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Topic: Which model of 280x (Read 947 times)

newbie
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January 15, 2014, 05:13:59 PM
#15
I like the MSI ones too.
sr. member
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January 15, 2014, 03:41:05 PM
#14
use MSI R9280X GAMING3G . My friend uses one. he gets about 770kh/s stable.
i have 2 sapphire vapor x, each gives 720kh/s stable
legendary
Activity: 1050
Merit: 1001
January 15, 2014, 02:35:15 PM
#13
Asus, Sapphire, MSI, and Gigabyte are all very good brands. I don't mind PowerColor, but they're not the best. I stay away from VisionTek, Diamond, XFX, and HIS. They're all junk.

Why is xfx junk? I've built my 5x 280x xfx rig that's been rock solid for a few weeks now, each at 730kh with 1.5% rejects

Are they going to take a crap on me or what?

They have issues with VRM cooling. As well as the Powercolor model.

so should I be looking to offload my rig with 5x XFX 280x?  they seem to run about 69c with a vornado fan blowing on them, turn the vornado off they they creep up mid 70c with one hitting in the 80's for some reason.
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
January 15, 2014, 02:07:45 PM
#12
I have the asus r9 280x.. (v2 model) I can't say I've been overly pleased with them. They use a ton of power and I can barely get mine to about 700 kh/s per card
I was expecting 750+ when I bought them, no such luck with any of about a million different cgminer config settings.
newbie
Activity: 31
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January 15, 2014, 12:40:46 PM
#11
whatever you do dont get the sapphire vapor x 280s

can you explain why please?
hero member
Activity: 644
Merit: 500
January 15, 2014, 10:23:43 AM
#10
whatever you do dont get the sapphire vapor x 280s
newbie
Activity: 31
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January 15, 2014, 09:35:37 AM
#9
Can someone confirm if the saphire dual X has cooling sistem on the memories and vrms? I still havent decided, there are a diference 20/30€ between the saphire and de DirectCU II TOP... should i consider another model? Cheers.
hero member
Activity: 812
Merit: 500
January 14, 2014, 08:56:43 AM
#8
Asus, Sapphire, MSI, and Gigabyte are all very good brands. I don't mind PowerColor, but they're not the best. I stay away from VisionTek, Diamond, XFX, and HIS. They're all junk.

Why is xfx junk? I've built my 5x 280x xfx rig that's been rock solid for a few weeks now, each at 730kh with 1.5% rejects

Are they going to take a crap on me or what?

They have issues with VRM cooling. As well as the Powercolor model.
newbie
Activity: 31
Merit: 0
January 14, 2014, 04:11:58 AM
#7
I''ve readed that the sapphire dual X have not a cooling sistem on the memories, is that true? As far as i know, memories work hard on scrypt mining and the should be cooled.
newbie
Activity: 58
Merit: 0
January 14, 2014, 04:11:38 AM
#6
XFX dont survive so much time as other like gigabyte,msi or sapphire,xfx isnt good for long run
legendary
Activity: 1050
Merit: 1001
January 14, 2014, 03:49:25 AM
#5
Asus, Sapphire, MSI, and Gigabyte are all very good brands. I don't mind PowerColor, but they're not the best. I stay away from VisionTek, Diamond, XFX, and HIS. They're all junk.

Why is xfx junk? I've built my 5x 280x xfx rig that's been rock solid for a few weeks now, each at 730kh with 1.5% rejects

Are they going to take a crap on me or what?
newbie
Activity: 58
Merit: 0
January 14, 2014, 02:54:36 AM
#4
I prefer sapphire
legendary
Activity: 952
Merit: 1000
January 13, 2014, 09:51:49 PM
#3
Asus, Sapphire, MSI, and Gigabyte are all very good brands. I don't mind PowerColor, but they're not the best. I stay away from VisionTek, Diamond, XFX, and HIS. They're all junk.
hero member
Activity: 812
Merit: 500
January 13, 2014, 09:09:04 PM
#2
I'd go with the cheapest. Excluding powercolor, XFX, HIS.
newbie
Activity: 31
Merit: 0
January 13, 2014, 08:52:48 PM
#1
Hi all, im planing to buy a 280x for mining and gaming, and maybe adding another one in the nearly future. My question is, which model should i buy? I was thinking about Asus 280X DirectCU II TOP, but i dont really know if it worth the diference of 30€ with the Saphire Dual X. Thanks!
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