Hardware Asylum CES 2025 Coverage
I would like to thank Yeyian Gaming for helping sponsor Hardware Asylum during CES 2025. The Consumer Electronics Show starts Jan 9th and runs through Jan 12th.
Yeyian Gaming offers an wide range of solutions for the PC gamer including pre-built PCs to fully customized gaming computers with an online configurator. Their builds feature the latest in computer hardware including Intel Ultra, AMD Ryzen 9 and the latest in Nvidia RTX.
Be sure to check them out at https://us.yeyiangaming.com and the Venetian Tower if you'll be attending CES 2025.
XFX R9 280 Black Edition OC Review @ Vortez
Aside from a very small boost in clockspeed (reference) and a redesigned cooler, the R9-280 is near identical to the HD7950 refreshed 'boost' edition. Not that this is a bad thing of course because when we tested the HD7950 we were thoroughly impressed. Time has since moved on but with a few driver tweaks and XFX's own speed boosts being that our review sample is the 'Black Edition OC' we hope to see some good figures.
Ignoring the obvious rebadge, the new card does boast some new modern updates to wring even everything it can from its chips. Making solid use of beefed up cooling componants, with monster heat spreaders and piping resting underneath dual fans, along with a factory overclock on the Tahiti GPU and memory that takes it close to the limits of the hardware to earn it's membership as a Black-edition card. This could be one seriously scrappy underdog contender for value buyers.
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