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Did I Just Get Scammed Buying a R9 280x?

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October 15, 2014 4:23:24 PM

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

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October 15, 2014 4:27:45 PM

mrsmile said:
open 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.

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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


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.
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October 15, 2014 4:29:12 PM

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?
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October 15, 2014 4:30:41 PM

frag06 said:
mrsmile said:
open 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.

Spoiler



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


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.


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?

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October 15, 2014 4:33:34 PM

mrsmile said:
frag06 said:
mrsmile said:
open 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.

Spoiler



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


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.


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.
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October 15, 2014 4:52:08 PM

frag06 said:
mrsmile said:
frag06 said:
mrsmile said:
open 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.

Spoiler



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


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.


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.


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"
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October 15, 2014 4:52:24 PM

OP, what kind of graphics drivers do you have installed? Try updating them.
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October 15, 2014 5:01:22 PM

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


MSI Graphics Driver 13.101 from http://us.msi.com/support/vga/R9_280X_GAMING_3G.html#do... 64

also dxdiag shows the date of the card to be 25-Jul-2012 but isn't r9 280x released on september 25, 2013?
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October 15, 2014 5:27:38 PM

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.
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October 15, 2014 5:31:38 PM

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
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October 15, 2014 5:47:30 PM

alright i got the driver working. black boarder issue is solved. now, how do i check the exact card model again?
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October 15, 2014 6:01:40 PM

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 ...
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October 15, 2014 7:14:28 PM

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
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October 15, 2014 7:19:57 PM

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.
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October 15, 2014 9:03:44 PM

smeezekitty said:
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


but in this case, we don't even know if it's 7970. all we know is it's 7900 series
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October 15, 2014 10:27:19 PM

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mrsmile said:
smeezekitty said:
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


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


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.
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