Tuesday, February 11th 2014
AMD Also Works on Radeon R9 280 to Heat Up Sub-$300 Segment
In addition to the Radeon R7 265, AMD is also planning to launch its 6th Radeon R9 series desktop discrete graphics card running up to Computex 2014, the Radeon R9 280. The R9 280, as some of you might have guessed by now, is based on the 28 nm "Tahiti" silicon, with a core-configuration identical to that of the Radeon HD 7950 from the previous generation, according to a WCCFTech report. The chip could hence feature 1,792 stream processors, 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 3 GB of memory.
The Radeon R9 280 could be clocked above 800 MHz on the core, and 5.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) on the memory, which works out to 224 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Given that the R9 280X is still on paper a $299 SKU, AMD may intend the R9 280 to be priced within the sub-$300 segment. Beneath the R9 280X, AMD's GPUs are unappealing to crypto-currency miners as the performance-Watt and price-performance equations turn unfavorable, and so the R9 280 has a fair chance of sticking to its intended price-point, away from being wrecked by shamelessly greedy retailers.
Source:
VR-Zone
The Radeon R9 280 could be clocked above 800 MHz on the core, and 5.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) on the memory, which works out to 224 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Given that the R9 280X is still on paper a $299 SKU, AMD may intend the R9 280 to be priced within the sub-$300 segment. Beneath the R9 280X, AMD's GPUs are unappealing to crypto-currency miners as the performance-Watt and price-performance equations turn unfavorable, and so the R9 280 has a fair chance of sticking to its intended price-point, away from being wrecked by shamelessly greedy retailers.
17 Comments on AMD Also Works on Radeon R9 280 to Heat Up Sub-$300 Segment
I wouldn't expect retailers to charge any less than $350 for this.
Also a good oppurtunity business-wise to get away with spare chips laying around.
God, it's good to be the king for once.
How you like THEM apples? US and whatever other countries have jacked up prices because of it. Mwahahaha.
That's how i like my apples.
AMD may just tank on these if miners don't pick up any more chips to do their bidding.
Now I don't know where btarunr is getting his information about be "unappealing to crypto-currency miners", but that isn't how it’s "panning" out here in the states. Everything from 270's on-up are being sucked up still... A 270X that was $190 just at the first of the year, is now a $270 part and another $7 to ship it! While they might offer not as good of mH/s|Watts|$ equation… it seems "stupid is, as stupid does" takes precedence.
Curacao/Pitcairn are only used when one can't acquire a Tahti chip or can't afford it, or (like a month ago) when they are priced low enough compared to Tahiti to make sense. An exceptional Curacao/Pitcairn GPU can achieve 400kH/s while a very good Tahiti GPU can achieve 800kH/s. Curacao/Pitcairn GPUs are rarely half the price of Tahiti chips, so they almost never make sense for dedicated mining.
Stupid me who freaked out after a value drop cashed out the bitcoins to pay the student debt. 6 months later the ratio tripled and today... I would've been set for life.