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R9 280X Real World Power Consumption and General Impressions

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  • XFX
  • Power Consumption
September 24, 2014 9:23:22 AM

Does anyone own an XFX R9 280X Double Dissipation ? I am interested in this particular model but any other model with the same power consumption would be just fine? I was considering buying the R9 280X but I only have a Corsair CX 500 Watt PSU and someone mentioned that the capacitors used are poor and melt under high load? Can anyone with the same power supply confirm that? If you have both e.g the particular GPU and PSU I mentioned above, and could give me some results from real world tests (e.g temperatures under load, power consumption under load etc). In the website of XFX it mentions a 750 Watt PSU is needed to run the card but I'm not convinced that is entirely true. I was thinking of getting the GTX 970 when it arrives in the UK but it is around £75 more expensive than the 280X. Furthermore I'm not quite sure the GTX 970 is way more powerful than a 280X.

Price for GTX 970: £265
Price for R9 280X: £190

Which one should I go for?

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