R9 280x Asus Direct CU II or R9 280x Msi Twin Frozer which one to get in CFX

thugslife · Aug 5, 2014

R9 280x Asus Direct CU II or R9 280x Msi Twin Frozer which one to get ? in CFX both 3 gb cards

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9_280X_GAMING_3G.html#hero-overview

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/R9280XDC2T3GD5/

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Nuckles_56 · Aug 5, 2014

I would get the MSI one as it is a bit cooler so will be better for CF

thugslife · Aug 5, 2014

Nuckles_56 :

bit cooler ?

legend001523 · Aug 5, 2014

I'd recommend the asus , their cooler is quite good and they produce some great amd cards

Tradesman1 · Aug 5, 2014

I too would go w/ the Asus CU, I picked up a 280XCU when they were first released and it's a great card, runs very cool and OCs well..

thugslife · Aug 5, 2014

also want to know about XFX .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

legend001523 · Aug 5, 2014

The link doesn't work..

Tradesman1 · Aug 5, 2014

XFX has good GPUs, though I still lean towards Asus

thugslife · Aug 6, 2014

legend001523 :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150690

here you go

legend001523 · Aug 6, 2014

thugslife :

ah, that is quite a good card, if you have the money go for that, mainly because the base core clock is very high and their fans are quite good also for keeping the heat down

thugslife · Aug 7, 2014

just read reviews on Newegg from users which had bought AMD r9 series card they are crying as there are many problems in card when they bought it new from store or any other place ASUS,Gigabyte,XFX,Sapphire all users are not satisfied with the products
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150678&cm_re=R9_280x-_-14-150-678-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125490&cm_re=R9-280X-_-14-125-490-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121803&cm_re=R9-280X-_-14-121-803-_-Product

Tradesman1 · Aug 7, 2014

There can often be 'problems' though you need to look at the user reviews with a jaded mindset, often they don't know what they are doing, many get high end GPUs and have an underpowered PSU, right now the drivers for the AMD cards aren't real good and have problems etc....I just picked up a 290X Matrix (Asus) and the current 'certified' driver (14.4 has problems with multiple monitors and in some cases AHCI, as do the 14.6 and 14.7 betas, I've had to fall back to the 13.251 (?) (think that's the one I have at the moment)

thugslife · Aug 7, 2014

but I have changed my mind instead of getting AMD I will be going for Nvidia GTX 770 SLI

Tradesman1 · Aug 7, 2014

That's a good powerful combo, on nVidia ards I look to Asus and EVGA as first choices myself

thugslife · Aug 8, 2014

Tradesman1 :

EVGA with reference Cooler Edition

Tradesman1 · Aug 8, 2014

The reference coolers tend to run very hot

legend001523 · Aug 8, 2014

Some people actually say the reference cooler is better than acx

Tradesman1 · Aug 8, 2014

I'd pass on the reference cooler, the CU design from Asus is well proven, been using them for awhile now, still have a 7870 in my SB

thugslife · Aug 9, 2014

I am getting it cheap then ACX Something like 2 GTX 770 in price of one 770

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