AMD Cuts Radeon R9 280 to $249

[Prodigydeadeye]

source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8019/amd-cuts-radeon-r9-280-to-249

 

So now that the R9 280 is directly competing with the GTX 760 pricepoint of ~$250, does anyone have a good video or link to some benchmarks of the two cards against each other? Please don't say "GTX 760 is better" or "R9 280 is better." I just want to see the benchmarks. 

[Wano97]

source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8019/amd-cuts-radeon-r9-280-to-249

 

So now that the R9 280 is directly competing with the GTX 760 pricepoint of ~$250, does anyone have a good video or link to some benchmarks of the two cards against each other? Please don't say "GTX 760 is better" or "R9 280 is better." I just want to see the benchmarks. 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/815

[Prodigydeadeye]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/815

...R9 280 isn't in the benchmark dude.

[Manny Calavera]

r280 is better when overclocked and has more vram

...R9 280 isn't in the benchmark dude.

hd7950

 

also this is only 1 game, and i also belive crysis 3 favor nvidia

but you could expect at stock that 760 beats 280 in -probably most games

i am too lazy to find benchmarks

[Paralectic]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/815

That's a 280x in the benchmarks.

[Faceman]

source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8019/amd-cuts-radeon-r9-280-to-249

 

So now that the R9 280 is directly competing with the GTX 760 pricepoint of ~$250, does anyone have a good video or link to some benchmarks of the two cards against each other? Please don't say "GTX 760 is better" or "R9 280 is better." I just want to see the benchmarks. 

Try $200

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/151978-r9-280-price-drops-to-200/

[jmaster299]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/815

There is not Radeon 280 on that there list.

 

 

Try $200

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/151978-r9-280-price-drops-to-200/

 

No, the base price is $250, not $200. Price after other rebates/sales is different.

[91wow]

...R9 280 isn't in the benchmark dude.

look at the 7950 to the 760.

 

The 280 is a 7950

[Prodigydeadeye]

Try $200

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/151978-r9-280-price-drops-to-200/

It's up to $230 and that is a sale, not a permanent price. MSI had a sale on a GTX 760 this week on Newegg for like $220. This isn't about a sale price. 

[Faceman]

Still dirt cheap for such an incredible card with tons of untapped overclock potential, and 3 free above average games.

[Wano97]

...R9 280 isn't in the benchmark dude.

The amount of comments saying this. I didn't know the 280 wasn't in there, I just know they had benchmarks

[Prodigydeadeye]

Still dirt cheap for such an incredible card with tons of untapped overclock potential, and 3 free above average games.

I have never really liked the games AMD included in the Never Settle Bundle. They had Battlefield 4 for a little while on select cards. That in my opinion would be better than 3 mediocre games.

[Manny Calavera]

here you go overclocked bench. its just that 7950 = r9 280

 

[Prodigydeadeye]

here you go overclocked bench. its just that 7950 = r9 280

 

7950 sure overclocks...or did they just get a lucky card?

[Manny Calavera]

7950 sure overclocks...or did they just get a lucky card?

its a known overclocker... all amd cards are really.

[Prodigydeadeye]

here you go overclocked bench. its just that 7950 = r9 280

 

7950 overclocked seems to perform closer to a GTX 770 than a GTX 760. Who was saying a GTX 760 would beat the 7950?

[Prodigydeadeye]

its a known overclocker... all amd cards are really.

Yeah wow. That is a great value then. Hopefully this will make Nvidia counter with a lower in price of the GTX 760. Gotta love competition.

[Manny Calavera]

7950 overclocked seems to perform closer to a GTX 770 than a GTX 760. Who was saying a GTX 760 would beat the 7950?

at stock it does, in some games. problem is, when overclocked, 7950 performs more like 7970. 7970 is great overclocker also, and beats 770 also.

 

Yeah wow. That is a great value then. Hopefully this will make Nvidia counter with a lower in price of the GTX 760. Gotta love competition.

about, wow half a year ago probaly, even more, you could find 7950 ( xfx edition<-bad oc tho, sometime sapphire , more rarely others) for like 200 bucks. best p/p card out there really. then miners came and inflated.

[Scionyde]

I'm not terribly familiar with this website, but it at least has both R9 280 and GTX 760 benchmarks

 

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/67581-sapphire-radeon-r9-280-dual-x/

 

Looks like they trade blows, beating each other in certain games. I'm not a huge fan of the games they benchmarked (Just Cause 2 but not Metro: Last Light or BF4?) but from their somewhat limited list, there seemed to be slightly more AMD wins at 1080p. Looking at PC Part Picker's American prices currently, you can apparently get a 760 for slightly cheaper than the 280.

 

I'd say they're very close in terms of price to performance, and you couldn't really go wrong picking one over the other.

[Prodigydeadeye]

at stock it does, in some games. problem is, when overclocked, 7950 performs more like 7970. 7970 is great overclocker also, and beats 770 also.

 

 

 

about, wow half a year ago probaly, even more, you could find 7950 ( xfx edition<-bad oc tho, sometime sapphire , more rarely others) for like 200 bucks. best p/p card out there really.

Thanks for the info. Very strong comeback for AMD. Due to inflated prices, AMD has been out of the mid to high end GPU ring for a while now. Good to finally see their comback.

[Manny Calavera]

I'm not terribly familiar with this website, but it at least has both R9 280 and GTX 760 benchmarks

 

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/67581-sapphire-radeon-r9-280-dual-x/

 

Looks like they trade blows, beating each other in certain games. I'm not a huge fan of the games they benchmarked (Just Cause 2 but not Metro: Last Light or BF4?) but from their somewhat limited list, there seemed to be slightly more AMD wins at 1080p. Looking at PC Part Picker's American prices currently, you can apparently get a 760 for slightly cheaper than the 280.

 

I'd say they're very close in terms of price to performance, and you couldn't really go wrong picking one over the other.

yes, but lets not miss this

[The Crazed Child]

This might actually make me switch over to the red team for once

[TheDigitalRealm]

Yeah, I can speak for the 7950/280 being a decent chunk more powerful. With mine clocked to 1075MHz I get pretty much stock 7970/GTX 680 performance.

I'm not sure why people think a 760 is similar in performance...

[Prodigydeadeye]

Yeah, I can speak for the 7950/280 being a decent chunk more powerful. With mine clocked to 1075MHz I get pretty much stock 7970/GTX 680 performance.

I'm not sure why people think a 760 is similar in performance...

That is awesome.

[Scionyde]

Yeah, I can speak for the 7950/280 being a decent chunk more powerful. With mine clocked to 1075MHz I get pretty much stock 7970/GTX 680 performance.

I'm not sure why people think a 760 is similar in performance...

 

They probably think that because at stock, benchmarks indicate they are quite similar in performance. 

 

Yeah, there seems to be quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that the 7950/280 overclocks a bit better than the 760, but it's not like we have a wealth of hard data.