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The 280X is still a really capable card where it's more powerful than a RX460/960/1050ti ect. but is weaker than a RX470/970. I'd say you'll get quite easily like 4 more years of 1080p gaming at lower settings later on. 

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Is anybody able to let me know how the R9 280X should preform?  This card is being given to me free of charge to use in my new pc build, and I was wondering how soon I should plan to upgrade.  I'm planning to play AAA games in 1080p, and I'm pretty lenient on the graphics settings. 

 

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Slightly faster than a 1050 ti, but still much slower than a 470.

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should do well for 1080p upgrade when you don't get the desired performance. 

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The 280X is still a really capable card where it's more powerful than a RX460/960/1050ti ect. but is weaker than a RX470/970. I'd say you'll get quite easily like 4 more years of 1080p gaming at lower settings later on. 

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Thanks so much guys!  This answered my question.

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21 minutes ago, AdvocateOfNyx said:

Is anybody able to let me know how the R9 280X should preform?  This card is being given to me free of charge to use in my new pc build, and I was wondering how soon I should plan to upgrade.  I'm planning to play AAA games in 1080p, and I'm pretty lenient on the graphics settings. 

 

Full PC Specs -

Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (link provided)

Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card

Raidmax Smilodon ATX-612WEBP ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply

Thermaltake SMART 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (link provided)

Asus PCE-AC55BT PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter

can i fix your build though

because a 5400 rpm 3 tb hdd a kingston ssd and that psu  is 750w i don't think you need it  also why would you buy a case with a 500w psu  give us a budget and we can probably fix your new pc builds

but if you already did your build its completely fine

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4 hours ago, crysilis said:

can i fix your build though

because a 5400 rpm 3 tb hdd a kingston ssd and that psu  is 750w i don't think you need it  also why would you buy a case with a 500w psu  give us a budget and we can probably fix your new pc builds

but if you already did your build its completely fine

The case and GPU are old parts being given to me as a gift.  The PSU inside the case is terrible, and has been trashed already.  I have substituted the HDD, although I DO need the 3tb.  The SSD is for core applications.  The parts have already been ordered, but I thank you for trying to help. 

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18 hours ago, AdvocateOfNyx said:

The case and GPU are old parts being given to me as a gift.  The PSU inside the case is terrible, and has been trashed already.  I have substituted the HDD, although I DO need the 3tb.  The SSD is for core applications.  The parts have already been ordered, but I thank you for trying to help. 

because 5400 rpm is painfully slow so :/

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3 hours ago, crysilis said:

because 5400 rpm is painfully slow so :/

It was either that or no SSD. 

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On 1/17/2017 at 9:51 AM, Mr.Meerkat said:

The 280X is still a really capable card where it's more powerful than a RX460/960/1050ti ect. but is weaker than a RX470/970. I'd say you'll get quite easily like 4 more years of 1080p gaming at lower settings later on. 

 

On 1/17/2017 at 9:53 AM, AdvocateOfNyx said:

Thanks so much guys!  This answered my question.

It's surprisingly fast. (And Most 280x's are clocked faster than the 7970's they replaced)

The HD7970 was re-flashed into the 280x, but the 280x as higher default clocks most of the time.

How it performs in a few games (TF2/BF1/World of Tanks/Warships/DirtRally)

Still can do many games at Ultra/V-High without much issue.

Can still use Heavy FPS cutting techniques still like 4xMSAA in some titles. (DirtRally)

A Beast GPU still.

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3 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

 

It's surprisingly fast.

The HD7970 was re-flashed into the 280x

How it performs in a few games (TF2/BF1/World of Tanks/Warships/DirtRally)

 

 
 

Hmm...  I'm curious.  Does this mean the card is also capable of recording 1080p 60fps?  (ish)

 

(I do realise most of the recording falls to the CPU)

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1 minute ago, AdvocateOfNyx said:

Hmm...  I'm curious.  Does this mean the card is also capable of recording 1080p 60fps?  (ish)

Yep, AMD Re-Live works in HD7970 and 280x and all that. It works pretty flawlessly, didn't see any performance dips after the initial triggered to start, after 1second it is full speed ahead.

 

The GPU may record 1080p 60fps, the encoder chip itself, may have troubles sometimes (when looking at video properties, avg recording fps was 54fps when the game was above 60fps) while video was encoded at 60fps, it looks like that 55fps (Limitation of the Encoding CHIP onboard)

It's still good to just SET 60fps anyway, it's close enough. (Older GPU driven recording software, I'd use medium quality and it would hit 60fps, HQ would drop recording fps)

But it's still better than nothing, or CPU alternatives.

 

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1 minute ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Yep, AMD Re-Live works in HD7970 and 280x and all that. It works pretty flawlessly, didn't see any performance dips after the initial triggered to start, after 1second it is full speed ahead.

 

The GPU may record 1080p 60fps, the encoder chip itself, may have troubles sometimes (when looking at video properties, avg recording fps was 54fps when the game was above 60fps) while video was encoded at 60fps, it looks like that 55fps (Limitation of the Encoding CHIP onboard)

It's still good to just SET 60fps anyway, it's close enough. (Older GPU driven recording software, I'd use medium quality and it would hit 60fps, HQ would drop recording fps)

But it's still better than nothing, or CPU alternatives.

 

 

Hmm...  I'm currently using a family PC and using OBS Studio, so I'll be interested to see what AMD Re-Live has to offer.  Thanks for the help!  :D

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1 minute ago, AdvocateOfNyx said:

Hmm...  I'm currently using a family PC and using OBS Studio, so I'll be interested to see what AMD Re-Live has to offer.  Thanks for the help!  :D

I DID have to manually enable it in the control panel.

Games were legit as fast as they should be while recording, no lag.

Recordings were fine altho at times, just under 60fps (depends on game complexity and encoding stress) Other games the recordings were all 60fps avg.

 

But yeah, AMD-Relive has HD7000 Series/200 series support.

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2 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

I DID have to manually enable it in the control panel.

Games were legit as fast as they should be while recording, no lag.

Recordings were fine altho at times, just under 60fps (depends on game complexity and encoding stress) Other games the recordings were all 60fps avg.

 

But yeah, AMD-Relive has HD7000 Series/200 series support.

 
 

Great!  I'll make sure to add "Manually enable AMD Re-Live" to the list of things I have to do once all the parts come in. :S Thanks for all of your help!

 

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10 hours ago, AdvocateOfNyx said:

It was either that or no SSD. 

oof at least its easily upgradable in the future I guess

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