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non reference r9 290

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Hello guys, I am going to buy an r9 290 in august and I was wondering what the best non reference model would be. I was thinking of the r9 290 sapphire vapor-x, but I dont know if that card removes the r9 290's "VFM" marking which is the main reason i am buying it. Also, my PC will be blue and black themed if that will help

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Personally I would get the Sapphire Vapor-X as my mates brother has the tri-X and its a boss, the Vapor X is meant to be better too. 

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

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The vapor-X is definitely the best 290 out there, followed closely by the tri-X & the PowerColor PCS+.
The card is super cool and much much quieter than the 780 let alone reference 290s. It also overclocks like crazy !
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With the voltage maxed, temperatures never exceeded the 75°C mark and we were able to hit an impressive core speed of 1280MHz.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/66491-sapphire-r9-290-vapor-x-oc-review-10.html

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