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Vapor X

 

Asus cooler for AMD cards is horrible

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The asus one is worse than the reference it crashes on stress tests because the cooler isnt aligned properly 

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I'm going with Vapor-X on this one, also I much prefer the looks of the Vapor-X cooler.

 

And here are some reviews to back my decision up:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/06/05/sapphire-radeon-r9-290-vapor-x-oc-review/1

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/03/03/asus-radeon-r9-290-directcu-ii-oc-review/1

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I have the gigabyte its quiet and looks great. tbh pick which ever you like the look of better and is the cheapest between sapphire and gigabyte.

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previously it was Asus now Gigabyte

 

but still Vapor X the second best card after the 290X Lighting  ;)

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Still sticking with the Vapor-X.

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Wellllll, the Gigabyte is $359.99 and the Sapphire is $439.99

Go gigabyte its 2 frames slower at most

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Ok straight to the point, which is better, the ASUS DirectCU2 or the Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X R9 290?

 

Post or Vote!

 

 

 

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Sapphire or Gigabyte?

erm, confused, poll has gigabyte and saphire, OP has asus direct CU II?

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ASUS fixed that a few months ago.

I do know the 280X overheating VRMs and VRAM was fixed with the V2 model which is using the Matrix Cooler from the HD7970 Matrix Platinum and now 3 slot

 

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/R9280XDC2T3GD5V2/

 

but not so sure with the 290 which has the same cooler design as the GTX780 and 780Ti

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