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ASUS R9280X-DC2T-3GD5 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

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  • 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5
  • PCI Express 3.0
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R9280X-DC2T-3GD5

 

R9280X-DC2T-3GD5
ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Gives Hardcore Gamers a New Edge
  • DirectCU II achieves 20% lower temps with direct-contact copper heatpipes, plus 3X quieter and 6X more powerful twin 100mm fan operation.
  • Exclusive CoolTech Fan drives wider airflow to keep critical components cool.
  • Top-selected 1070MHz cores run 70MHz higher than reference for smoother gameplay.
  • DIGI+ VRM with 12-phase Super Alloy Power delivers precise digital power for superior efficiency, reliability, and performance.
  • GPU Tweak helps you modify clock speeds, voltages, fan performance and more, all via an intuitive interface.

 

 
 
 

ASUS Exclusive Innovation

DirectCU II

 

DirectCU II
20% cooler and 3X* quieter
Exclusive DirectCU II thermal design includes a direct-GPU contact 10mm copper heatpipe and 220% larger dissipation area to boost heat removal efficiency. It performs 20% cooler and 3X quieter than reference.
*Equivalent to 14dB and performance varies depending on system configuration

 

CoolTech Fan

 


CoolTech Fan
Proprietary CoolTech fan consists of a hybrid blade and bearing design, with inner radial blower and outer flower-type blades. These provide multi-directional airflow to accelerate heat removal and enable highly stable graphics performance.

 

Top-Selected 1070 MHz core

 


Top-Selected 1070MHz core
1070MHz Engine clock for better performance and outstanding gaming experience

 

DIGI+ VRM with Super Alloy Power

 


DIGI+ VRM with Super Alloy Power
30% Less Power Noise and 2.5X Greater Durability
Acclaimed DIGI+ VRM has been applied via an 8-phase power design that uses digital voltage regulators to minimize power noise by 30%, enhance power efficiency by 15%, widen voltage modulation tolerance, and improve overall stability and longevity by 2.5 times over the reference design.

 

GPU Tweak

 


GPU Tweak
Real-Time Intuitive Graphics Tuning
  • Shows detailed specs and actual card status with GPU-Z.
  • Sync GPU clocks and voltages for easier overclocking.
  • Monitoring widget provides real-time detailed multi-parameter info.
  • 2D/3D switcher locks cards in 3D mode for higher benchmarks.
  • Automatically checks and updates drivers and BIOS versions.
  • Stream on-screen action to the web in full HD.

 

3GB GDDR5 Memory

 


3GB GDDR5 Memory
On-board memory for the best gaming experience and the best resolution.

 

Graphics GPU Features
Powered by AMD Radeon™ R9 280
Powered by AMD Radeon™ R9 280
AMD Eyefinity™Technology
AMD Eyefinity™Technology

Extend the view across up to six displays to immerse yourself in game play and entertainment.

CrossFire X Support
CrossFireX Support

Multi-GPU technology for extreme performance.

AMD HD3D
AMD HD3D

Immerse yourself in stereoscopic 3D gaming and get up close and personal with your favorite stars while watching Blu-ray 3D. AMD HD3D is also designed for professionals who create complex visual effects and detailed data visualizations.

PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0

Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe 2.0 for faster GPU-CPU communication.

Microsoft DirectX 11.2 API
Microsoft DirectX 11.2 API

Brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and get top-notch performance.

I/O Ports Highlights

 

ports 2 X Native DVI
1 X Native HDMI
1 X Native DisplayPort

 

 

 


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Warranty

  • Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
  • Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years


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  • Gene F.
  • 10/21/2014 4:08:14 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: more than 1 year
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsYeah, these cards will artifact and annoy you

Pros: Fast

Cons: Graphical Artifacts.
AMD's red-headed step-child card. Driver updates are always for the 270 and 290.

Other Thoughts: After a few hours of gaming, you will start to see polygons getting messed up in FPS games (BF4). Sometimes you can live with it, other times they block your entire view - forcing you to restart.
A friend got this same card by my recommendation. Saw the same thing, returned it and got an nVidia 770. Says he has never seen the problem with that card.
After reading all of these failed RMA's, I'm pretty upset with ASUS. They know they have a problem and will not do the right thing. (Returning you a card with the problem fixed!) I'm afraid I'm going to go through the same RMA routine everybody else did and get the same problem returned back to me. My advice, just avoid it all together.

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  • TRAVIS H.
  • 10/2/2014 12:33:48 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

5 out of 5 eggsWorks great

Pros: It runs my games at 1080p resolution with all graphics settings turned on without a hiccup

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I've been thinking about buying a second one of these cards. I bought my first one in February of this year from another retailer (newegg didn't have it available) and it's been working perfectly fine. After reading all the reviews here I've been having second thoughts and may go with a different manufacturer for my second r9 280x. It seems I may have been one of the lucky ones with getting a fully functional card.

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  • Justin M.
  • 10/1/2014 1:43:42 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

2 out of 5 eggsBad ARTIFACTING and BANDING

Pros: quiet fans. good while it lasted

Cons: Artifacts artifacts artifacts and awful horizontal screen flashes. Not to mention the screen tearing

Other Thoughts: I purchased this card back last November because it was getting glowing reviews across the board for performance and noise levels. Which were both true. It lasted me about 6 months and since then it's been nothing but problems with this thing, which makes me want to go the way of nVidia or at least nothing ASUS anymore.. extremely disappointed.

