The Radeon R9 280 MSI Gaming 3GB Edition was released on 11 Mar 2014
AMD PC game performance check Radeon R9 280 MSI Gaming 3GB Edition
GPU
Architecture
GCN 1.0 Tahiti PRO2
Process
28nm
TMUs
112
Texture Rate
112 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
32 GPixel/s
Ray Tracing
Tensor Cores
Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11.1
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.3
Resolution (WxH)
4096 x 2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
3072MB
Memory Speed
1250MHz
Memory Bus
384bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
240GB/sec
L2 Cache
768
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
933 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
Power
Max Power
200 Watts
PSU
500 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
GD Official
GD RATING
Approved
Radeon R9 280 MSI Gaming 3GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis
Radeon R9 280 MSI Gaming 3GB Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon R9 280.
This edition comes with a custom cooling system called "Twin Frozr", which reduces the card's temperature under load, significantly and comes overclocked out of the box in the central unit that was increased from 827MHz to 933MHz, while the Boost clock is now of 1000MHz.
Benchmarks indicate a 3% performance boost over the standard edition and so this edition is more powerful than GeForce GTX 760.