Normally I wouldn't care, but i'm bored right now. I've heard that a 280x is basically a 7970, and a 280 is basically a 7950, but beyond that I'm unsure. When they released reddit was all "The 270x is a re-branded 7870 and the 270 is a re-branded 7850" but the terraflops makes it look like the 270x is a 7870ghz edition and the 270 is an underclocked 7870, and the 265 is the re-branded 7850.
I don't know what to believe anymore, so many conflicting things. What is true, what is a lie?
270X = 7870 GHz (Pitcairn XT)
270 = 7850 (Pitcairn Pro)
265 = modified 7850 (it carries a few less stream processors than the 270 but it still uses the Pitcairn pro core)
280x=7970ghz overclocked 280=7950 overclocked and what you said with the 7870 and 270x is right.
280x = 7970
haven't seen anything but rumors on a 280
270x = overclocked 7870 (little on the core, pretty good bump on the memory)
270 = underclocked 7870, has only 1 pcie power, less power may or may not impede overclockability
265 = 7850
they haven't changed much, it's easy to just line up the core counts
280 : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J44WVYG/?tag=pcpapi-20
I think the rebadges were a bad mistake by amd
it will definately shift old unsold stock that was gathering dust but it harms their plans for true audio adoption
AMD did create at least one new card, the 290x, Nvidia on the other just rebranded all their existing cards
Thats how it is. ☺