Buy a new r9 380x when its out or get another r9 280x and crossfire?

zroxasz · May 25, 2015

I currently own an r9 280x and I can feel its starting to lag behind the better cards at getting the framerate and graphics i want when gaming. Ive not looked into crossfire yet but i was wondering is it worth it over getting a brand new card?

ImDaBaron · May 25, 2015

I think the 380x is just a rebrand.

lucas7004 · May 25, 2015

ImDaBaron :

The 380x is going to be anything BUT a rebrand it's going to be MUCH more powerful then the current 280x with the new gpu chip. As for if you should crossfire, yes. The 380x is going to cost more obviously and MUCH more powerful then the 280x but if you crossfire 280x it would be a little more powerful then the 380x. But make sure that you have enough PCI cords and a 750w power supply at minimum.

ImDaBaron · May 25, 2015

lucas7004 :

I thought the rebrands stopped at the 280x. Is it the 280x with the new chip on up?

lucas7004 · May 25, 2015

ImDaBaron :

All of the 300- series cards are not rebrands. They would have the new chip on them (including the 370) and be about 1.8 times faster according to AMD. From what I can see, the only things the same about the 200 and 300 dries is how much memory they would have on them.

ImDaBaron · May 25, 2015

lucas7004 :

ImDaBaron :

All of the 300- series cards are not rebrands. They would have the new chip on them (including the 370) and be about 1.8 times faster according to AMD. From what I can see, the only things the same about the 200 and 300 dries is how much memory they would have on them.

Well that's good because the articles from only a few weeks ago where saying the mid range cards were rebrands from the 7000 series. Although the memory news with the 390s is concerning.

barto · May 25, 2015

Let's wait and see.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9241/amd-announces-oem-desktop-radeon-300-series
http://wccftech.com/amd-r9-300-series-not-rebrands/

lucas7004 · May 25, 2015

ImDaBaron :

lucas7004 :

Well that's good because the articles from only a few weeks ago where saying the mid range cards were rebrands from the 7000 series. Although the memory news with the 390s is concerning.

With the memory on the 390s, they would have new chips for the memory it's just the same amount of memory. The 370 would have 2gb, the 380 would have 3gb and 390 would have 4gb

chenw · May 25, 2015

if the 4GB on the 390 is true, then it would be prudent to wait for 8GB version of it I think.

Unless HBM is really magical, that 4GB is still going to bottleneck the card itself, especially the way games are going Remember the 970 fiasco? if 3.5GB has issues, I don't see how 4GB is going to last much longer.

Also with Anandtech's article, I had always assumed that OEM cards are going to be the same as actual consumer grade cards to avoid confusion, meaning that if OEM 380 is 285 rebrand, 380x might also be a rebrand.

I will still keep watching, but I'd be more interested in 8GB 390x, not the vanilla 390x, if the 4GB VRAM turns out to be true.

lucas7004 · May 25, 2015

chenw :

There will be 8gb 390x but seriously, the 300- series is not a rebrand of any of the 200- series and I'm pretty sure that it would be impossible for the 380 to be a rebrand if the 285 because it he 380 is still more powerful

chenw · May 25, 2015

As per quote above

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9241/amd-announces-oem-desktop-radeon-300-series

But we will see, given AMD's track record for rebranding many things though, I am not holding my breath for them.

barto · May 25, 2015

lucas7004 :

I'm going to have to rely on a pro than someone who joined the forums two weeks ago. Again, let's wait and see.

uglyduckling81 · May 25, 2015

Yeah all but the 390 is looking to just be a rebrand I'm afraid.
All the fan boying in the world isn't going to magic up better cards.

Tchota · May 25, 2015

crossfire that card will lead to a very high power consumption

Best option would be for you to sell that card and get a new one. Right now you can sell it for at least 150$ online without problems, specially if you ship worldwide.

Since you current card is very good, I think you should wait a bit longer to update.

If you where to update today, I would tell you to go with GTX 970 (and sell your current card)

disturbed force · May 26, 2015

lucas7004 :

chenw :

There will be 8gb 390x but seriously, the 300- series is not a rebrand of any of the 200- series and I'm pretty sure that it would be impossible for the 380 to be a rebrand if the 285 because it he 380 is still more powerful

My guess would be you have your flagship 390/x, than the 290/x will be the 380/x and the 280/x will be the 370/x, beyond that I can't even guess what will go on.

zroxasz · May 26, 2015

Thanks for all the help, i havent got any experience with selling things online before so id have to look into that, before getting a 970 il wait for the new cards and see if theyre as special as AMD is telling us

Tchota · May 26, 2015

ebay and amazon are good places to sell stuffs online.

Creme · May 26, 2015

I think Crossfire and SLI are more trouble than they're worth. The 380X will probably be a more modern and efficient 290X, which is a step up from the 280X. The fact that AMD is late to crossfire profiles in games is another knock down to pairing two cards.

chenw · May 26, 2015

It really depends, but I generally approve Dual GPU setups if there are no single GPU solutions that can compete with performance.

For example, I had the choice of going for SLI 970's over a single 980 instead, so far I have had not hoped for any game that I wished I got the 980 instead of SLI 970's. There are plenty of times where I was glad I got 970's instead (TW3 being a major example). However if it was say SLI 960 vs 980, then I'd definitely do 980.

SLI/Crossfire is fine if your GPU setup has enough performance to trump any other single GPU. Otherwise single GPU is always better.

Embra · May 26, 2015

The Fuji GPU will not be numbered, rather carry it's own name much like the Titan series. The 390/390x will be Hawaii rebrands, but tweeked and improved. The 390x will have a 8gb version.

uglyduckling81 · May 26, 2015

2x 960s cost $360, 1 980 cost $550. Of course would prefer a 980 if it was given to you.
What about a pair of 960s and $200 in your pocket though?
Personally I would just rather a $300 970 and $250 in my pocket.

chenw · May 26, 2015

uglyduckling81 :

I was comparing strictly between 2 960's vs 1 980. 2GB VRAM and the 128 bus width is far too limiting on the 960 compared to the 980. But choosing 980 over 2 960's is choosing lesser of the two evils (price vs performance), as I would perfer to pay $200 than to be stuck with 2GB VRAM. At 4GB VRAM the price gap drops dramatically to around $100.

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