Sapphire R9 280x Toxic Edition Oc 3gb Review

On the r9 280x toxic edition we see the introduction of sapphire s tri x three fan cooling solution that takes up less space vertically and uses a massive 10mm heat pipe to transfer the thermal load away from the core.

Sapphire r9 280x toxic edition oc 3gb review.

Allan zardon campbell october 10 2013 featured announcement graphics. This isn t the first r9 280x we ve taken for a spin. With the 280x toxic sustaining a load over 100w more than the stock 280x or the gtx 780 for that matter. Meet the sapphire r9 280x toxic.

You can check our review of the sapphire vapor x oc r9 280x here and our review of the xfx double dissipation r9 280x here. The sapphire r9 280x 3gb toxic is a great looking card as you can see above in our introduction image. Especially when we see that the vapor x gets all the build components used on the toxic edition including solid capacitors black diamond chokes. Sapphire r9 280x toxic edition oc 3gb review.

Another improvement is the addition of dual. Clocked at 1100mhz for the base gpu clock and 1150mhz boost gpu clock with the their 280x toxic sapphire is aiming to have the fastest 280x card on the market. Given that an oc. Sapphire r9 280x toxic review.

The first version was used on sapphire s successful toxic edition r9 280x that delivered great cooling results. That said the. You shouldn t judge a book by its cover though as they say so we won t read into it too much. The sapphire r9 280x toxic review by ryan smith on october 10.