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My R9 280X Toxic does have a backplate, but I'm not too sure about R9 290/290X versions

There's no 290/290x Toxic, the Vapor-X does have backplate but not the Tri-X.

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So I have a R9 290 Tri-X, it works perfectly and all, good temps, decently overclockable...

 

 

But I still regret not getting the Vapor-X instead of the Tri-X.

 

Sure, it only has a little bit better cooling, but it has a backplate and it looks neater overall imo. 

 

sigh.... 

 

Does anybody have a Vapor-X? How is it?

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I don't like blue of vapor-x. But if you could paint it.... 

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I regret not getting a 280x with reference PCB

I also regret paying 200 fucking dollars for my K70 RGB

buying an APU

buying corsair vengeance RAM (had to take off the heat spreader on one stick to get my Hyper T4 on)

buying a $250 case for a $750 system

the list goes on.... But whatever, I'm still happy. Lol

 

anyways, the Vapor X does look better, but imo the back plate looks cheesy. Besides, a bit of spray paint and bam you've got a near identical card. Haha

http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-r9-290x-backplate-black.html

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I don't like blue of vapor-x. But if you could paint it.... 

Blue is better than yellow imo :P

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I regret not getting a 280x with reference PCB

I also regret paying 200 fucking dollars for my K70 RGB

buying an APU

buying corsair vengeance RAM (had to take off the heat spreader on one stick to get my Hyper T4 on)

buying a $250 case for a $750 system

the list goes on.... But whatever, I'm still happy. Lol

 

anyways, the Vapor X does look better, but imo the back plate looks cheesy. Besides, a bit of spray paint and bam you've got a near identical card. Haha

http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-r9-290x-backplate-black.html

True, but this is my only regret :P also 26 dollars for a backplate... meh...

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It's just a backplate you could just buy a aftermarket one to put on like @Lolzious linked.

Yup, but also the slightly better cooling and it is more quiet.

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Yup, but also the slightly better cooling and it is more quiet.

You probably wouldn't notice the difference unless they were literally side by side and you had a decibel meter.

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You would probably not notice the difference unless they were literally side by side and you had a decibel meter.

hmm, well maybe. Could be the 212 whch is causing the most sound.

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hmm, well maybe. Could be the 212 whch is causing the most sound.

Try and drop the RPM using speedfan or something.

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Try and drop the RPM using speedfan or something.

Just downloaded.

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Try and drop the RPM using speedfan or something.

Or stop it manually(with your finger ;)). 

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No you must do what @JuztBe said

Eh no :P

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Laaaaaaaame.

You got speedfan working btw i had to use my motherboard instead.

Not sure, it seemed really unwieldy so uninstalled it.

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Not sure, it seemed really unwieldy so uninstalled it.

Well your motherboard might help mine leaves it at 30% fan speed and increases with temps.

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Well your motherboard might help mine leaves it at 30% fan speed and increases with temps.

I guess, but I won't check now.

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I never liked the color of the Vapor or Tri. I hope with the 300 series AMD cards will start looking more sleek and nice like the Nvidia cards. (Example, windforce designs)

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I wanted the 290/290x Vapor-X so bad but it's always out of stock. Saw a TwinFrozr went on sale for $300, grabbed it in an instant albeit inferior cooling. 

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So I have a R9 290 Tri-X, it works perfectly and all, good temps, decently overclockable...

 

 

But I still regret not getting the Vapor-X instead of the Tri-X.

 

Sure, it only has a little bit better cooling, but it has a backplate and it looks neater overall imo. 

 

sigh.... 

 

Does anybody have a Vapor-X? How is it?

Interesting ... Does the OC version have back plate ? What about the TOXIC version ?

I want dem back plates ...

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I was going to get one at one point (In fact, I sort of regret not getting it, thanks for reminding me) because apparently it has great VRM cooling

 

EDIT: I REALLY regret not getting that build now. It had an SSD too :(

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My R9 280X Toxic does have a backplate, but I'm not too sure about R9 290/290X versions

There's no 290/290x Toxic, the Vapor-X does have backplate but not the Tri-X.

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