Which 280X?

[Bluejay0]

Well I'm in love with MSI but I hear that the VRM circuitry is getting a bit warm! I want to know what card do you recommend?

[Bluethulhu]

I've heard good things about the Asus DirectCU II 280X.

[Emperor_Piehead]

Yeah i'm liking the asus 280X; quiet, but still cools well

[delet my acc pls]

I really like sapphires vapor-x and toxic edition.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Well there's always the ASUS R9 280X Matrix Platinum... But that's quite a chunk of graphicscard, personally I prefer a 2-slot solution.

[TechFan@ic]

The only 280X cards that you should avoid are the Gigabyte & the MSI Gaming.
The Gigabyte because it's very loud & the MSI Gaming because it runs too hot.
The rest of the cards are very good, my favorites are probably the Asus DCII, Sapphire Vapor-X & HIS IceQ X², those are the quietest and coolest running 280Xs under $320.

[chaozbandit]

I'd go with the Asus R9 280X DCII just for the looks and the fact that their software allows the card to reach 1.4V. Also heard a bunch of good things about it from a cooling point of view. But there's a premium of $70 over the reference MSRP, and the gap to the Matrix is double that premium (in Canada at least).

[Bluejay0]

The only 280X cards that you should avoid are the Gigabyte & the MSI Gaming.

The Gigabyte because it's very loud & the MSI Gaming because it runs too hot.

The rest of the cards are very good, my favorites are probably the Asus DCII, Sapphire Vapor-X & HIS IceQ X², those are the quietest and coolest running 280Xs under $320.

Looks like MSI should stick with NVIDIA :c

 

I'd go with the Asus R9 280X DCII just for the looks and the fact that their software allows the card to reach 1.4V. Also heard a bunch of good things about it from a cooling point of view. But there's a premium of $70 over the reference MSRP, and the gap to the Matrix is double that premium (in Canada at least).

 

I was staring at Asus but considering the fact that I hear the customer support is SHIT, I don't know what to do 

 

Well there's always the ASUS R9 280X Matrix Platinum... But that's quite a chunk of graphicscard, personally I prefer a 2-slot solution.

 

3 SLots are WAY too much

[WunderWuffle]

I would go with the Asus DCU II or Matrix Platinum. Them sexy heatsinks...  :wub:

[coen113]

Dont get an 280x just yet. the 7970 should be cheaper right now, and its almost thesame card.

[Bluejay0]

Is Asus's cards voltage unlocked?

[Jumper118]

Sapphire toxic is suppose to oc better than the matrix platinum according to kitguru and use less power.