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Durch die Vorstellung der "Volcanic Islands"-Familie hat AMD verschiedenen bestehenden Produkten eine Frischzellenkur samt neuer Bezeichnung verpasst. Neben der Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, die leicht modifziert nun als Radeon R9 280X im Produktportfolio rangiert, hat man auch die Radeon HD 7950 überarbeitet. Letztere darf sich nun über einen erhöhten GPU-Takt freuen und wurde namentlich als Radeon R9 280 verankert. Leistungsmäßig möchte man mit der GeForce GTX 760 von Mitbewerber Nvidia konkurrieren. Was die Entwickler an der Tahiti-Neuauflage außerdem verändert haben und wie sich die R9 280 in der Praxis schlagen kann, klären wir in unserem ausführlichen Review. Zum Test haben wir uns die Radeon R9 280 Dual-X OC von Hersteller Sapphire eingeladen. Diese Karte trägt den Namenszusatz "OC" und kommt entsprechend mit Overclocking ab Werk zum Kunden. Ebenso freuen dürfen wir uns auf die Darbietung des Dual-X-Kühlers, der das Referenzdesign von AMD ersetzt.
Netis sent over its latest 802.11ac solution for those wanting to add the new AC1200 Wi-Fi standard to their system via USB. Enter the WF2190.
AMD’s R9 290X is back in business when it comes to competing with Nvidia’s equivalents. The custom R9 290Xs easily beat out equivalently priced or sometimes even more expensive custom GTX 780s making them a solid proposition for any gamer on a budget but wanting maximum performance. Today we are looking a highly competitive R9 290X from XFX which has some of the most aggressive pricing on the market and is currently the cheapest R9 290X available in most markets by quite a significant margin, particularly in the USA where it can be had for just $450 at the time of writing which is $50 cheaper than the next cheapest R9 290X option. This means custom R9 290Xs are now $100 cheaper than MSRP pricing of $550 and XFXs option looks almost too good to resist. While XFX have lowered the price of their Double Dissipation SKU they have also recently added a “cherry picked” DD Black Edition skew with an additional 50MHz overclock and more overclocking potential, this will probably fetch slightly more than the model we are testing today but broadly speaking those cards are identical. We’ve already tested three R9 290Xs so I’ve got a pretty good idea about what makes a good one and what makes a bad one, with the reference design being the textbook definition of a bad one. Let’s have a look at XFX’s offering and see whether it sacrifices on anything to make it the cheapest R9 290X currently on the market!
Just as soon as I thought all of the video card introductions from the Nvidia 700 series cards were over Asus tossed out another one. This time it was something a little special, the Striker. The Striker is a GTX 760 but they went a little above and beyond from their standard cards. This is actually a little bit of an unusual launch, typically special cards are limited to the highest end GPUs (like this Mars and Poseidon models), but they did something special with that GPU that more people can afford. Now lets dig in and see how the Striker holds up against the competition.
Aside from having one of those ever-lengthening industry names, the 750 TI has been called the “Xbox One killer”, as well as having the reputation for producing graphics that rival the PS4 as well as higher end graphics cards.
We overclock the Sapphire R9 290X 4GB Vapor-X OC video card and see what kind of performance we can get out of it. Take a look at what Shawn has to say.
Here at eTeknix, we strive to give the consumer the best possible advice in every aspect of technology. Today is no different, as we have 2 GeForce GTX 960’s ready for some testing. The first is the Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 960 (check out our review of that here) and the second is the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 (check out our review of that here). When striving for the best results, it is favourable to test 2 of the same models to allow for no variation in any clock speeds or variations in any integrated components. Fortunately, as these cards are both non-reference, we have some headroom for overclocking, which is sometimes not present in reference models.
2015 has started with a whimper, more than a bang. AMD have yet to release new architecture so it falls on their partners to create enticing, competitive and effective solutions. Sapphire have been leading the way for some time now, and their latest 8GB card has been launched to supplement the more expensive Vapor X model. This new Tri-X card is equipped with 8GB of GDDR5, ships with a custom cooler and is overclocked. At £349.99 is also £70 cheaper than the Vapor X model (£419.99) – surely a more realistic asking price in today’s market.
Out of the five GTX 970 cards we tested it is a draw between the ASUS Strix and MSI Gaming kaarten, both have excellent performance, are priced competitive and are quiet. The Gigabyte and Inno 3D kaarten are slightly faster out of the box than the ASUS and MSI but are also noisier. The Zotac card looks special, but has a price to match that and we could not see the value or get the results from the special overclock PCB as you have seen in the test. Out of all GeForce GTX 980 cards tested we prefer the Palit Super JetStream, its fast, affordable, the quietest and has plenty of overclocking headroom to boot. Should you want to look at three or four way SLI we would not use the Pali as it takes up three slots. The EVGA Superclocked ACX 2.0 is almost as good as the palit and can be easily used in a multi GPU setup. The new fans used on this EVGA card should last longer as well, but we can not prove this at the moment. The Strix and Gaming cards from ASUS and MSI are both good cards, but the Gigabyte and Inno3D GTX 980 cards are to loud for our liking. The Zotac card deserves a special mention as this is the fastest card in our test with excellent overclocking headroom and not too noisy under load.
The final piece needed to get our In Win D-Frame Mini build together was a powerful video card that runs cool, quiet, and matches the red and black theme of the build. For a short while I ran a reference GTX 980 but quickly switched to the Asus GTX 980 Strix. Well today I’m going to take a closer look at the card to see what it Is all about, how it performs, and how well it overclocks. Going off previous Strix reviews we can expect it to run well and stand out in the noise department as well assuming the Strix cooler can keep the GTX 980 running cool.
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