280(x) or 380

[Vek1313]

So I will be building my system soon and I was wondering what would be the better choice? This will be the setup for around 2 years so it needs to be able to last. I will have one 1080p and an old 16 inch monitor to start with. What would be a better choice for me?

[orcinhell]

200 series all the way.

 

The 300 series is effectively a driver update... that you pay more for.

 

Edit: I am not team green. But buying a 300 series card is the same as paying extra for better drivers. Something that no one should support.

[WereCat]

Wait for reviews and benchmakrs first. We dont know yet to tell you with 100% certainity.

[ImBleu]

I'd not pay the premium for a driver update. You can get a R9 290 for like $220 from Diamond.

[Guest]

If you can get the 280x, get that. The 380 is a 285, which can compete with a 280 but actually loses to a 280x across the board. It has newer tech, overclocks a bit better and has lower power consumption, but that's about it. If you can get a 380 with 4GB and a nice cooler for the same price it might be worth considering, but otherwise 280x. 

 

Wait for reviews and benchmakrs first. We dont know yet to tell you with 100% certainity.

 

erm, http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_r9_380_strix_review,14.html

[Vek1313]

200 series all the way. The 300 series is effectively a driver update... that you pay more for.

 

 

Wait for reviews and benchmakrs first. We dont know yet to tell you with 100% certainity.

The 380 has a 256 bit bus (or whatever you wanna refer to it as) and the 280x has 384 bit. Is that a significant difference? Does it matter the 380 has 4GB while the 280x has 3GB?

[WereCat]

 

 

The 380 has a 256 bit bus (or whatever you wanna refer to it as) and the 280x has 384 bit. Is that a significant difference? Does it matter the 380 has 4GB while the 280x has 3GB?

R9 380 = R9 285 except there is 2GB & 4GB version of R9 380. We dont know yet what the performance difference really is..

[Grrizz]

The 380 has a 256 bit bus (or whatever you wanna refer to it as) and the 280x has 384 bit. Is that a significant difference? Does it matter the 380 has 4GB while the 280x has 3GB?

280x also has 2048 shader units vs. the 380s 1792, the 280X is more powerful than the 380, I would hazard a guess that the 380X will be based on the 280X probably with just a very slight clock speed increase. The only benefit the 380 has is GCN 1.2 support which mean it has DX12 feature level 12_0 support vs the 280Xs DX12 feature level 11_1 support and no free-sync which might be the only reason they don't make the 380X out of a 280X... who knows at this point.

[Humbug]

380 has a 256 bit bus (or whatever you wanna refer to it as) and the 280x has 384 bit. Is that a significant difference? Does it matter the 380 has 4GB while the 280x has 3GB?

Neither are significant. 3GB is enough in this tier. And for the 380 256bit is enough because it's a newer version of GCN with lossless compression. 280x may have more raw grunt. 380 is more modern and supports freesync and has better tessellation performance. I guess 280x wins on raw horsepower.

[Humbug]

reason they don't make the 380X out of a 280X... who knows at this point.

It's funny both NVIDIA and AMD have left a big gap in this segment. Big performance gap between 960 and 970. Just like between the R9 380 and 390.

[Grrizz]

It's funny both NVIDIA and AMD have left a big gap in this segment. Big performance gap between 960 and 970. Just like between the R9 380 and 390.

I guess its a fairly popular price point so they both might be hedging their bets waiting to see what the other team does so they can release something 5% better than the other taking out that market segment lol.

[Nena Trinity]

380 is more modern but the 280 may have a bit more pure GPU power, yet then again the 380 has a 4GB version!