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

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 11 expert reviews

Excellent:

9
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Low noise during gaming.
Overclocked out of the box.
Good overclocking potential.

Cons:

Very expensive
Lacks backplate.

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Last revision on May 9, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Low noise during gaming
Overclocked out of the box
Good overclocking potential
Dual BIOS
Native fullsize HDMI and DisplayPort
HDMI cable included

Reviewers Didn't Like

Very expensive
Lacks backplate
Big and bulky

Expert reviews and ratings

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

When AMD launched the new Hawaii based GPU in the R9-290X it was to huge fan fare but it was not long until many enthusiasts and media alike called foul on the simple fact that the card would ramp up to 94C and sit there while throttling quite alot to...

By bjorn3d.com on February 09, 2014

AMD's Radeon R9 290X is built on the company's new Hawaii GPU, the first truly new high-end graphics chip from the company in a very long time (21 months). Using 6.8 billion transistors, the GPU is built on a 28 nanometer process at TSMC, Taiwan. It...

By techPowerUp! on February 05, 2014

AMD fans have been waiting on this for a long time, the eagerly awaited Sapphire custom version of AMD’s R9 290X, featuring their cutting edge Tri-X cooling system. Sapphire have not only adopted their impressive three fan cooler, but they have...

By Kitguru.net on December 22, 2013

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

The new R9 series from AMD is the brand's performance lineup and the 290X sits at the top of the heap. It is the fastest single-GPU card AMD has ever made. The problem with the 290X though is that it runs hot. Really hot. As in hot enough to overload the...

By TechwareLabs on March 26, 2014

There are manufacturers out there that go a long way when making changes to the reference design of cards. Tweaking power delivery, PCB design and the like but when marketing their R9 290X Sapphire don't talk about enhancing the reference design,...

By HardwareHeaven on February 07, 2014

AMD's reference Radeon R9 290 and 290X cooler earned our disdain once we figured out that it was causing the otherwise-impressive Hawaii GPU to operate at performance levels below the company's specification. Getting the graphics processor to operate at...

By Tom's Hardware UK on January 27, 2014

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