Getting one of these Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

FPS System Benchmark

73 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition is released on the 04 Mar 2014

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GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.0 Tahiti PRO2

Process

28nm

TMUs

112

Texture Rate

108 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

31 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

1792

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 12.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.4

Resolution (WxH)

4096x2160

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

3072 MB

Memory Speed

1250 MHz

Memory Bus

384 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

240GB/sec

L2 Cache

768KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

855 MHz

Boost Clock

960 MHz

Power

Max Power

200 Watts

PSU

750 Watt & 42 Amps

Power Connector

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

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1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
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Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon R9 280.
This edition comes with a custom cooling system, 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 855MHz, while the Boost clock is now of 960MHz. The operating memory clock was left untouched.
Benchmarks indicate a 4% performance boost over the standard edition and so this edition is more powerful than GeForce GTX 760.

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Radeon R9 280 PowerColor TurboDuo OC 3GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i7-4790T 4-Core 2.7GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon R9 290X

55%

RAM

11GB

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Cyberpunk 2077	4%	132%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4%	132%
eFootball PES 2020	18%	15%
Total War: Three Kingdoms	51%	138%
Control	78%	196%
Grand Theft Auto VI	58%	158%
Borderlands 3	37%	78%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1%	132%
F1 2019	76%	93%
Doom Eternal	18%	45%

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