How is this different from the other R9 270X's released by Sapphire? (i.e., Toxic, Vapor, Orig, etc.)
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The heatsink and shroud is different, so is the factory overclocking on it. The Toxic version has a heat plate that covers the top of of the card to distribute heat better as well as three fans to pull more heat away from the GPU and memory chips rather than the more common two fan design found on most cards. The Toxic also has the highest factory overclocking for this particular level of card as it does for the 280x and 290x (at least when I bought mine and the R9 series came out). The combination of superior factory overclock and with the improved heatsink design makes this card is ideal for gamers, overclockers and enthusiasts. Sapphire is known for making the highest factory overclocked versions of AMD GPUs on their cards.
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Amazon being amazon, is my guess. I've got the black/silver one in the pictures when I ordered. It's an amazing card. Dead silent, even playing DA:I on max settings. Never had a problem with sapphire ever, I even built a rig for a non-tech buddy with a sapphire card that's still going strong 3 years later. Great cards, and Vapor-x is awesome technology.
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I have a Sapphire R9 270X with my system and I did have problems in the beginning. At first, I thought it was the card, then I thought it would be the motherboard. So I flashed (updated) the BIOS from Gigabyte's website to the latest version. Works perfectly.EDIT: Nevermind. Saw you're reply. Hopefully this will help future customers have questions answered faster.
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Yes - I'm actually using an R9 270X with it right now. That range of card ($150-$250) is a great fit for the APU processors for a balanced system - any cards more expensive than that and you start to find that the rest of the platform is holding you back (depending on the game of course).
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The difference is the gpu, the r9 290x have better memory clock and gpu clock (more speed of process) and when I play wow I can reach up 210 fps but just if v-sinc on the game is turned off
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Yes, it works fantastic. I OC mine to 4.5 and it runs like a beast! It works great at stock 3.5 too. Because I'm running SLI, it can't run anywhere from 73-78 degree at long game play in Elder Scrolls Skyrim, but other than that, it's golden. I'm currently in the middle of changing over to liquid cooing on both cards and CPU. Once completed I'll post some readings. In all , I think this is still the best adv consumer GPU out there; I just wish it were 4gb rather 3 but that's just me being greedy :). Hope this helps some.
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I've been using mine since the 680 first came out and I haven't had a single issue. It helps if you create a custom fan profile within EVGA Precision X in order to ramp the fans up higher and keep the card cooler. I've had it overclocked since I bought it and haven't had any artifacts or crashes, well no crashes because of the overclock. My advice to you would be to wait for the new 700 Nvidia cards to come out in the next couple months and buy one of those instead depending on the price.
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I would say much better. A friend bought a 7750 and took it back to get this card for just $30 more. He said it was a big improvement. I stay away from the Catalyst drivers, they seem buggy.
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Yes. Here is a link showing it as well found through the r9 270x website. http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/GigaByte/Gigabyte_GA-78LMT-USB3/1540
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the Ti is about 15% better on some games, however it is nearly unrecognizable to the human eye. I had the same concerns when I bought my card, however I like the higher vram count aswell as the much lower pricepoint. It will allow me to raid the cards much sooner than I would have normally.
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As the Black Edition is overclocked, it *might* use a chip that has been tested to be able to overclock, but I don't know if that's the case. The stock overclock is good for a few fps in testing but I can't say I've noticed the difference in any game I play. When I bought it, the price differential was a few % so I didn't pay much extra for a chip that might be more stable when overclocked. I've not had any problems running with the stock overclock, but YMMV.
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No this is not the reference design as it has a custom cooling system, reference designs only point to the cards directly from AMD
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they are loud but if you dont mind the noise they keep the card cool. but these cards are meant to be water cooled. they perform very very well. much better then after market cards. i love my xfx r9 290.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+Sapphire+Radeon+HD+6570+1GB+operating+system+compatibility
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Your Mobo and this GPU are made by the same company..... ?? What do you really want to know?
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Gigabyte GPU cards have a horrible cooling system, they last less and they are super big and bulky, never buy any gigabyte card.the Sapphire and MSI have the best cooling, tho Sapphire is abit bigger.
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well I don't really know but I do know that I down graded from a r9 290x and those drivers work fine with r9 270x if when in doubt just download the driver from asus site