Did I Just Get Scammed Buying a R9 280x?

mrsmile · Oct 15, 2014

opened dxdiag and found the used card I bought from ebay is AMD Radeon HD 7900. on top of that it didn't come with the packaging as promised.

also how to i enlarge my screen. it's at max resolution 1920x1080 but i can see black bars at all 4 corners of the monitor. it was fine before i installed the card

frag06 · Oct 15, 2014

mrsmile :

You should be able to tell what card it is just by looking, but I suggest trying Speccy. The 280X is a rebranded 7970, though, so that may be why you are seeing it as a 7900 series.

IrnMan · Oct 15, 2014

The R9 280x is essentially a re-badged 7970 so perhaps that's why its showing up as a 7900 series. Do you have the latest AMD drivers?

mrsmile · Oct 15, 2014

frag06 :

well r9 270 r9 270x r9 280 and r9 280x all look exactly the same. is there a way to check what model it is exactly?

frag06 · Oct 15, 2014

mrsmile :

frag06 :

well r9 270 r9 270x r9 280 and r9 280x all look exactly the same. is there a way to check what model it is exactly?

Just download Speccy first and see what it shows.

mrsmile · Oct 15, 2014

frag06 :

mrsmile :

Just download Speccy first and see what it shows.

Speccy is showing a similar thing, saying that the graphics i have is "3072MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series ".

I just downloaded the driver and it's saying ""catalyst control center(CCC) cannot be started" "there are currently no settings that can be configured using AMD CCC"

sora · Oct 15, 2014

OP, what kind of graphics drivers do you have installed? Try updating them.

mrsmile · Oct 15, 2014

sora :

MSI Graphics Driver 13.101 from http://us.msi.com/support/vga/R9_280X_GAMING_3G.html#down-driver&Win8 64

also dxdiag shows the date of the card to be 25-Jul-2012 but isn't r9 280x released on september 25, 2013?

bystander · Oct 15, 2014

It sounds like you did not get what you paid for, but what you paid for is just a rebadged version of the card you have, so it might not matter that much.

smeezekitty · Oct 15, 2014

Yeah it sounds like someone sold you a 7970. Its the same card so not a big deal.

Make sure you update your drivers from AMD site

mrsmile · Oct 15, 2014

alright i got the driver working. black boarder issue is solved. now, how do i check the exact card model again?

mrsmile · Oct 15, 2014

ok now that i just updated to the latest driver dxdiag is showing that my graphics is r9 200 series. why would it should HD 7900 series before but now shows r9 200 series ...

smeezekitty · Oct 15, 2014

R9 280X = 7970 and drivers too old to be aware of the 280X will show 7970

That is why you should always run the drivers from AMD

ZeusGamer · Oct 15, 2014

I'm not going to read the rest of the thread, I'll just give you an answer from what I've experienced.

I've had the same thing happen to me when I first bought the card. All you got to do is update your drivers and it will read the card right.

R9 280X is literally a renamed HD 7970, that's why it's like that. But after driver update, that should solve your problem.

mrsmile · Oct 16, 2014

smeezekitty :

but in this case, we don't even know if it's 7970. all we know is it's 7900 series

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

frag06 · Oct 17, 2014

mrsmile :

AMD cards never identify as a specific model. If it is a 7970, it will show up as a 7900 series. If it is a 7850, it will show up as a 7800 series.

CPU Fan · Oct 21, 2014

Check this out...

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/HowtoidentifythemodelofanATIgraphicscard.aspx

Nugget712 · Oct 22, 2014

I have a R9 280 and it showed it as 7900 series as well when I first installed it, but that was before getting the correct drivers. Windows update was, and probably is, still trying to get me to download a 7900 series driver every day. I right clicked on it and selected "hide update." The R9 series cards are just rebranded, or "refreshed" AMD cards, the 280 is a 7950 280x is a 7970... http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-r9-280x-double-dissipation-7970,news-45662.html http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1820362/280x-rebranded-7970.html

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