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sapphire vapor x r9 290x owners please reply

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September 7, 2014 1:29:09 PM

i want to get this card it's awesome
awesome performance , silent and good cooling more like a gtx 780ti
but ,
does any one have any problem with this card ?
alot of r9 290x owners have problems
low fps . black screens , blue screens , auto reboot , screen freezes
but i didn't c any one who has this card (sapphire vapor x r9 290x) complained about any problem ...
so i want to be sure the card is good and doesn't have problems .
or i might get gtx 780 which is weaker and cheaper ..
i can't get the 780ti :3
and i like the 4gb and 512 bit bus so ...

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September 7, 2014 7:53:31 PM

boodyhegab said:
i want to get this card it's awesome
awesome performance , silent and good cooling more like a gtx 780ti
but ,
does any one have any problem with this card ?
alot of r9 290x owners have problems
low fps . black screens , blue screens , auto reboot , screen freezes
but i didn't c any one who has this card (sapphire vapor x r9 290x) complained about any problem ...
so i want to be sure the card is good and doesn't have problems .
or i might get gtx 780 which is weaker and cheaper ..
i can't get the 780ti :3
and i like the 4gb and 512 bit bus so ...


I don't have the Sapphire, but I do have the Asus factory OC'd R9-290X. (see my sig below)
The card can run hot in a small low air flow case, but other than that it has been flawless. Quiet and FAST. So you may want to consider the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
...as an alternative.
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September 8, 2014 4:25:13 AM

no black screens ?! and no other problems ?!
the vapor x is better in cooling
and i know that the card's temps are perfect
so the temps isn't a problem for me
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a b \ Driver
September 8, 2014 3:28:35 PM

boodyhegab said:
no black screens ?! and no other problems ?!
the vapor x is better in cooling
and i know that the card's temps are perfect
so the temps isn't a problem for me


I have had zero problems with the Asus card over the several months I've had it, and I don't expect to. I just moved it from the rig in my sig to to my FX-8350/Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 system for some testing/gaming and it is dead silent and runs flawlessly. The R9-290X got a bad rep from the early versions, especially those based on the AMD reference design. I don't own the Sapphire 290X, but have owned other Sapphire cards. They too are well designed and have run flawlessly for me.

I have been testing the Asus in the rig I mentioned above and have hit 100% usage in some games and game benchmarks. It has never gone above 85C and then only rarely. Usually hovering in the mid/high 70Cs at 100% usage. I just ran Furmark's 1080p benchmark and it hit 75C at 100% usage. Fan speed wasn't recorded, but noise was not noticeable.
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September 8, 2014 3:51:45 PM

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-and-2...

look at the r9 290x temps At 100% load
the asus one in closed case 92c vrm and 84-85 C
while the sapphire tri x one vrm 85c and 70-72 C
the vapor x is even better in cooling than the tri x one and
i found a youtube video that shows that the card's temps at 100% are 65-70 temps
so that's perfect
i think the vapor x is the best card with perfect temps
well , the heat sinks and the fans did it :) 
thanks
now am happy with this card
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September 8, 2014 4:15:18 PM

one last question what are the drivers are u using ?
13.2 ? or new drivers ?
cuz the caused alot of problems in performance and other
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September 8, 2014 5:52:16 PM

If you wanted to know VRM temps rather than core thermals, you should have specified. My GPU VRMs are at mid 80Cs when at 100% usage. My VRAM VRMs at at mid 70Cs at 100% usage. I can't explain the results Tom's got with their testing. It doesn't reflect my experience at all.
Either way, you should be very happy with the Sapphire too.

I always use the latest driver for the card. But not the beta drivers tho, like I do for my Nvidia cards. I'm using 14.4 now for Win7x64. Never a problem with any driver I've ever used.
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September 9, 2014 12:33:53 AM

ok thx alot :) 
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September 9, 2014 12:38:41 AM

no i didn't mean t the vrm temps
just saying all the temps
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a b \ Driver
September 9, 2014 6:42:04 AM

boodyhegab said:
no i didn't mean t the vrm temps
just saying all the temps


Well, you said "the asus one in closed case 92c vrm...", so that's why I assumes you wanted it. Either way, I think I gave you all the temp specs I've taken; VRAM VRM, Core VRM, and GPU temp as read at the core.
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