Sapphire vs MSI

[Andrievski]

If you compare the MSI Lightning R9 290X vs the Vapor X R9 290X 8gb, which one would be better?

[Recon97]

Vapor x one FTW!!!!

Never buy shit MSI.

[Phllips]

For gaming dont get 8gb, 4gb is way more than enough

[BloodWithIce]

Don't listen to the guy above. he's a fanboy.
Whatever's cheaper
They're both beasts

[AlwaysFSX]

Don't listen to the guy above. he's a fanboy.

Whatever's cheaper

They're both beasts

Vapor-X outperforms the other cards in every possible way. It's the fastest and quietest.

 

For gaming dont get 8gb, 4gb is way more than enough

For some clarification, the Vapor-X is only 4GB.

[Fluxx]

Well the MSI Lightning cards are really good there not worth the money so the Sapphire if it's cheaper.

[Rorgash]

i would go for the sapphire because i have heard that its SUPER silent, but both are as good

[Andrievski]

Vapor-X outperforms the other cards in every possible way. It's the fastest and quietest.

For some clarification, the Vapor-X is only 4GB.

There is a special edition of the Vapor X whit 8gb of VRam.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8001/sapphire-r9-290x-vaporx-8gb-hits-retail-uk-only-600

[Ren]

The Lightning cards are some of the best on the market. I would say they're almost as good as the cards meant specifically for LN2 (K|NGP|N and HoF), but I really wouldn't know for sure how much different their PCBs are. They're far better looking than either one anyway.

 

 

Lightning > Vapor-X/Tri-X/TOXIC if you disregard cost. Once you take costs into consideration, Vapor-X > Lightning > TOXIC > Tri-X.

 

Edit: I do have to stress that you'll need two 8GB video cards in order to actually have full 8GB of VRAM usable. They don't have the BUS width to support 8GB as 1 card.

 

And it's really not necessary until you push two 4k monitors. Even then it seems like a waste.. Just go triple 1440p and be happy.

[AlwaysFSX]

There is a special edition of the Vapor X whit 8gb of VRam.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8001/sapphire-r9-290x-vaporx-8gb-hits-retail-uk-only-600

I think I forgot about that card. It's that useless.

[GhostWindGamer]

Sapphire FTW 

[Andrievski]

I think I forgot about that card. It's that useless.

And has almost the same price like a gtx 780 ti.

Dk how it is in other countrys.

[Fulgrim]

Both are respectable companies, both of them have viable cooling solutions for GPU's. Twin Frozr II vs Vapor-X. Both will do their job well, it's down to a matter of do you wish to buy X over Y because of looks or price.

 

I would personally be happy with either one OP.

[Archangel1994]

Sapphire vapor-x is straight up the best. Heard some issues with the Twin Frozr not being quite good enough when it comes to the hawaii GPU's but that could just be a handful of cases. At any rate I would go tri-x or vapor-x.

[Sintezza]

Msi Lightning is an awesome card, but probably a bit overpriced.

[Maxibonbits]

It's all about looks. They are both excellent brands. Also MSI afterburner works with Sapphire cards