R9 280 Asus DCUII Top vs MSI Gaming

RedDave

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the title says it all. I'm getting a R9 280 but there are 2 options either the Asus DCUII Top or the MSI Gaming. the MSI has higher core clock but the Asus has higher memory clock and some say that it is cooler and overclocks better than the MSI one. so my question is which one is cooler? and which one overclocks better? please note that both have the same price
 
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I'd go Asus, the cooling is much better and they OC well - I picked up the 280X when it was released and it was a great card, have put the 280 in a couple of rigs (one in XFire and performed and OCed very well), also better quality
their both voltage locked so you wont be overclocking to the moon. the asus is going to be cooler because its clocked lower. they both will hit a voltage bottleneck long before they hit a thermal limit. both will be fairly quiet. the asus is probably a little quieter. both will top out at 1150-1200mhz.