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hey guys this is Austin so it is launch day for the new AMD r9 in our seventh series of graphics cards so be sure to hit that thumbs up button if you appreciate me pulling it all nighter to get you guys this video and let's jump right on in today I've got three is the new cards the r9 280x r9 270x and r7 260x if you guys don't know what any of those names mean go check out my earlier video where I break all the cards down first of all we have the 2a DX which my review sample is a custom sapphire card and measures in at just under 11 inches and it sports three gigabytes of gddr5 memory like the rest of today's lineup for ports we have a pair of DVI and HDMI along with a DisplayPort below the vapor-x cooler we have a pair of eight pin powder connectors however on reference cards you'll see one six pen and one eight pin here up top we have two cross fire fingers for up to four way crossfire as well as a button to switch between the dual biases on the card next we have the r9 270x which is a reference card unlike AMD's usual designs I've got to say I really like the look of the card with its red and black color scheme and blower cooler that measures in at 9.5 inches and this one is rocking 2 gigs of ram for power you'll find two 6-pin pci ii connectors and a single crossfire connector for two-way setups lastly we have the r7 260x which is also a reference card it sports the same cool-looking red and black design however it's a much smaller and more open cooler that measures 6 and 3/4 inches and it comes standard with 2 gigabytes of memory with such a small PCB it only needs a single 6 pin power connector and it's good to go for two-way crossfire unlike it's more expensive brothers the 260x has true audio which can improve audio quality and take some load off your CPU however we'll have to wait for games to support this for now for this first wave we're looking at tweaked versions of 7000 series cards the r9 280x is essentially a 7970 with the same clock speed across the bore but at a new $300 price the r9 270x is based on the 7870 however it's gotten a five-percent quark and 14% faster memory making it about 9% faster than the 78-74 $200 the r7 260x is based on the same GPU as the 77 90 with a 10% increase on the core clock and 8% on the memory making it amazingly enough about 9% faster with a price of one hundred and forty dollars so who are these cards for well the 260x is aimed at playing games on high at 1080p it handles Metro last light at just over 45 FPS on high Crysis 3 at 33 frames per second in battlefield 3 on ultra at 36 fps the 270x is better equipped allowing you to play most games on Ultra at 1080p it pulls in just under 74 FPS and BioShock Infinite 50 6.4 frames per second with Metro last light on very high in 33 FPS inside Crysis 3 on very high if you want even more power the 280x is great for maxing things out at 1080p or even bumping up the resolution to something like 1440p here we're looking at over 44 frames per second with Crysis 3 on very high quality 75 point 4 FPS with Metro last light and 96 frames on ultra with BioShock Infinite all right so let's break this down the 280x comes in at $300 and because of that it really doesn't have a whole lot of competition the GTX 760 is a bit slower but it's also 50 dollars cheaper so overall the 280x is a solid card for the money the 270x comes in at $200 and here it runs into the gtx 660 at 180 it's clearly a great 1080p card and faster than the 660 however it is $20 more so it always out the r7 260x at 140 dollars is just a little unfortunate just likely 77 90 that it's based on it's a good card for most gamers however yet again NVIDIA has thrown a wrench in by dropping the much faster 650 Ti boost to only $10 more making the 260x a hard sell so what do you guys think about the new AMD cards of course this is a quite the entire lineup we've got just a couple more cards to take a look at however definitely be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below I also want to show you guys one more slightly different kind of game a little while ago I showed you endless blitz a game for iOS and Android made by my friends over at HH Craig it's a fun endless runner style game where you avoid the other players while collecting coins and power-ups and the best part is that you're playing for actual prizes they're giving away a 60-inch sharp TV every day this month along with the grand prize of a 70 inch 4k sharp TV to go along with the contest there's the sharp NATO powerup which is super ope and lets you run down the field in a tornado filled with sharp TVs because well there's really no because it's just cool anyway I definitely sure to go check out endless blitz at the link in the description of this video anyway guys thank you so much for watching I got my review sample a little bit late from AMD so I had to really hustle to get you guys this video so hopefully you enjoyed anyway guys I will catch you next time