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R9 280

Average Bench: 30% (156th of 698)

Based on 33,175 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679A Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280
Poor: 27%Average: 30% Great: 34%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 280 averaged 69.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 40.5fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 39.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280 is just 6.85%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 280 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 32.7fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 50.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 33,175 samples)
Rank 15630%
Min Avg Max
35.8 Lighting 40.5 45.7
23.4 Reflection 32.7 38.5
44.7 Parallax 50.1 56.7
33% 41.1 fps
Min Avg Max
26.5 MRender 29.1 33.6
35.8 Gravity 39.5 43.3
20.6 Splatting 22.8 26.9
24.3% 30.5 fps
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The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB
CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.3.1
33.8% Below average
Lighting 45.5
Reflection 19.1
Parallax 54.6
37% 39.7 fps
MRender 33.7
Gravity 41.9
Splatting 27
27% 34.2 fps
MSI(1462 277C) 3GB
CLim: 1095 MHz, MLim: 1501 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
32.7% Below average
Lighting 46.3
Reflection 30.2
Parallax 48.8
38% 41.8 fps
MRender 28.9
Gravity 36.8
Splatting 20.9
23% 28.9 fps
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
29.5% Poor
Lighting 39.5
Reflection 33.9
Parallax 51.6
32% 41.7 fps
MRender 30
Gravity 38
Splatting 23.5
24% 30.5 fps
PwrHis(1787 5000) 3GB
CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
27% Poor
Lighting 35.8
Reflection 31.2
Parallax 46.9
29% 38 fps
MRender 27.4
Gravity 37.3
Splatting 21.4
23% 28.7 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $185 @ launch in Mar '14)
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Sapphire(174B A003) 41% 29% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 280 3GB Dual-X
11230-00-20G
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 14% 33% ± 2%
Asus(1043 047E) 11% 30% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3003) 10% 30% ± 2%
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation
R9280ATDFD
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Black
R9280ATDBD
MSI(1462 277C) 9% 30% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 3000) 6% 29% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 3000) 4% 30% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 5000) 3% 30% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2800) 1% 29% ± 3%
Asus(1043 0482) 1% 30% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 229B) 0% 28% ± 2%
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples794x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples702x
FX-8320AMD  $158Bench 59%, 106,454 samples343x
GPU
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 30%, 33,175 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples111x
A400 480GBKingston  $26Bench 74%, 237,487 samples80x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $40Bench 54%, 339,020 samples68x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples138x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples61x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples57x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $481

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GPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

TUR-User
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5,266

Good

4 months ago.

one of the best price/perfomance cards in the market

NLD-User
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3,316

Average

4 years ago.

Have this card for 3 years now. Still performs. Aiming to get an upgrade soon though. For the latest triple A titles with high (not ultra or something) settings at 2k this card just doesn't cut it anymore. it still performs smooth at 1080 medium though :) So for a budget system, I'd say. you'd still be good.

HUN-User
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3,223

Excellent

2 years ago.

Used it for 5 years, broke down after that, but it was a good card

CZE-User
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3,170

Excellent

1 day ago.

Its best budget I got it for 40usd

SWE-User
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2,618

Good

2 years ago.

i have one and its a verry bad card

NOR-User
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2,182

Good

18 months ago.

keeps at around 60 degrees celsius on games like bf1 bf4 and pubg. playing with 70-90 fps!!

LVA-User
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1,596

Excellent

5 months ago.

best video card for this price

RavenBailiff
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316

Average

3 years ago.

The definition of a average card.

staffydog33
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6

Excellent

2 years ago.

AWESOME! CHEAP! FAST! QUIET!

Ghost_Supreme
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2

Excellent

4 years ago.

Amazing performance for a cheap graphics card! Can run any modern game at 30 fps, and many triple A games at 60+fps, even at ultra settings!

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