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was planning on getting a 280x rather than a 770 so I was wondering which one I should get. the choices are : XFX black edition, Asus direct cu2, or Msi twin frozr.

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Asus or MSI, whichever one is cheaper. 

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was planning on getting a 280x rather than a 770 so I was wondering which one I should get. the choices are : XFX black edition, Asus direct cu2, or Msi twin frozr.

HIS IceQ X2. Most underrated AMD vendor for some reason. I got an Asus 280X and the fan went bad the next day. Exchanged it for the HIS and couldn't be happier. Runs quieter and cooler too.

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HIS IceQ X2. Most underrated AMD vendor for some reason. I got an Asus 280X and the fan went bad the next day. Exchanged it for the HIS and couldn't be happier. Runs quieter and cooler too.

Something I will give thought to

 

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Something I will give thought to

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Beware tho. HIS has shitty CS and RMA can be hell as there are no depots in NA. You will have to send it to Asia.

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I´d go either with Asus or MSI... the Twin Frozr are really great IMHO.

 

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Msi twin frozr gets my vote

 

XFX have bad QC and bad RMA & customer service

 

 

Asus Direct CU coolers are a epic fail on the AMD cards

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How come those are your only choices?

Out of that lot I would say the MSI, steer clear of the Asus, I tested it, doesn't cool properly due to the cooler design being designed for nvidia cards.

If possible though I would go towards the Sapphire cards as they generally are the better cards overall from the testing on my channel, I tested all 3.

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HIS IceQ X2. Most underrated AMD vendor for some reason. I got an Asus 280X and the fan went bad the next day. Exchanged it for the HIS and couldn't be happier. Runs quieter and cooler too.

 

I think their history with usage of ridiculous blue PCBs did not help their reputation, they used to be very popular but they're not even sold anymore where I live actually

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I think their history with usage of ridiculous blue PCBs did not help their reputation, they used to be very popular but they're not even sold anymore where I live actually

What's wrong with blue PCBs? As long as they're not green I don't see the big deal with PCB colors

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Get the Asus, the MSI one is known to have problems.

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HIS IceQ X2. Most underrated AMD vendor for some reason. I got an Asus 280X and the fan went bad the next day. Exchanged it for the HIS and couldn't be happier. Runs quieter and cooler too.

this. i tried both the MSI 280x and HIS 280x and believe me the HIS is quiter and cooler than the msi counterpart. bought one and currently running at 1200/1700 1280mv

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What's wrong with blue PCBs? As long as they're not green I don't see the big deal with PCB colors

Everything is wrong no matter blue or green or brown. They are equally ugly(brown's a bit better)

Black or nothing.

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this. i tried both the MSI 280x and HIS 280x and believe me the HIS is quiter and cooler than the msi counterpart. bought one and currently running at 1200/1700 1280mv

Too lazy to overclock mine lol

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Everything is wrong no matter blue or green or brown. They are equally ugly(brown's a bit better)

Black or nothing.

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How many do you think are gonna make the effort to do that? ;)

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How many do you think are gonna make the effort to do that? ;)

 

If I actually cared about PCB colors I would. 

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Everything is wrong no matter blue or green or brown. They are equally ugly(brown's a bit better)

Black or nothing.

you haven't seen the cherry red PCB of my power color 7950 have you

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I am one of the unlucky one wih the ASUS R9 280X DCU2T. Massive artifacting, th replacement card is doing fine though.

Go with the one that is cheaper but i would avoid ASUS and overall OC editions.

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you haven't seen the cherry red PCB of my power color 7950 have you

Nope. And NOPE!

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Nope. And NOPE!

damned, just looked it up and it seems like they have changed it to a matte black

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damned, just looked it up and it seems like they have changed it to a matte black

That's because they are good people :P

My 770 was brown pcb ): Was on sale..coulsn't say no.

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That's because they are good people :P

My 770 was brown pcb ): Was on sale..coulsn't say no.

same here got my 7950 on sale for 200 bucks, but at least my is special

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That's because they are good people :P

My 770 was brown pcb ): Was on sale..coulsn't say no.

though mentioning brown PCB my mobo has that (really dark, but brown) and now you can just imagine that color combo

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