280 vs 280x

[c0d0ps]

I live in Sweden and I am gonna buy one of these for my gaming computer that I will build.

Witch one do you think and why?

and what edition?

Edit: Now there is an offer that gives the ASUS Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCUII TOP for 1000SeK less than 280x Xfx/gigabyte edition.

This is 145,87$ and 109,08Euros.

[JuztBe]

If you want to save some bucks get 280. If it doesn't really matter get 280x. 

[thebennyboy]

I would get the 280, you can overclock it to perform similarly to a 280x. You could still get the 280x if you have the money for it. It's a great performer for the price.

[c0d0ps]

If you want to save some bucks get 280. If it doesn't really matter get 280x. 

 

 

I would get the 280, you can overclock it to perform similarly to a 280x. You could still get the 280x if you have the money for it. It's a great performer for the price.

What edition should I get?

XFX have the best reviews on the site I am looking at.

[thebennyboy]

What edition should I get?

XFX have the best reviews on the site I am looking at.

 

Have a look at the MSI R9 280 twin frozr or the Gigabyte R9 280 Windforce, the Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X is a very good performer too. They would all perform similarly, just take a look at them and choose whichever looks best in your rig. The Windforce card will probably perform the best.

 

Gigabyte Windforce:

 

 

MSI Twin Frozr:

 

 

 

Sapphire Dual-X:

 

[Wiff]

Have a look at the MSI R9 280 twin frozr or the Gigabyte R9 280 Windforce, the Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X is a very good performer too. They would all perform similarly, just take a look at them and choose whichever looks best in your rig. The Windforce card will probably perform the best.

 

Gigabyte Windforce:

 

 

MSI Twin Frozr:

 

 

 

Sapphire Dual-X:

 

the gigabyte one is very long, check if you have enough space first

[YoloSwag]

I've read great reviews about GPUs that use that Windforce cooler from Gigabyte. Like thebennyboy said you're better with the R9 280 from Gigabyte.

Great price too, not as expensive as MSI's or ASUS, but still performs better in terms of cooling. You can check out reviews yourself.

 

By the way, this card obviously has an open cooler, so you better have great exhaust capabilities in your current case.

I know someone who has an R9 290 Vapor X, and he could feel the heat on the top part of his case, even says it sometimes get hot enough that you can't take it.

Just checking in on it

[Timopomer]

just dont buy any asus 280x

[Wiff]

just dont buy any asus 280x

lol, asus always works, we got a gtx 560 from asus and a mobo and everything works fine

[GloriousPain]

For 280s Windforce is best cooler you're gonna get D:

[GloriousPain]

lol, asus always works, we got a gtx 560 from asus and a mobo and everything works fine

No Asus 280x doesn't work well you see the 280x is for the most part a rebranded 7970(last gen AMD's top tier card) but they updated the PCB and some other things but Asus ignored it and reused there EXACT same cooler for the 7970 on the 280x which has a slightly different PCB making the cooler not fit just right which worsens cooling performance but a decent margin 

[Wiff]

No Asus 280x doesn't work well you see the 280x is for the most part a rebranded 7970(last gen AMD's top tier card) but they updated the PCB and some other things but Asus ignored it and reused there EXACT same cooler for the 7970 on the 280x which has a slightly different PCB making the cooler not fit just right which worsens cooling performance but a decent margin 

it still good enough and better than the stock one

[GloriousPain]

it still good enough and better than the stock one

.-. Asus unlocked a new achievement: 2nd Worst cooler

[c0d0ps]

I've read great reviews about GPUs that use that Windforce cooler from Gigabyte. Like thebennyboy said you're better with the R9 280 from Gigabyte.

Great price too, not as expensive as MSI's or ASUS, but still performs better in terms of cooling. You can check out reviews yourself.

 

By the way, this card obviously has an open cooler, so you better have great exhaust capabilities in your current case.

