HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo Boost | ChipLoco

I'm not really a fan of the new R7 and R9 naming scheme.  The performance overlaps the 7000 series but it is difficult to know what card to buy if you are trying to match an older card.  Along the same lines, how do you know if a 280X is faster than a HD7870?  I suppose that is part of the allure but still pretty lame.

Of this, I have determined that getting a card with an "X" in the name tends to be better than without.

It’s been almost two years since AMD launched their Radeon HD 7000 series. The whole series gave a tough time to NVIDIA and when it started to lag behind AMD made a comeback with price cuts and game bundles and once again the HD 7000 series came back to the limelight. But there was obviously a time when AMD had to refresh their lineup to stay relevant and back in

The card looks good and the benchmarks seem solid so be sure to check it out.

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