat a stock clocked 780 in some benchmarks.
     
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  19. Surrender_Monkey

    Surrender_Monkey What's a Dremel?

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    Get another GTX580 from E-Bay and go SLI. I have two overclocked to 910ghz and they fly. Been playing BF4 at 80 to 100 fps at 1080p on full Ultra. Nvidia sli scales well and I very rarely get any micro-stutter. The R9 290x is a great card but too expensive. Only worth considering if you are playing at higher resolutions.
     
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  20. Surrender_Monkey

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    That is true, but it is very close to a stock GTX 780 at about 55% of the price. Those extra few fps from the GTX 780 cost c£240 which is simply not worth it. Notwithstanding this it is good to see the video card market hotting up after a rather stale period. Nvidia has more in the pipeline and what it means for us all is that we will get more for our money as the competition increases.
     
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