I know someone who has an R9 290 Vapor X, and he could feel the heat on the top part of his case, even says it sometimes get hot enough that you can't take it.

Just checking in on it

I have 2 120mm fans in the case.

[c0d0ps]

the gigabyte one is very long, check if you have enough space first

Since you didn't look it up by yourself I can say that I will have 300-430mm spot for the graphics card and the 280x gigabyte version is 285 so I will have enough space.

[YoloSwag]

I have 2 120mm fans in the case.

 

What case are you using?

And you might want to add a couple more fans, it's fairly cheap

[SkilledRebuilds]

My old HD7950 was a beast (Gigabyte)

Low stock voltage, overclocked like a dream, stays under 70*c overclocked.

 

But yeah, check the length, their not short cards by any stretch.....

If you have side panel fans (Use em inwards or outwards to help dissipate the heat depending on how your cards blows it away (out the sides only or allround)

If you have no side panel fans you could make some or drill 'speed/vent' holes

Or not...

[hadesjoy72]

lol, asus always works, we got a gtx 560 from asus and a mobo and everything works fine

That is the 560...not a 280 (x).....the VRMs are not cooled due to the cooler not fitting properly.  Engineering team let that one slide.....if they corrected it in the beginning when people were like "WTF"....it would have been a top contender and something to throw in the mix.  No issues with most of Asus's products, been using their Sabertooth series motherboards on both AMD and Intel builds since the 1366 Intel chip....never let me down.

[hadesjoy72]

Since you didn't look it up by yourself I can say that I will have 300-430mm spot for the graphics card and the 280x gigabyte version is 285 so I will have enough space.

Go for either the Gigabyte or Sapphire flavor......I am partial to Sapphire as they only manufacture AMD cards, but the Gigabyte has a beast cooler.  

[Thebman712]

I would say get a windforce 280x and while people say you can overclock a 280 to 280x speeds it is a little hard too and you can get a 280x overclocked fairly far too

[c0d0ps]

What case are you using?

And you might want to add a couple more fans, it's fairly cheap

Corsair something 200R

[YoloSwag]

Corsair something 200R

Good case.

 

But I would recommend adding at least 1 fan in the GPU area, the side bottom one if this is what you got.

And put those two fans on top. Open air coolers on GPUs would generate a lot of heat inside your case, and it goes to the CPU area. Without proper ventilation, your CPU will probably breathe FAYAAA (exaggerating a bit, but you get my point)

[c0d0ps]

Good case.

 

But I would recommend adding at least 1 fan in the GPU area, the side bottom one if this is what you got.

And put those two fans on top. Open air coolers on GPUs would generate a lot of heat inside your case, and it goes to the CPU area. Without proper ventilation, your CPU will probably breathe FAYAAA (exaggerating a bit, but you get my point)

So I put the 2 fans I get on the top side pointing downwards then buying 1 to put on either side? (left or right)

Or do u mean put the 2 I get on top and buy 1 more to have on the bottom?

[Constantine]

No Asus 280x doesn't work well you see the 280x is for the most part a rebranded 7970(last gen AMD's top tier card) but they updated the PCB and some other things but Asus ignored it and reused there EXACT same cooler for the 7970 on the 280x which has a slightly different PCB making the cooler not fit just right which worsens cooling performance but a decent margin 

 

Its not the cooler that's the problem. The problem is the hardware overvolted VRAM. The old 7970 had a unibody heatsink for the overvolted VRAM to keep it cool but when they upgraded to the 280X they kept the same power circuit design but they removed the heatsink so now you have overheating VRAM.

[YoloSwag]

So I put the 2 fans I get on the top side pointing downwards then buying 1 to put on either side? (left or right)

Or do u mean put the 2 I get on top and buy 1 more to have on the bottom?

 

2 on top as exhaust, and one side fan as intake.

You know, with that case you could add a couple more, but essentially, you should prioritize the GPU and CPU first, then the drives.