Joined on 03/11/14
This the 280x you want
Pros: Runs 3~5 degrees Celsius cooler than my other 280x. The vapor chamber seems to work more when hotter, which is is good. Card does HD games amazing. And mines at 775k/hs stable. Card also looks very nice
Cons: I wish the pcb had a back plate, just a minor complaint
Overall Review: If you are getting a card to game and mine on get the vapor, that extra cooling will help in the summer months
Not good at all.
Pros: None
Cons: The cameras are low quality. Persistently doesn't detect hard drive. Forces you to use external. Remote viewing doesn't work like it should. Guard's warranty is non existent. They are incredibly unresponsive in email and phone calls. They've ignored me for more than 3 months and still haven't sent me an RMA form.
Overall Review: Don't buy this cheap system. Spend a bit more money and save a lot of time and headache.
Not very good
Pros: Runs wells at first. Each card lasted about a week. Gets about 40fps easy in games on ultra and 730KH/s stable mining
Cons: I've been through two of these cards. They aren't stable. It seems Sapphire cheapened out on this card to meet the demand. First card gave no temperature reading so autofan speed wouldn't work. And this gave me no way to tell if it is over heating. Second card didn't have that problem and ran well until it didn't. Which was about a week. Got artifacts then crashes. then refused to boot until I removed this one card. Also on a side note, compared to my other 280xs this card is thicker, which doesn't make for good spacing for crossfire configs
Overall Review: Spend a bit more money and get a toxic or wait till the 290 returns to a sane price