Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Review

"  As AMD's largest partner, Sapphire has had the leeway to put together some truly inspiring products in the past leading up to the launch of the R9 series Hawaiian Islands based video cards. Previous year's HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition, the HD 5970 Toxic Edition, and the HD 4870X2 Atomic Edition are prime examples of taking the best that AMD has to offer and making it better. You ask, "aren't the reference versions good enough for gaming?" Sure they are, for the average gamer who is satisfied with the mean average. If you want more, that's when you start looking at the non-reference designs to see what each partner has to offer. In Sapphire's case, it has been at the forefront starting with the HD 3870 Atomic Edition back in January 2008. A card that was equipped with one of if not the first cooling systems with an integrated Vapor-X based contact surface to transfer the thermal load to the fin array. More recently Sapphire has taken steps to further refine the brand with Black Diamond single and double sided chokes coupled with a solid capacitor design to reduce the component operating temperatures upwards of 20 °C.  "

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