Report: AMD Working on Radeon R9 280 Graphics Card
Reports indicate that AMD is now working on a Radeon R9 280 graphics card.
Let's assume the R9 280 will look the same as the R9 280X
Lately, AMD has been busy filling up its remaining price segments in the new Rx 2xx series graphics cards. Now it seems it is working on yet another graphics card – the R9 280. This card will be positioned between the R9 270X and the R9 280X graphics cards, and is intended to replace the Radeon HD 7950.
Based on the history of the R9 280X graphics cards and below, it seems reasonable to believe that the card will feature the same specifications as the predecessor it is replacing. Therefore, we expect it to pack a total of 1792 stream processors, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. It is also reasonable to expect it to carry 3 GB of GDDR5 memory, which will still run over a 384-bit memory interface. There were no clear details on the clock speeds. However, sources indicate that the GPU will be clocked at over 800 MHz, with memory clocked at just 5.0 GHz.
There was also no word on pricing details, though the Radeon R9 270X and the R9 280X are priced at $200 and $300, respectively, so an MSRP price of $250 shouldn't be too surprising. That said, street prices are likely to be higher, thanks to all the folks buying up the graphics cards for BitCoin mining.
Given that the R9-280x is a Tahiti card, it wouldn't make much sense for the R9-280 to use Hawaii, no matter how cut down it is. We're almost certainly just looking at another HD7950. Hopefully this one won't be driven up to 2-3 times standard price by Litecoin miners, eh?
honestly i hope to see 20nm gpu towards the end of this year. just hoping both company will not drag it into 2015
Rebadging tricks uneducated people into thinking that those rebadged units are new in some way and those rebadges usually carry a premium for a while just because of their new name. Personally, I consider it a dishonest or at the very least questionable business practice. Same goes for mobile parts that borrow model numbers from desktop parts a few rungs higher on the performance ladder.
The misleading numbering practices cause tons of completely unnecessary confusion.
Simple. Try finding an HD7950?
There is no competition to the GTX760. So even considering this a rebadge, its still a good release.
well at this moment there is no reason to reduce the price since everything seems to be working for them. we thought that AMD will get more market share with the mining craze but instead nvidia were stealing more market share from AMD last quarter. also with the radeon price got jack up because of the mining the once considered as overpriced brand become much better choice for gamer