Which 280x to buy?

[envy14tpe]

First off, I will get the 280x but I am trying to narrow it down. My prices are in USD although I am not there (in Taiwan). I'm leaning towards the Dual X cuz performance should be good enough and I'm not sure how to justify an extra $30. What's your take on my situation?

Sapphire Dual X : $320
Sapphire Toxic: $350
Gigabyte: $330
Asus DC2T : $350

I want something quiet so I'm probably not going for Toxic. Also, I didn't include MSI (which I hoped for) cuz they seem to have issues with the 280x in reviews. Lastly, I'm not sure if BF4 is included with these. I gotta check on it tomorrow. (If I did get it I'd sell it since I got the game already)

 

[06yfz450ridr]

The sapphire dual x isnt bad but i would say get the asus or or the gigabyte if its the one with the 3 fans if you want it quieter

 

[envy14tpe]

The sapphire dual x isnt bad but i would say get the asus or or the gigabyte if its the one with the 3 fans if you want it quieter

I haven't found any reviews of the Dual X but it has to be quieter than the Toxic and Vapor. I had considered the Gigabyte one but I saw one review that showed it on the loud side.

I really wish there would be an updated review of the 280x.

 

[maurelie]

Is there any 280 Vapro-X, that one is much better and cools better than the Dual-X. Funny thing in my country they give free BF4 with the Dual-X and costs the same as the Vapor-X. So i am in a bit of dilemma here which one to get.

 

[buckyalt]

You may want to hold off for a bit as the price has been driven up to $400 due to the shortage.

 

[sketysh]

I have the XFX Double D R9-280X got it for about $295 and it's got a bitch of a coil whine. Radeon cards are sought after because of the whole bitcoin/litecoin mining thing.

I contacted XFX through their support page and they say coil whine is "natural and I can submit an RMA if is annoying".

I'll probably RMA through Newegg since it's under the Iron Egg deal. I can't see if anyone else is having the same issue but this is just my experience. I hope the RMA goes through and I get a card that isn't whining throughout gameplay.

My brother has an ASUS version and he seems pleased. I got XFX for the longer warranty. In case it is normal for these cards to have a coil whine, the performance has been great thus far.

 

[06yfz450ridr]

i havent heard anything good about the xfx double d cards really in the past like the 7970. I saw a review on all these cards and they said for the price the dual x was one of the quietest as well as having one of the best cooling. i have a sapphire dual x OC 7970 and a vapor x ghz they stay around the same temp after I re applied better paste to the dual x card. the vapor x still cools better when overclocked higher and has no coil whine. the other cards have a slight coil wine sometimes but I havent heard it in a while.

 

[envy14tpe]

The Sapphire Vapor X sells for $335 here. I thought it was loud though.

EDIT- Supposedly all AMD cards over a 270 will get a free BF4 game (which I could sell) so that doesn't affect GPU prices.
I'm just really unsatisfied with the reviews so far.