Asus Announces Strix R9 280 Graphics Card

[TERAFLOP]

ASUS has announced the Asus Strix Radeon R9 280, armed with 3 GB of memory (model: STRIX-R9280-OC-3GD5).

The card appears to feature the same exact DirectCU II based cooling solution as the one on the GTX 780 Strix, and likely a similar PCB to the R9 280 DirectCU II series. The cooler offers 0 dBA cooling when the GPU is running at temperatures below 65 °C, and begins to spool up only beyond that. So handling most desktop and mild 3D loads should be completely quiet.

The card also offers a factory OC. The GPU is clocked at 980 MHz, and the memory at 5.20 GHz, compared to reference clocks of 933 MHz core and 5.00 GHz memory. Based on the 28 nm "Tahiti" silicon, the Radeon R9 280 offers 1,792 GCN stream processors, 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.

ASUS didn't reveal pricing.

 

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/asus_radeon_r9_280_strix_oc_edition_graphics_card.html

[AlwaysFSX]

Uh... Someone please tell me the point of this card's existence...

[nj4ck]

let me know when they make a 290 version of this... the cooler is sexy, but for a 280? why?

[Lord Pantaloons]

passive up to 65c eh? interesting but I don't think many people will go for it.

[Guest Kloaked]

Uh... Someone please tell me the point of this card's existence...

 

Because they can.

[wng_kingsley7]

Not bad I like it. Looks boss

[AlwaysFSX]

Because they can.

It's a 7950... Why not do this to a 290/x?

Oh right, because those idle above 65C regardless.

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

Uh... Someone please tell me the point of this card's existence...

Because Asus felt like it! They do stuff without too much pay out a bit actually, notably the 760 dual card MARS I think it was called.

[Lord Pantaloons]

Ok I had to say this,

 

 

Does anyone else think of these when I hear "Strix"

 

 

 

 

......

[AlwaysFSX]

Ok I had to say this,

 

 

Does anyone else think of these when I hear "Strix"

....

No? Okay.

[Guest Kloaked]

It's a 7950... Why not do this to a 290/x?

Oh right, because those idle above 65C regardless.

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Staind]

Looks cool

[TacticlTwinkie]

The shroud looks so much better than the regular Direct CUII shroud. Now to do something about that hideous heat pipe. I would much rather have the 4 smaller ones on the side we see when it's installed than that stupid fat half ring we see.

[Mattriz]

Uh... Someone please tell me the point of this card's existence...

it has legit power

[sirtoby]

Silent until 65°C you say? Why is Asus trying to sell something that everybody can do in Afterburner or whatever OC program he/she likes? I do this with my HD7870 for over a year now. They stole my idea! Joking aside, I am quite happy they made this card. It is completely black, which is good if you want to build a PC with a more dark colour scheme. I just hope that they didn't put stupid LEDs on that card.

[toughtrasher]

it has legit power

I've had a 270 and I've had a 290, but have never used a 280. Betting it's pretty good, dunno if Icould find a price I like though.

[Nicktrance]

Silent until 65°C you say? Why is Asus trying to sell something that everybody can do in Afterburner or whatever OC program he/she likes? I do this with my HD7870 for over a year now. They stole my idea! Joking aside, I am quite happy they made this card. It is completely black, which is good if you want to build a PC with a more dark colour scheme. I just hope that they didn't put stupid LEDs on that card.

 

I think they mean the fan stops working like some high end PSUs, something you can't do on cards without custom firmware or coolers.

[Hyp0xia]

As a silence freak, I personally like the 0dBA fan mode.

[Socky]

Explain that 0dB Silent Gaming, cuz seriously, im curious

[mvitkun]

Explain that 0dB Silent Gaming, cuz seriously, im curious

 

 

Apparently the cooler offers 0 dBA cooling (no fan RPM) when the GPU is running at temperatures below 65 °C, and begins to spin up once it reaches that threshold.

 

So assuming you have no coil whine it will be 0 dBA, because aside from coil whine and the fans nothing should be making noise.

[AlwaysFSX]

Explain that 0dB Silent Gaming, cuz seriously, im curious

This is only going to be when it's idling, The cooler may be good but not that good. DCUII cards still go over 65C.

[Ren]

First thing I thought of when I saw the last pic:

Honestly, though.. If they know the DCU2 shroud is ugly, I really hope they stop making them. I'm all for rebranding and a color change if it means that happens, even if these Strix products look ridiculous because they're based on an owl's face.. Just don't market them as a different product when almost nothing is changed. That's bull.

[Biased Opinion]

It's a 7950... Why not do this to a 290/x?

Oh right, because those idle above 65C regardless.

it is meant to be a budget oveclocking card for people who can't afford the matrix cards. Same idea as the MSI hawk cards.

[Guest Generallee]

Why the hell they went for a 280 ?

 

WHY NOT A 290

 

WHERE IS TEH LOGIC

 

GIVE MEH 6GB ON 512BIT BUS NAW

[toughtrasher]

What makes this one different from every other 280 cards?