Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC Edition 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

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Pros:

Matches R9 290X performance, Overclocked out of the box, Memory overclocked, Very quiet in idle, Gaming noise much improved over reference R9 290, In idle, two fan can be turned off via a switch, Dual BIOS feature, Backplate included, Hynix memory chips,...
Excellent singlecard performance, Intelligent Fan Control works well, Factory overclocked on core and memory, Much cooler than reference, Solid build quality, Eligible for three free games

Cons:

High price premium, High power consumption, Long tripleslot cooler takes up a lot of space, Extremely high Bluray power consumption, Could be quieter during gaming
£80 premium over reference cards

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Reviewers Liked

Matches R9 290X performance, Overclocked out of the box, Memory overclocked, Very quiet in idle, Gaming noise much improved over reference R9 290, In idle, two fan can be turned off via a switch, Dual BIOS feature, Backplate included, Hynix memory chips,
Excellent singlecard performance, Intelligent Fan Control works well, Factory overclocked on core and memory, Much cooler than reference, Solid build quality, Eligible for three free games

Reviewers Didn't Like

High price premium, High power consumption, Long tripleslot cooler takes up a lot of space, Extremely high Bluray power consumption, Could be quieter during gaming
£80 premium over reference cards

Expert reviews and ratings

AMD's Radeon R9 290 has been on the market since the end of last year, and it has positioned itself successfully as a cost-efficient option if you are looking for high-end gaming performance without breaking the bank. Compared to its big brother, the R9...

By techPowerUp! on July 24, 2014

Our benchmarks show that the Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X OC is a very quick edition of the R9 290, as it's able to take on both the R9 290X and GTX 780, meaning that the price premium it carries isn't so bad after all. Its ability to exceed the performance...

By Bit-tech.net on June 05, 2014

The first thing which struck us when unboxing the 290 Vapor-X OC Edition is that this is one hefty card. Yes the cooler shroud is partially plastic but the rest of the construction is metal and big chunks of it at that. Both the front and back of the PCB...

By HardwareHeaven on June 17, 2014

Frankly even going into this review I knew I would love the Vapor-X. All of the Sapphire Tri-X cards have performed great and Sapphire only packed in more features with the Vapor-X. The addition of the vapor chamber improved cooling even more than the...

By LanOC Reviews on June 13, 2014

It has been a bumpy 'ol ride for AMD's Radeon R9 290X. Launched almost eight months ago under the premise of being the world's fastest single-GPU graphics card, the hot-running behemoth was soon bullied into second place by the rival GeForce GTX 780 Ti...

By HEXUS.net on June 10, 2014

After taking a brief hiatus to upgrade the test system and the programs we use, it’s only fitting that our graphics card reviews return with one of the most-anticipated R9 290’s to be released: Sapphire’s Vapor-X. It proved to be the fastest R9 290 we’ve...

By Hardware Canucks on May 26, 2014

Jan Purrucker: Sapphires Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X leistet im Test fast genauso viel wie eine Radeon R9 290X im Referenz-Design und kann das Single-GPU-Flaggschiff von AMD teilweise sogar übertreffen. Somit lässt die Vapor-X auch die meisten anderen...

By gamestar.de on June 06, 2014

Junto con el reajuste de precios anunciado por AMD hace algunos días, nos acaba de llegar de la mano de Sapphire su tremenda tarjeta gráfica Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X. Un modelo que se gana el título de “tremenda” con todas sus letras y que más adelante...

By ozeros.com on May 31, 2014

Schon die Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC zählte aufgrund ihres leistungsstarken Kühlsystems und der sehr guten Performance zu unseren Lieblings-Modellen unter den "Hawaii"-Grafikkarten und wurde in vergangenen Artikeln von uns gerne empfohlen. Mit...

By Hardwareluxx on May 10, 2014

Evitiamo tanti giri di parole e passiamo subito al sodo la Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X è la migliore Radeon R9 290 in circolazione.1) come performance non ha rivali nella sua categoria 2) garantisce temperature basse 3) è estremamente silenziosaUna...

By bitsandchips.it on May 02, 2014

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