Reviewers Liked
- Runs cool, Quiet, Respectable single card performance, Good dual card scaling
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Rebadge of a lastgen model
MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming OC Twin Frozr 4 3GB GDDR5 PCIe R9 280 GAMING 3G
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AMD has announced an “all new” GPU named the R9 280. This entry will plug the gap between the $230 R7 270X and the $300 R9 280X (these are MSRP prices, btw). It's priced at $279 and goes head-to-head with Nvidia's GTX 770, which is priced at $329. Both...
By Maximum PC onOn the Nvidia side of the equation we picked the PNY GTX 760 XLR8 , currently priced at £177.31 inc vat on Scan.To represent AMD – we selected the MSI R9 280 Gaming Edition , currently priced at £186.82 inc vat on Scan.Both solutions are very closely...
By Kitguru.net onThe AMD Radeon R9 280 comes at a recommended $249 and beats the GeForce GTX 760 in the majority of tests. It is 20% faster than the Radeon R9 270X and only 13% slower than the Radeon R9 280X. And it can be easily overclocked to beat its more advanced...
By X-bit Labs onJust as it happened a couple of years ago with the HD 7970 and the HD 7950, we find ourselves loving the R9 280 when compared to the R9 280X and the rest of the GPU lineup from either AMD or NVIDIA. Only this time prices are lower across the board. For...
By PCPer onMicrostar International (MSI) is a Taiwan-based computer hardware manufacturer founded in 1986. Primarily a designer and manufacturer of PC motherboards, MSI has expanded its business into barebones PCs, servers and workstations, communications devices,...
By HardOCP onAbout a month ago we took a look at AMD's most powerful single-GPU card, the 290X. Today we take a few steps back and have a look at its little brother, the 280. Not just any 280 though, but the MSI R9 280 OC with the Twin Frozr IV cooler.As new cards...
By TechwareLabs onNella giornata di oggi, osserveremo con cura e attenzione, una delle ultime e molto interessanti soluzioni grafiche presentate dal noto colosso americano AMD, vale a dire la Radeon R9 280. Questa scheda, come si può facilmente dedurre, si colloca un...
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Die MSI Twin Frozr Radeon R9 280 OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte erreicht insgesamt eine ausgesprochen gute Gaming Leistung, so daß sie ihrem Namen alle Ehren macht.Die Benchmarks der MSI Twin Frozr Gaming Radeon R9 280 OC sind mit einem AMD A10-7850K...
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Hoy tenemos entre manos la nueva tarjeta gráfica Sapphire R9 285 Dual-X OC , la cual analizaremos en comparación con la exitosa MSI R9 280 Gaming . Debemos destacar que la serie Radeon R9 285 llega al mercado como reemplazo de las R9 280 ofreciendo un...
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Wer sich auf der gamescom Gamingmesse umgesehen hat und sich nun das ein oder andere aktuelle Game zulegt, möchte oder muss vielleicht auch gleich noch etwas die Hardware aufrüsten.Da kommt die flotte MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280 OC Edition Grafikkarte...
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