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CartertheCOCguy
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after googling this is the answer

 

Radeon R9 280X was announced on September 25, 2013. it is based on the Tahiti XTL chip, being a slightly upgraded, rebranded Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.   Radeon R9 280 was announced on March 4, 2014.  it is based on a rebranded Radeon HD 7950

 

280x = 2048 cores

280 = 1792 cores

 

more info here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Radeon_Rx_200_Series#Chipset_table

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after googling this is the answer

 

Radeon R9 280X was announced on September 25, 2013. it is based on the Tahiti XTL chip, being a slightly upgraded, rebranded Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.   Radeon R9 280 was announced on March 4, 2014.  it is based on a rebranded Radeon HD 7950

 

280x = 2048 cores

280 = 1792 cores

 

more info here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Radeon_Rx_200_Series#Chipset_table

And its gonna be more expensive than the 280x cause the 7950 was better at mining than the 7970

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And its gonna be more expensive than the 280x cause the 7950 was better at mining than the 7970

the 280 is 300 and the 280x is around 350-400

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And its gonna be more expensive than the 280x cause the 7950 was better at mining than the 7970

the 7970 was better at mining that the 7950

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison#AMD_.28ATI.29

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First is a 7970, the second is a 7950.

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