Partners of AMD would be on the verge of graphics cards, the new R9 280 gpu. The gpu fills in the gap between the 270X and 280X and is the same as AMD used in the HD 7950. Are probably the clock speed increased compared to the 7950.
AMD has the R9 280 graphics cards have not yet been officially announced, but it seemed like a matter of time before the gpu, which the company is in the HD 7950 used, his comeback would make. Previously got the HD 7870 and HD 7970 already had a name change to R9 270X and R9 280X.
For the time being, images of the R9 280 from Asus, XFX and Sapphire appeared, let Videocardz. That site also confirms that it is the Tahiti Pro gpu and that the cards may be next week already in the shelves.
The performances of the three cards do not provide any major surprises. Asus has DirectCU II cooler mounted, which among other things also on the R9 290X and the GTX 780 Ti of the manufacturer. Sapphire put the Dual-X cooler with two fans and also XFX will be R9 280 are going to deliver with the well-known Double Dissipation cooler.
Prices of the new video cards are not yet known, but presumably they will be slightly higher than that of the current HD 7950 cards, which at the time of writing, on average, slightly more than two hundred euros in costs.