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  • Tyler R.
  • 9/28/2014 10:20:24 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggsNot Happy

Pros: None it did not work when I first got it.

Cons: So here is the story. I purchased this product back in June, but just got around to building it now. Unfortunately for me, as soon as I plugged it in and tried to get my system running, I realized my graphic card was not functional. I'm sad that I never got to truly review this product and will be looking to replace/refund it ASAP. Not sure how to feel rather than disappointed at this point. I'm thinking about getting the same card, but scared the same situation will occur.

Other Thoughts: Wish this product would have worked. I couldn't get my screen to even load up or boot from the get go. I'm very disappointed because I've heard good things about this graphic card. Oh well, guess I'll try another. I can't recommend this product to anyone because of the troubles it has caused me.

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  • Yang Y.
  • 9/26/2014 10:02:49 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

1 out of 5 eggsSevere tearing and performance issues

Pros: 2 fans? Is that a pro?

Cons: 1. Severe tearing
2. Low performance compared other 280X
3. Have to plug in PCI-E 6pin + 8pin, even though the card actually uses only around 100W (PCI-E x 16 75W+ PCI-E 8pin 150W is way more than sufficient, but the card won't power on without all 3 power feeds)
4. Fan really loud @100%

Other Thoughts: The card I got scores 40% lower than normal 280X in 3DMark. And FPS frequently drops below 10 in Watch Dogs with any graphics settings. Later I started to get graphics tearing in games and benchmarks, despite the GPU temp is below 50C (force all fans @100%). Different settings, drivers and power supplies all got consistent results. I even upgraded BIOS and lower vRAM frequency but still the same problem. I guess my card is defective. First time ever to get a defective graphics card...

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  • Anonymous
  • 9/25/2014 7:34:24 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: more than 1 year
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggsA huge disappointment with Asus and AMD video cards. .

Pros: Not a good video card. Works ok as long as you don't do any kind of gaming or anything that requires the video card.

Cons: After buying this card as it's peak price of almost 500 dollars. I am highly disappointed with Asus and AMD. I will never buy AMD or ASUS products ever again.

The card makes games unplayable with it's artifacts. I've read that other people are having the same experience, even after I RMAed the card to Asus they sent it back to me, supposedly fixed, but the artifacts are still there.

I did a clean driver reinstall of the drivers, tried latest beta drivers 14.7.

I wish I can return this card to newegg or get a replacement of a working video card of equivalent value or an Nvidia equivalent.

I read somewhere that 200x series of cards are all like this. I don't know. But I know that this is unacceptable.

I don't recommend.

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  • Anonymous
  • 9/24/2014 9:56:36 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsPrice does not reflect the quality

Pros: As a mining card it worked ok. I say just OK because I realized soon after purchasing that it does not have a bios switch on board, which is the only card I've seen without one. So it would mine fairly well but always had to under clock to 970 to lower the voltage and run at decent temp.

Cons: No bios switch as failsafe for flashing the bios. Pretty standard on all cards, except for this one. To replace a fan you must RMA the card, which is ridiculous. The only difference between this card's rear fan and the 7970 is the mounting bracket; this card has a 3 hole pattern, whereas previous card had 4, making a broken fan blade next to impossible without RMA.

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  • Angela B.
  • 9/20/2014 8:47:59 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

4 out of 5 eggsGreat card

Pros: Bought this card in November of last year to crossfire with an older 7970. Been running trouble free, cards never get above 80 at load. Adds great performance from single gpu.

Cons: Still expensive compared to new releases.

Other Thoughts: Apparently the new batches are having problems, hope they sort it out since it's really a great card.

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  • Corwin D.
  • 9/18/2014 10:26:22 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

2 out of 5 eggsArtifacts and BSOD

Pros: While the card worked, it worked very well.

Cons: When it decided it didn't want to work, I got horrendous artifacts and the BSOD multiple times.

Other Thoughts: Had to switch back to my two HD7770s because the card crapped out on me. The problems happened just long enough for a Newegg RMA to be impossible. I tried to start a case with ASUS once and it turned out that all I did was get a case number assigned to me and I have to try contacting them a second time and give them that case number to actually get some customer service support. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to do this yet, but if I can get an RMA from ASUS I'll update with how it goes.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Asus Customer,

Sorry to hear about the issue you encountered with your graphics card. We apologize your device did not function as promised. We value all of our customer’s feedback. Should you need further assistance, please email me at CC-Rick@asus.com and place case # N140937621 in the subject line

Thank you for choosing an ASUS product.

Best,

Rick
Asus Customer Loyalty

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  • Anonymous
  • 9/17/2014 5:10:47 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

1 out of 5 eggs***Don't buy this card***

Pros: ....

Cons: If u want an advice, avoid to buy this card. I already tried to reach ASUS reps. always writing comments after each bad reviews and didn't get any answer from them. This card is ridiculously the worse graphic card on the planet. All cards seem to be defectives because of artifacting and asus looks like to hide the problem under the carpet and want us to believe they have good after sale service but they don't do anything about it. Im not the kind of person writing bad reviews after a bad experience before trying everything. I bought this card brand new and the problem appears the same day. Do you want to bet I will get a reply to this bad review from the same reps I tried to reach since a week trying to get an rma and good arrangement....

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