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November 14, 2013, 12:45:24 PM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

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November 14, 2013, 01:02:01 PM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.
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November 14, 2013, 02:04:26 PM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....
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November 14, 2013, 11:19:01 PM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....


used but no warrany if you overclock it and something happens to it

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November 15, 2013, 12:00:59 AM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....

There almost identical cards and should should get the same speeds. There's no reason to go such great lengths to get a 7970. 
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November 15, 2013, 12:37:48 AM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....

There almost identical cards and should should get the same speeds. There's no reason to go such great lengths to get a 7970. 

Used 7970 is cheaper....
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November 15, 2013, 10:12:09 PM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....

There almost identical cards and should should get the same speeds. There's no reason to go such great lengths to get a 7970. 

Used 7970 is cheaper....

Not much of a comparison. GPU's don't have a long lifespan mining. Hopefully you at least get one that a miner didn't owned. So far I've had a 85% failure rate on my cards after 2 years of mining.
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November 15, 2013, 11:05:28 PM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....

There almost identical cards and should should get the same speeds. There's no reason to go such great lengths to get a 7970. 

Used 7970 is cheaper....

Not much of a comparison. GPU's don't have a long lifespan mining. Hopefully you at least get one that a miner didn't owned. So far I've had a 85% failure rate on my cards after 2 years of mining.

As i said i dont belive in used cars, they might be used 100% all of time like mining now. GPU paste fries in 2 months

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November 16, 2013, 01:06:50 AM
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I would buy R9 280x simply because its new and has better resale value...

I doubt they are even making the 7970's anymore. The 280x's are cheaper as well.

Not if you buy used 7970.....

There almost identical cards and should should get the same speeds. There's no reason to go such great lengths to get a 7970. 

Used 7970 is cheaper....

Not much of a comparison. GPU's don't have a long lifespan mining. Hopefully you at least get one that a miner didn't owned. So far I've had a 85% failure rate on my cards after 2 years of mining.

The 2nd hand lifespan used to be longer, But I guess due to the recent mining operation the card that you get might most probably be used for mining and the lifespan is like 40%?

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November 16, 2013, 03:26:44 AM
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R9 280 (Not R9 280x) should be the best choice, I was told that if it come with the new chips, the power consumptions would be at lowest...

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November 16, 2013, 04:33:35 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..

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November 16, 2013, 05:58:53 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

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November 17, 2013, 12:15:03 AM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..
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November 17, 2013, 04:47:55 AM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

Why? I always though 7950 is more power efficient right?

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November 17, 2013, 03:15:45 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..

No sorry the X editions are better because they have more shader cores unlocked. More shaders cores = efficient mining. The shaders cores are whats used for computing the hash. To use the older card designators a 280 is a Pro and a 280x is an XT.
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November 17, 2013, 03:27:51 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..

No sorry the X editions are better because they have more shader cores unlocked. More shaders cores = efficient mining. The shaders cores are whats used for computing the hash. To use the older card designators a 280 is a Pro and a 280x is an XT.

I never trust the spec, the best way to know is to wait for the card itself and try it out...

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November 17, 2013, 11:01:32 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..

No sorry the X editions are better because they have more shader cores unlocked. More shaders cores = efficient mining. The shaders cores are whats used for computing the hash. To use the older card designators a 280 is a Pro and a 280x is an XT.

I never trust the spec, the best way to know is to wait for the card itself and try it out...


yeah, buy them both and throw some money into air

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November 18, 2013, 12:27:04 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..

No sorry the X editions are better because they have more shader cores unlocked. More shaders cores = efficient mining. The shaders cores are whats used for computing the hash. To use the older card designators a 280 is a Pro and a 280x is an XT.

I never trust the spec, the best way to know is to wait for the card itself and try it out...


yeah, buy them both and throw some money into air

I dont understand what you are trying to say...

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November 18, 2013, 12:31:22 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..

No sorry the X editions are better because they have more shader cores unlocked. More shaders cores = efficient mining. The shaders cores are whats used for computing the hash. To use the older card designators a 280 is a Pro and a 280x is an XT.

I never trust the spec, the best way to know is to wait for the card itself and try it out...


yeah, buy them both and throw some money into air

I dont understand what you are trying to say...

or just trhrow you money

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November 18, 2013, 02:29:27 PM
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Wait for R9 280 guys, without the x... it should be even better then R9 290 or R9 290x..


The X edition is better

I don't think so, I heard they are putting new chip on R9 280 and should reduce the power usage.. we just have to wait for now..

No sorry the X editions are better because they have more shader cores unlocked. More shaders cores = efficient mining. The shaders cores are whats used for computing the hash. To use the older card designators a 280 is a Pro and a 280x is an XT.

I never trust the spec, the best way to know is to wait for the card itself and try it out...


yeah, buy them both and throw some money into air

I dont understand what you are trying to say...

or just trhrow you money

Why is buying Radeon 280x equal to throw away your money? You need to understand more about it before you comment....

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