Sapphire R9 280 Dual X Review

The radeon r9 280 not to be mistaken for the 280x is amd s latest graphics card to hail the r9 moniker.

Sapphire r9 280 dual x review.

This is a sapphire dual x review not a reference 280 launch. In reality this card is the reincarnation of the radeon hd 7950 of the yesteryear and with that said we re looking at the probably last iteration of the said gpu in the form of the sapphire r9 280 dual x oc boost. Vtx3d r9 280 x edition. A new price point keeps the r9 280 in the game.

Sapphire used something similar to tame its tahiti based r9 280 so we re optimistic about the cooling solution on this card. Sapphire radeon r9 280 dual x. By tarinder sandhu on 20 march 2014 16 00 tags. Be in the know.

1x dvi 1x hdmi 2x mini displayport. Its most striking feature is the dual x cooling solution which may not win beauty contests but earned the reputation of being one of the quietest vga cooling solutions on the market. This card is no exception. Xfx double d r9 280.

Before going further take a good look at sapphire s dual x offering. R9 285 would be a partial refresh of their r9 280 series lineup supplying it with a new part that would serve to replace their nearly. The sapphire dual x r9 280 supports up to four monitors with four full size video connectors. The main comparisons we have here today against the sapphire r9 280 dual x 3gb oc is the reference amd r9 270x 2gb which sits directly below it and the xfx r9 280x 3gb double d black edition oc.

262 mm 10 3 inches 2x dvi 1x hdmi 1x displayport. One thing that s synonymous with special edition cards like the dual x is that they re overclocked. There is a pair of dual link dvi connectors dvi d and dvi i each of which will support resolutions. Other games might show nvidia s card in a more favorable light but we do think that these cards are generally on par.

The sapphire dual x r9 280 comes overclocked from the factory. Sapphire r9 285 dual x oc. Sapphire s dual x r9 280 tends to take a slight lead in most titles. Amd radeon r9 285 review.

295 mm 11 6 inches 1x dvi 1x hdmi 2x mini displayport. Sapphire dual x r9 280 oc with boost 850 mhz. This card features a 3gb vram with 1500mhz memory clock speed a. Fortunately both amd s r9 280 and nvidia s gtx 760 are able to deliver there as can be seen on the best playable page later in the article.