Radeon R9 280x Sapphire Dual X 3gb Oc Edition Review

Is going to sit somewhere between the sapphire r9 280x 3gb dual x which comes in at 319 99.

Radeon r9 280x sapphire dual x 3gb oc edition review. Sapphire s dual x r9 280 oc graphics card review. Clocked at 1100mhz for the base gpu clock and 1150mhz boost gpu clock with the their 280x toxic sapphire is aiming to have the fastest 280x card on the market. Owing to the close proximity of radeon r9 280x pricing which is 30 more sapphire sensibly opts for the cost effective dual x cooler on this card. Meet the sapphire r9 280x toxic.

The amd radeon r9 2xx series has been out since october 2013 and we are continuing to see new versions of the r9 200 series. You can check our review of the sapphire vapor x oc r9 280x here and our review of the xfx double dissipation r9 280x here. This isn t the first r9 280x we ve taken for a spin. Radeon r9 280x sapphire dual x 3gb oc edition is a special edition of the high end radeon r9 280x.

Sapphire radeon r9 280x 3gb toxic video card review. This edition comes with a custom cooling system called dual x which reduces the card s. The main comparisons we have here today against the sapphire r9 280 dual x 3gb oc is the reference amd r9 270x 2gb which sits directly below it and the xfx r9 280x 3gb double d black edition oc. By ocaholic on september 29 2014 90.

That said the. With the dual x r9 280 oc edition sapphire has a radeon r9 280 graphics card in their portfolio which is based on a custom pcb as well as a custom cooler. But it s such a close race that i don t think an enthusiast can go wrong in the 250 range for either a radeon r9 280x or geforce gtx 760 with. Igame 2gb oc and the reference gtx 770 2gb.