MSI Introduces Radeon R8 280 Gaming Graphics Card

[N.Broekhuijsen]

MSI has introduced its R9 280 Gaming graphics card.

MSI Introduces Radeon R8 280 Gaming Graphics Card : Read more

 

[KosherGrimace]

The title erroneously states "R8 280".

 

[bemused_fred]

"pricing is expected to sit around the $280 mark"

BUAHAHAHAHAHAA!! HAAA HAA HAAA HAAAAA!!! HAHAHAHA!! Ha ha. Heh. That's a good one! Now, what's the post-mining-rush price going to be?

 

[Captain75]

I thought this was a whole new card

 

[unksol]

Quality proofreading as always... only reason I clicked was cause the TITLE said it was something new

 

[Dugimodo]

I think the effect of mining on prices has been exaggerated a little, but even if it is entirely at fault it's effects should be diminishing. Network difficulty is rising, profitiblility is dropping, and ASIC miners are looking like they may start to appear in numbers soon.All in all it would be a foolish time to buy more graphics cards for the purposes of scrypt mining, the chances of recouping the costs are dropping rapidly. There are some coins that may buck the trend but I don't know that I'd gamble on that.

 

[firefoxx04]

Never fails. Every time a post comes up pertaining to AMD cards someone has to cry about miners. cry cry cry.

 

[voreo]

im glad i managed to snag a 270x before the miner price. considering a nvidia next time though through msi though, this ones only giving trouble cause i guess the R9 200 cards just have some issues on somethings, like mine i get really weird tearing on GW2

 

[TechnoD]

And here I thought i was going to see a 7870 LE XT like card, but no, its just another proofreading fail.

 

[caj]

@firefoxx04we have to cry about miners. They are the reason a 500$ card went to a 850$ which primary use is for gaming. Coz of that many in most regions I know have shifted to nvidia.

 

[ratchet256]

LOL WTF is an "Radeon R8 280".

 

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LOL WTF is an "Radeon R8 280".

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[rohitbaran]

Radeon R9 280 priced at $280. That's kind of amusing (price and card number matching).

 

[verma1891]

Tom's hardware guys drunk these days? Betheda followed by an R8. 😀Reading the headline, I was amazed how MSI can release a card even before AMD itself 😀

 

[bemused_fred]

Tom's hardware guys drunk these days? Betheda followed by an R8. 😀Reading the headline, I was amazed how MSI can release a card even before AMD itself 😀

It's just a rebranded HD 7950, so MSI could physically create this easily. However, getting the software and drivers to recognize it as an official "R9-280" could be much harder.....

 

[verma1891]

Tom's hardware guys drunk these days? Betheda followed by an R8. 😀Reading the headline, I was amazed how MSI can release a card even before AMD itself 😀

It's just a rebranded HD 7950, so MSI could physically create this easily. However, getting the software and drivers to recognize it as an official "R9-280" could be much harder.....

you meant r8 280 right?

 

[BoredErica]

The title erroneously states "R8 280".

The title confused me a lot until I actually clicked on the link, lol.