The Radeon R9 280X Review: Feat. Asus & XFX - Meet The Radeon 200 Series
by Ryan Smith on October 8, 2013 12:01 AM ESTCrysis 3
Still one of our most punishing benchmarks, Crysis 3 needs no introduction. With Crysis 3, Crytek has gone back to trying to kill computers and still holds “most punishing shooter” title in our benchmark suite. Only in a handful of setups can we even run Crysis 3 at its highest (Very High) settings, and that’s still without AA. Crysis 1 was an excellent template for the kind of performance required to drive games for the next few years, and Crysis 3 looks to be much the same for 2013.
Crysis 3 is another game that somewhat favors NVIDIA, though not to the extent of other games. At 2560 we’re looking at performance that’s closer to the GTX 760 than it is the GTX 770, which is rather befitting of the 280X’s $300 status, putting it almost exactly where we’d expect it given the price.
Meanwhile checking in again on our factory overclocked Asus 280X, we have another case where the performance improvement is outpacing the boost and memory clock overclocks, this time coming in at 9%. It’s scenarios like these that make Asus’s $10 premium such a bargain for the performance.
Once again, FCAT tells us that our delta percentages are well within tolerance.
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rs2 - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - link
Would still appreciate an explanation regarding what those FP64 ratings actually mean.Ryan Smith - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - link
FP64 execution speed relative to FP32 execution speed.aTaoZ - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - link
Love how you guys posted the specs for R9 290X.Rogatti - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - link
Mantle factor think is relevant (GCN any version)After R290..X review all the cards on the table...probably Christmas 2014 will be AMD
AMD is playing right...
swindmill - Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - link
"What AMD is doing is more than putting on a new coat of paint on the 7000 series but at the same time let’s be clear here: these products are still largely unchanged from the products we’ve seen almost 2 years ago."WTF does this even mean? It's a fracking rebadge, stop trying to make it seem otherwise! Anandtech is clearly on AMD's payroll...
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - link
Jet lag can make your writing skills unclear. Especially when from tropical island locales, even if it was weeks ago. It happens.Cut the man some slack. ;)
DMCalloway - Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - link
Asus' German site is already showing a R9 280X Matrix. If pricing follows the usual 1 to 1 conversion rate with the Euro then it should retail for a little over $300 here in the States. 12 phase power with an 1100 clock. Strong card for the money IMO. 7970 Matrix is still at $400.Soarta - Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - link
I'd like to know what are the core and memory freq. when the card is idle and connected to more than 1 display, not all of them being connected thru DP.narfsalot - Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - link
Any idea whether a Corsair VX550 will handle the 280x? no OC plannedDMCalloway - Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - link
41A on a single 12V line, you should be fine unless you're running a high OC on a 130W cpu. These cards like most 7970's have a 300W limit.