I have been mining for 2 months with a Gigabyte 280x GV-R928XOC-3GD REV2. I undervolted and got it to mine at 710-730 Khs. I am using an Athlon II X3 processor with a Gigabyte motherboard that has two x16 slots. I have a Antec CP-850 PSU. More than enough power for two cards.
I bought a 2nd GV-R928XOC-3GD REV2, configured it the same, and it also mines at 710-730 Khs when only the one card is mining.
If I have both cards mine (two separate instances of cgminer), the hash rate drops to 680-700 Khs for each card (both cards running at 80c). I have two instances because I want the pool to track them as separate miners so I can fine tune each card.
Any thoughts on why the per card mining rate drops when both cards are mining?
the r9 series are notorious for downclocking themselves in terms of temp, that's about all i can think of.