R9 280x dual-x or HIS iceq X2

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dipanjan biswas

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hey guys i want to buy a R9 280x in a week.
I want suggestions on this. i'm on a tight budget like 315$.. and in my country models like the MSI/ SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X TRIX/ and XFX are not available.
the other ones like the toxic edition and lightning are way too overpriced like 40$ extra.
I don't wanna buy the ASUS model, cause one of my own friend and lots of people are having artifacts with it due to bad quality VRAM. and the XFX double d is way getting too high temps.
so find only two ofthese above mentioned models suitable for my budget and they are good to.
of them 2 , i'm giving the HIS model a point extra cause of its great quality components, 9 phase power design, great overclockability and an awesome cooler which never goes over 72 degrees even under heavy load.
and the dual-x is not also bad though but because its not SAPPHIRE's best in class models I am not considering it as the best option at this moment. but its just 15$ cheaper.
so what do u guys prefer and think i should go with. any help is appreciated.
thank you. :)
the reamaining part of my rig is.
600w psu .. , core i5 3450
gigabyte z77 , 8 gb ram 1600 mhz fsb.
 
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Whichever is cheaper of the two.

Turbo if your not going to overclock.

Non-turbo if your going to overclock yourself anyway.
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You pretty much nailed it. The Dual-X is Sapphire's value card. And the HIS IceQ X2 is their premium card with a very nice cooler (much longer than the D-X as a result). Iv'e always been impressed with HIS cooling, if i couldn't get a Vapor-X , then then the IceQ X2 would be a good compromise.

I'd pay the $15 for the better HIS cooler myself. But make sure you PSU & case can handle them.

R9 280X requires 30 Amps on the 12v rail & and a 550W PSU minimum

Dual-X: 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin PCIE & is 10.31" long.

IceQ X2: 2x 8-pin PCIE & is 12.24" long.



 
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Thanks for the reply.
I think my psu will handle it easily as it has 47 amps on 12 v power rail and a dual 8 pin pcie power comnector.
Can u suggest me a good sweetspot overclocking without voltage tweaking. Cause not overclocking with a card like that will be a no brainer job

 
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Sounds like you have enough power & connectors.

There are 2 variants of the IceQ X2, the Turbo is overclocked from 850Mhz to 1000Mhz. So i should imagine that would be an achievable goal to aim out the box if your have the non-turbo version. After that, just bump up the core & memory clocks by 25 Mhz a time & see how stable it remains with each increase.



 
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well i know there's a turbo version but, i found the non turbo version (which is only 50mhz less on boost clock) for just 299$ and the turbo is 316$. so there is overall 17$ price diff between two of 'em which doesn't make any good diff i know. but since both have the same build, same size heat sinks , same unlocked voltage control with 9 phase power design... is there any point to pay any extra dollar for just 50 mhz?
i've seen reviews in newegg that people have overclocked the non-turbo version to 1270 mhz and 1750 mhz memory clock without any prob.
so an 50mhz extra overclocking will be the most easiest job.
what do u say about this?
 
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