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Mike R.

Mike R.

Joined on 02/14/03

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Most Critical Review

Nice Looking card, but dead on arrival

PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Myst. Edition Video Card AXR9 380X 4GBD5-PPDHE
PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Myst. Edition Video Card AXR9 380X 4GBD5-PPDHE

Pros: Nice clean design and good size fans. Large Heatsink

Cons: Powered up one time before loss of display.

Overall Review: First DOA video card. Hoping for an easy exchange and a working card!

Good card but has some quirks

ASUS Radeon HD 6570 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 Low Profile Video Card HD6570-2GD3-L
ASUS Radeon HD 6570 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 Low Profile Video Card HD6570-2GD3-L

Pros: Good solid feel. Heatsink is heavy construction. I do think it keeps temps a bit cooler. Overclocking provides good performance over another 6570 card I own.

Cons: Low Profile card, but comes with no interchangeable plates for low profile use. Less than a week old with fan speeds averaging 20-30% it has a strange fan bushing/brushes rattle sound that is very noticeable with my compact pc case. If you manually move up the fan speeds it goes away.

Overall Review: I like the performance I'm seeing with this card and the ability to overclock to a decent core speed is great. Good solid components with exception of the fan. The lack of the additional low profile bracket and the fan noise was a bit disappointing.