R9 280x Broken, Need Double Precision Replacement Ideas

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My 280x just got burned. It is still under warranty, I think. Hopefully, it will be a successful claim.

I use my graphic card to do engineering simulation and need a strong double precision performance for calculation. If they cannot fix my 280x, I guess I cannot ask for another 280x since it is a discontinue product. I purchased my card at $230 USD. I don't know much on how warranty works but I think I can have a new ATI card at retail around that price range and I am wiling to add little bit of cash on top to get the right card.

What are the choices for ATI gaming graphic card close to $230 USD price or just slight above with a strong double precision performance?
 
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then i don't think you have anything better to get if you want to use your warranty claim. those Tahiti probably AMD only gaming card with highest DP capability. tahiti DP rate is 1/4 of it's SP rate. but the thing about tahiti is that rate is the same regardless the card being an accelerator card (firepro) or a gaming card (Radeon). Hawaii is one monster DP GPU (even significantly faster than nvidia titan kepler) with it's 1/2 DP rate but that's only available in firepro version. the Radeon version it's DP being limited to 1/8 of it's DP resulting even slower performance than tahiti.


There is nothing in any lineup that touches that generation for double precision, it's not even a contest. It's like comapring a school bus to a mini van for how many people it carries.

The question is, what rate do you need, what can you settle for?

 
then i don't think you have anything better to get if you want to use your warranty claim. those Tahiti probably AMD only gaming card with highest DP capability. tahiti DP rate is 1/4 of it's SP rate. but the thing about tahiti is that rate is the same regardless the card being an accelerator card (firepro) or a gaming card (Radeon). Hawaii is one monster DP GPU (even significantly faster than nvidia titan kepler) with it's 1/2 DP rate but that's only available in firepro version. the Radeon version it's DP being limited to 1/8 of it's DP resulting even slower performance than tahiti.
 
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