XFX Radeon R9 285 Black Edition Review: Maximum Overdrive

[mortsmi7]

"Oh please, I played wolfenstein just fine at Ultra on a 1GB 7850."

I wasn't referring to the ultra preset. I was talking about cranking the graphics up as high as they go. It uses 2917 MB VRAM for me.

 

[Casecutter]

But this still means if you aren't willing to ante up $330+, you have not one other "smart" offering from Nvidia.

Considering a card OC at this level slaps the GTX 770, and there's like one of those for $250 most are $280 and more. It's funny that this article has only a retort "it not as good as the latest card that almost always will cost $100 more", although fail to point out that Nvidia has nothing else that even come close to viable! As we all wait for some GTX 960, we need to be remind that while they sell a every 970 they're not any good purchases from them from $120-280 for this Christmas Season and they reap not one disparaging remark.

 

[GPUPacman]

So is an R9 285 faster than an R9 280x? I can't really tell because no other cards are in the benchmarks...

 

[logainofhades]

So is an R9 285 faster than an R9 280x? I can't really tell because no other cards are in the benchmarks...

If you click the link to the original review of the 285, in the first paragraph of page 2, you would already have that answer. 😉

 

[Brian Blair]

I used to think the GTX 970 was great because it launched at $330 so I thought the price would go down significantly! But it has gone up! So it is starting to look like another overpriced GTX 780 to me! I will just stay with my R9 270 and buy a second for crossfire. Two 270's for only $140 a piece in crossfire make Nvidia's price performance look like crap!

 

[Brian Blair]

Quote:
So is an R9 285 faster than an R9 280x? I can't really tell because no other cards are in the benchmarks...

LOL No it is actually almost the same as the R9 280 nonX, And the 285 falls behind the R9 280 nonX because of the much lower memory bandwidth and because it has significantly less V-Ram than the 280 nonX. This is why most reviews only show you peak of it vs the 280x or R9 280! Because you are just supposed to be a dumb consumer and waste money anyway! This how badly consumers today are treated!

 

[Roger Rogers]

I prefer the Asus R9 280 in Crossfire

10392 Fire Strike score
12/17/14 1:58:24 AM
using
Intel Core i5-4570S (low power model)

AMD Radeon R9 280 At stock settings.

Great performance at less than the price of a 970.

 

[Bannereus]

Correction: memory defaults to 1450MHz (5800MHz effective) for the 'Black' overclocked model (yes, it is wrong on the manufacturer's site too)

Got this card at a good price (in Canada) mid-december, so far quite pleased with it

 

[Leuzier13]

I'm running 2x XFX R9 270X 4Ghz GDDR5 on each card in CrossfireX, and I've contacted XFX for info on what I should have for wattage on my PSU. They replied with "The 2 cards I'm running should have 250 watts available to each card. With the 5 HDD's 7x Case fans, 2x92mm fans on my CPU cooler, BD burner, and a 95w FX-6300 CPU on A GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 board. They recommended a minimum of 850 watts for the PSU. Giving me a little bit of headroom if I OC my CPU or GPU's.

 

[Lutfij]

Alright, both of you cut out the bickering!

Attacking posts cleaned up. Keep it civil or don't bother posting at all. If you two would like to go at it again then do so during your vacation times.