{"id":4169,"date":"2013-10-08T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2014-02-23T01:39:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T00:39:33","slug":"amd-unleashes-r9-series-graphics-cards-with-amd-radeon-r9-270x-and-amd-radeon-r9-280x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/4169-amd-unleashes-r9-series-graphics-cards-with-amd-radeon-r9-270x-and-amd-radeon-r9-280x\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Unleashes R9<\/span> Series Graphics Cards with AMD<\/span> Radeon R9<\/span> 270X<\/span> and AMD<\/span> Radeon R9<\/span> 280X<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014    Armed with the award-win\u00adning, indus\u00adtry-stan\u00addard Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and super\u00adchar\u00adged by Man\u00adt\u00adle, AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 270X<\/span> and AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 280X<\/span> GPUs are built for gamers who demand the best <\/i>\u2014 <\/i><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u2014 Oct. 8, 2013<\/b> \u2014 <\/b>AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today laun\u00adched AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> 270X<\/span> and AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> 280X<\/span>, GPUs engi\u00adnee\u00adred from the bot\u00adtom up to enable a new era of hyper-rea\u00adli\u00adstic ultra reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon gam\u00ading. AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards are desi\u00adgned for enthu\u00adsi\u00adast gamers who demand high-per\u00adfor\u00admance hard\u00adware that shat\u00adters the boun\u00adda\u00adries of rea\u00adlism and performance.<\/p>\n

Based on AMD<\/span>\u2019s award-win\u00adning Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre<\/a>, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards recei\u00adve a boost from Man\u00adt\u00adle[i]<\/sup><\/a>, an indus\u00adtry-acclai\u00admed tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adped by AMD<\/span> to enable today\u2019s top game deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to harness the GCN-powered cores of both PCs and con\u00adso\u00adles.  Man\u00adt\u00adle deli\u00advers a stream\u00adli\u00adned deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment pro\u00adcess and games enab\u00adled with Man\u00adt\u00adle will be able to speak the nati\u00adve lan\u00adguage of the GCN<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, bene\u00adfiting from hard\u00adware opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon that unlocks revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry per\u00adfor\u00admance and image quality.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>With GCN<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and now Man\u00adt\u00adle, ful\u00adly unlo\u00adcked gra\u00adphics per\u00adfor\u00admance and unri\u00adva\u00adled qua\u00adli\u00adty is ent\u00adren\u00adched in the DNA<\/span> of all AMD-powered GPUs and soon all of our APUs as well,\u201d said Matt Skyn\u00adner, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Gra\u00adphics Busi\u00adness Unit, AMD<\/span>. \u201cWith our new line of R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards, tail\u00ador-made to per\u00adform with the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of PC<\/span> games, AMD<\/span> has pro\u00adved that Rade\u00adon\u2122 is<\/i> gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> Series gra\u00adphics cards enable ultra-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon gam\u00ading through both UltraHD (4K<\/span>) and AMD<\/span> Eye\u00adfi\u00adni\u00adty tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, pro\u00advi\u00adding indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding visu\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces for gamers play\u00ading cur\u00adrent and upco\u00adming PC<\/span> titles. AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 270X<\/span> gra\u00adphics card is ide\u00adal for 1080p gam\u00ading with the hig\u00adhest qua\u00adli\u00adty set\u00adtings. AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 280X<\/span> gra\u00adphics card is ide\u00adal\u00adly sui\u00adted for 2560x1440 reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon and loa\u00added with 3GB<\/span> of memo\u00adry, built to play gra\u00adphi\u00adcal\u00adly deman\u00adding upco\u00adming titles like \u201cBatt\u00adle\u00adfield 4<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pro\u00adduct Specifications<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pro\u00adduct Model<\/td>\nR9<\/span> 270X<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nR9<\/span> 280X<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Pri\u00adce[ii]<\/sup><\/td>\n$199 (2GB<\/span>)
\n$229 (4GB<\/span>)<\/td>\n		$299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stream Pro\u00adces\u00adsors<\/td>\n1,280<\/td>\n2,048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engi\u00adne Clock<\/td>\nUp to 1.05 GHz<\/td>\nUp to 1 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Com\u00adpu\u00adte Performance<\/td>\n2.69 TFLOPS<\/span><\/td>\n4.1 TFLOPS<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memo\u00adry Configuration<\/td>\n2GB<\/span> or 4GB<\/span> GDDR5<\/span> \/ 256-bit<\/td>\n3 GB<\/span> GDDR5<\/span> \/ 384-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
API<\/span> Sup\u00adport<\/td>\nDirectX\u00ae<\/sup> 11.2
\nOpenGL 4.3
\nMantle<\/td>\n		DirectX\u00ae<\/sup> 11.2
\nOpenGL 4.3
\nMantle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 270X<\/span> and AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon R9<\/span> 280X<\/span> gra\u00adphics cards will be available on Oct. 11, 2013.<\/p>\n

Sup\u00adport\u00ading Resources<\/b><\/p>\n