When I spoke about the AMD launch of its new R9 cards, I mentioned that most of the cards are rebadged versions of the 7000 Series cards. That doesn’t mean manufactures couldn’t go out of their way to improve on the designs themselves. Asus attempted this with their flagship R9 280X called the Matrix R9 280X Platinum. The Matrix itself brings a lot of amazing features, but the platinum edition is handpicked and equipped with a higher overclock to go with it all. Today I’m going to take a close look at the card to see what sets it apart from the rest of the R9 280X’s on the market.

Product Name: Asus ROG Matrix R9 280X Platinum

Review Sample Provided by: Asus

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

 

Specifications

GPU

Radeon R9 280X

GPU Clock

1100 MHz

Memory Clock

6400 MHz

Memory Size

3072MB GDDR5

Bus Type

PCI Express 3.0

Memory Bus

38bit

Stream Processors

2048

DirectX 11

Yes

DVI Port

DVI-I / DVI-D

Power Connections

2 x 8 pin

DisplayPort

Yes x4

HDMI

HDMI 1.4a

HDCP

Yes

Cooling System

2.5 slot cooling solution with direct CU design and two 10 cm fans

Backplate

Yes

Demensions

11.2 " x 5.7 " x 2.1 " Inch

Features

VGA Hotwire

Tweakit

Turbo Fan Activator

Safe Mode

DIGI+ VRM with 20-phase Super Alloy Power

DirectCU II

MATRIX LED Load Indicator

GPU Tweak Software

Accessories included

1 x CrossFire cable

1 x DVI to D-Sub adaptor

1 x Power cable

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #33121 14 Oct 2013 19:14
I hope everyone had a good weekend, to start this week off I take a look at Asus's flagship R9 280X. Enjoy!

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