Good deal on the 280x?

Whatisgoingonherethen · Nov 7, 2013

The reason I ask this is because I was planning on getting a 7950, but the price has increased to £10 less than the 280x, so I ask this because I dont want a 280x which will end up overheating or breaking soon, like the xfx verson of the 7950, so basically I dont want a bad make. If anyone could show me some benchmarks of the 7950 vs 280x would be great!

ImperialistMillitant · Nov 7, 2013

Whatisgoingonherethen :

Get the R9 290 and wait for non reference models with better coolers. The R9 290 is only like 2 frames slower than the X version. The 7950 you are looking at is not worth it.

Whatisgoingonherethen · Nov 7, 2013

ImperialistMillitant :

So this 7950:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Graphics-Express-Display-Technology/dp/B00BBKO65S/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1383859799&sr=8-4&keywords=radeon+7950

isn't worth it?

Plus the 290x is £400 so thats double my price range.

captainjulius · Nov 7, 2013

If you can afford it the Sapphire Toxic is one of the fastest, if not the fastest 280x available and can cool well with a high overclock.

EDIT: Here are some benchmarks for the toxic.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7406/the-sapphire-r9-280x-toxic-review/3

ImperialistMillitant · Nov 7, 2013

Whatisgoingonherethen :

No, it isnt worth it, you can get a HD 7970 for cheaper:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-Edition-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B006VX52Q2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1383861541&sr=8-6&keywords=HD+7970

The R9 290 (Non X) you can get for £310, it could be worth saving up for a bit longer. This is newer architecture, larger memory bus and would be more future proof.

As stated I would wait for non reference cards with R9 290 and wait for them to be stocked on amazon because of better service. You can get reference models now at Ebuyer e.g.

edit: as stated, the R9 280x Sapphire Toxic is a very good card and has a decent factory overclock. Give that a look.

sora · Nov 7, 2013

The R9 280X is 30GBP more.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Dual-X-Radeon-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00FL8H57W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383867313&sr=8-1

Whatisgoingonherethen · Nov 8, 2013

sora :

compared to what card? Because I'm not getting an xfx 7950

ImperialistMillitant · Nov 8, 2013

Whatisgoingonherethen :

R9 280x is similar in performance to a HD 7970 ghz edition.

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