Reviewers Liked
- Hits the price/performance sweet spot
- Multi-monitor options more flexible than previous in previous iterations
Reviewers Didn't Like
- The graphics architecture is getting a bit long in the tooth
MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming OC Twin Frozr GDDR5 PCIe
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By itreviews.com
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The MSI R9 280X Gaming 3G is for gamers who want more muscle in their game play than what entry-level graphics cards can provide. It's the best choice for those looking to upgrade to a higher-end...
By pcGameware UK
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The MSI Radeon R9 280X TWIN FROZR GAMING came well packaged as per usual for MSI and with the TWIN FROZR GAMING design this 280X is one good looking card. The 280X Gaming is one cool card too, with overclocked temperatures never surpassing 70 degrees...
By Modders-Inc
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In my opinion, MSI has done a bang up job with AMD's R9 280X GPU. From the pictures of the naked card, we are using Rev 1.2. Compared to other reviews at launch time, the PCB and components are a little different. Hardware wise, I have no complaints...
By HardwareHeaven
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Our featured products today are from MSIs Gaming range, the Radeon R9 280X Gaming Series with Twin Frozr Cooler and factory overclock mixed with the mATX A88XM Gaming motherboard which packs plenty of enthusiast features into a mainstream priced...
By extremespec.net
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MSI R9 280X GAMING 3G dignity showed itself from all sides. It is characterized by a relatively compact, occupying only two expansion slots and having a small length. Quality Components Military Class 4 service lines will increase MSI R9 280X GAMING...
By Tom's Hardware
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Perhaps fortunately, AMD's reference Radeon R9 280X is a bit of a phantom outside our own labs. If you're shopping for one of these Tahiti-based boards, you're looking at third-party solutions. We round up seven models and show what makes them different....
By overclockers.com
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AMD's release of the lower end of the new cards really came and went with much ado about nothing. Well AMD made a big hullabaloo, but that was about it really. As we now know, their midrange and lower are mostly rebrands. As much grief as I have been...
By PCPer
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As a result, I fully expect the R9 280X to be a great selling GPU for those gamers with a mid-range budget of $300.But another of the benefits of using an existing GPU architecture is the ability for board partners to very quickly release custom built...
By HardOCP
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Microstar 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 DigitalReviews
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In this review we take a peek at the MSI Radeon R9-280X TwinFrozr Gaming OC review. The smexy dark custom PCB has been armed with quality components, a dual-BIOS and their dual fan based TwiNFrozr series edition coolers. MSI factory overclocked the...
By Legit Reviews
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When the AMD Radeon HD 7970 was introduced in 2011 it cost $549 and made short work of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 video card. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 uses the Tahiti GPU that has 2,048 stream processors built on the TSMC's 28nm process technology with 3GB...
By uk.hardware.info
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Two days ago AMD introduced the new Radeon R9 280X, R9 270X and R7 260X graphics cards (you can find our review here ). Granted, the main 'new' thing about the cards were their names, considering the R9 280X is a different version of the Radeon HD...
By HardwareMX
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La MSI Radeon R9 280X de la serie Gaming, compite de excelente forma con la competencia, otorgando varios beneficios que le van a dar al usuario un excelente plus en cuanto a diseño de componentes electrónicos Military Class y un excelente sistema de...
By hardwarezone.com.my
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The performance of the MSI R9 280X Gaming 3G card is fairly decent, given its slight default factory overclock levels. The company has attempted to distinguish the card by branding the card under its Gaming series, with its familiar red and black color...
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