Sapphire Toxic R9 280X or Gigabyte WindForce ?

[Jonathan19]

Hi,

After hours and hours of searching, I cannot decide on which graphic card to buy between those two...

I'd go with the Asus, but it is unfortunatly too expensive here :hmm:

What do you think about those cards ?

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Sapphire-Rad...e_Composants_Cartes_Vidéo&hash=item2c86470e01
OR
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Carte-Graphi...e_Composants_Cartes_Vidéo&hash=item4d2006a266

My main worry is not even performance as they are really close, but more about realibility, issues, noise ect... :\

Thanks a lot,
my HD6850 is crying when running Metro LL

 

[crazzy.heartz]

Both seem to have identical fans and heatsink.

However, sapphire has higher Core and memory cocks & more connectivity options whilst costing less..

Also, Sapphire has used Black PCB whereas Gigabyte has used a Blue one. (Gigabyte uses Black PCB in the OC version of this card.) Sapphire would be more reliable with better quality components.

Go for Sapphire.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Get the Sapphire without hesitation.

 

[Jonathan19]

Thanks a lot guys, going with Sapphire

Expecting a jet noise however, but performance should be there

Will give feedback as soon as I can get my hand on it

 

[RussianSensation]

Thanks a lot guys, going with Sapphire

Expecting a jet noise however, but performance should be there

Will give feedback as soon as I can get my hand on it

Nah, just set up a custom fan curve in Sapphire Trixx or MSI Afterburner. The dual-fan cooler on the Dual-X/Toxic was already excellent and it only got better with the Tri-X/Toxic this generation moving on to 3 fans.

The older DX fan was already more than enough for Tahiti XT.

1150mhz at 70*C-75C is no problem.

Source

 

[Jonathan19]

Hum okay, not that bad

Thx ^_^

 

[Techhog]

Thanks a lot guys, going with Sapphire

Expecting a jet noise however, but performance should be there

Will give feedback as soon as I can get my hand on it

Why would you expect it to be loud?

 

[Leyawiin]

Since they're both used definitely the Sapphire for less. If they were new the price premium of the Toxic would be a consideration.

 

[Jonathan19]

Why would you expect it to be loud?

Because of the heavy overclock and most reviews shows that it is much louder than a Asus one for example

But yeah, got more power so



Yup, going for the Sapphire

Thanks again for your thoughts !