Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

12
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

7.6

User Score

Based on 135 reviews
as rated by users

Pros:

Sleek design
Lightup Sapphire logo
Memory and GPU are overclocked

Cons:

Size
Price

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Last revision on January 5, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Sleek design
Lightup Sapphire logo
Memory and GPU are overclocked
Solid performance
Great cooling solution
SK Hynix memory chips used
Relatively quiet
Low noise
Relatively low temps

Reviewers Didn't Like

Size
Price
Very high retail price in the US
No backplate
Card is very long
Might not fit all cases
Idle noise levels not improved

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Expert reviews and ratings

Nvidia are in an rather troubling situation right now. Their mid/high end GTX970 has been one of the biggest selling graphics cards of all time however recent hardware related concerns have caused a massive backlash, with AMD keen to capitalise on this...

By Kitguru.net on February 04, 2015

100

It is great to see Sapphire continually making improvements to their graphics cards. You know so many companies will put out a line of cards when the new GPUs are announced and we will not see a card from them until another new line of GPUs come out....

By ThinkComputers on May 19, 2014

On the positive side, this is an excellent card compared to the stock model. The £30 premium is well worth it for the reduced temperatures and noise, and the card proved to be a potent overclocker as well, though variance here is to be...

By Bit-tech.net on March 11, 2014

Sapphire set out to fix the major complaint about the 290X being the heat and noise and well what can I say besides they not only succeeded but they gave me a product that I simply cannot believe as it runs that much better. I hope AMD learns...

By bjorn3d.com on February 09, 2014

The Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC is currently available in the US for $700. No throttling Low noise during gaming Overclocked out of the box Memory has also been overclocked Hynix memory Good overclocking potential Dual BIOS Native full-size HDMI and...

By techPowerUp! on February 05, 2014

Sapphire Tri-X R9 290X is the best implementation of the 290X chipset I've tested so far. The Tri-X cooler keeps the GPU temperature at a low level contributing to an excellent overclocking. The Sapphire card beats the Asus competitor in overclocking and...

By reviewstudio.net on January 27, 2014

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 a pair of Sapphire's amazing R9 290x 8GB Tri-x edition graphics cards to combine together for some CrossFireX...

By eTeknix on April 03, 2015

Now that we've seen all the individual tests, let's have a look at the aggregate results. Keep in mind that these results don't reflect the Mantle code path for Thief because there is no way to record detailed frame rate data while using that API....

By Tom's Hardware on November 06, 2014

Let us set the record straight here by saying the AMD R9-290X is far from a bad graphics card. It is seriously powerful and will serve most gamers looking for a top-end graphics card very well. It does however have some serious flaws, highlighted in our...

By vortez.net on October 07, 2014

We've got a high-end custom, and thus carrying a price premium, AMD Radeon R9 290X GPU based video card to show you today. It has been a while since we've evaluated a high-end custom SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X model of video card, but today we are going to do just...

By HardOCP on August 01, 2014

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

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