Question 1

will a 650w rosewill arc be sufficient enough power for this card?

Accepted Answer

It is possible.  I am running a Rosewill 700w power supply without any issues.  It depends on how many Watts the rest of your computer will take. I even managed to get away with powering the card with just the PCI slot + 2 6 pin connectors, instead of pci slot + 1 6 pin + 1 8 pin.

Question 2

can i run this with a 600w psu with no problems?

Accepted Answer

You probably Can.. But I would highly not recommend it.

Not having enough power to satisfy the parts on your computer can lead to having the other stuff die, or not have performance up to par.

I had a 980w PSU /80 Plus, but decided to invest into a 760w /80 gold,  that had better amps on the rails, because I intend to satisfy the power needs.

Alternatively, the 750 is a estimate based on power consumption statistics. It is more looking for 30+ Amperage on the 12volt rails, and you require a 8 and a 6-pin cable for this.

If you have enough amps on the 12volt, and can confirm your CPU/MOBO (+ little leverage room for HDD power) with be within the boundaries still. then you could probably pull it off, but still... I wouldn't recommend it.

Question 3

The system requirements state 750W.  Will there be any side effects or problems with using this card on a system with 550W?

Accepted Answer

280a= 360-390w depending if you flash it to the X version ....so minimum of 500w power supply is suggested from Toms hardware (600 from AMD), although according to Toms Hardware  Ive seen forum posts of people saying it burned out the power supply when paired with a cheap 500w supply.....you being at 550 kinda puts you in the " Just enough " category....If you have a good power supply still under warranty "Gold class or higher" you will be fine....if you have a cheaper power supply off-brand bronze or something, I would advise against it.. due to risk of the power supply catching on fire or shorting out your motherboard. If you do decide to upgrade I would suggest the seasonic 850w/or 750, 80plus gold...leaves enough room to go crossfire if you wish to add another card and is fully modular.

Question 4

Hello, I was wondering if this video card had multi monitor support? And if not, if there is some sort of adapter that wouldn't decrease performance but make it multi monitor compatible.

Accepted Answer

The card will do 2 monitors unconditionally and you can have up to 3 going at the same time, but there are certain stipulations about how AMD's Eyefinity allows you to use 3 monitors.  Two of the monitors *have* to be the same, probably assuming that you would be putting the two identical monitors flanking the singular monitor, but my guess is that you could arrange it how you want.

Either way, you can use two monitors of any kind as long as you have the appropriate connections.

Question 5

i can use intel i3 with this right?

Accepted Answer

I'm not a gaming expert but I have been fooling with PCs in my home since 1988 (I'm 68).  I'm guessing the XFX Radeon R9 280 would function in a PC that had an Intel Core i3 CPU but; would that CPU do justice to the many games on the market that require a powerful CPU to function properly?  I don't know but I have my doubts.  If you're into gaming I'd suggest you check out the minimum CPU requirements for the games that interest you.  I think most boxed games state their minimum requirement on the box flap.  Or check online; the games that interest you might have forums where you can obtain this information.  (A few years ago I built a killer gaming PC because I wanted to fly aircraft simulations - to my surprise I kept getting air-sick!)

Question 6

Where can I download the driver to make it compatible after installing it?

Accepted Answer

Because Newegg won't let me include links to other sites, here is the link provided in an strange format, sorry for that. Once there, you can manually select the driver for your device and operating system or let it automatically detect and install.

http://
support.
amd.
com/
en-us/
download

Question 7

How many monitors can I use at one time?

Accepted Answer

Three, BUT there is a condition on that.

Each DVI port is on a separate thread. The HDMI input is on the same thread as the black DVI so you can't use both. You must get a POWERED DVI or HDMI (depending on your monitor) to Mini-Display port adapter, and plug it into the mini display port farthest from the DVI for best performance.

Question 8

I have a cosrair cx 600w ATX12v psu and I was wondering if this card will work on my build  I currently am putting together. I have a AMD vishera fx 6300 cpu , 8gb of Corsair Vengeance Ram and Im pretty new to pc builing but Im slowly getting there so Can anyone tell me if this card would work for me ??

Accepted Answer

I see no reason why the XFX R9 280 wouldn't work in the computer you are building, but I went with different parts.  I built mine using Intel's Core i7 4770K CPU in an ASUS Z87 Deluxe board.  For power I installed Corsair's RM1000 (1000 Watt) PSU because it's fan doesn't run until it's really under a strain, which won't happen here.  (My 5 year old desktop has a noisy PSU fan that runs all the time.)  I also installed Corsair's H100i Liquid Cooling System and run it on it's Silent Setting.  My C Drive is a Samsung EVO 840 500 GB SSD and boots in 30 seconds; for storage I installed 2 2TB Seagate HDDs.  And I'm using three optical drives, 2 Blu-ray and 1 DVD.  With all the drives I have I figured the 1000 watt PSU made sense.  Then there are 9 blue LED fans of varying size all in NZXT's Phantom 830 Windowed Case.  This is probably my last PC.  The XFX graphics card hasn't been a problem for me yet but I'm not taxing it's capabilities either.  I was going to use it alot for flight sims but I kept getting air sick - I'm not kidding!

Question 9

2 Questions: Some of the reviews here talk about the shear size of this card and would like to ask if you believe the above XFX product would have any space issues in a new case I am considering. The case is a Corsair 400R series mid tower: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008 The other question is about a power supply I have picked out for this new build. It is a 600W OCZ ModXStream going to handle this as well? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4H81E87130&Tpk=9SIA4H81E87130 Thanks in advance.

Accepted Answer

Yes your case will work fine.

Now the power supply working or not working depends on more than just your video card.  I need to know all your other components. Motherboard, processor, ram and amount, what USB devices you may or may not be plugging up, hardrives, optical drives.  With that complete picture I can tell you if that powers supply will meet your demand.

Question 10

How much power is required to run?

Accepted Answer

Afraid I can't answer your question specifically.  I built my PC with the idea that I might later add a second video card or change brands if I wasn't satisfied with my original choice.  In either case I bought and installed a 1,000 Watt PSU with the thought that I might eventually have to power two energy demanding graphics cards, in either Crossfire or SLI modes.  I have been satisfied with the XFX card but I don't currently use any especially demanding graphics intensive software.

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