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Alexander F.

Alexander F.

Joined on 08/14/11

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Flawed card, awful support, avoid at all cost

XFX Black Edition Double Dissipation Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-290A-EDBD
XFX Black Edition Double Dissipation Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-290A-EDBD

Pros: Pretty powerful, great looking design, UEFI compatible

Cons: Card keeps on throttling up to crashing with a black screen in any recent game (Tomb Raider, GTA V, etc), even after replacing my power supply with a new one that should provide sufficient power (HX850i). The problem with this seems to be some cooling design defect of the card itself. A switch on the card allows it to throttle down, but it only delays the inevitable crash. In addition to that, support is email-only, and painfully slow. I personally expected better coming from the competition.

Overall Review: Bottom line: Do not buy this card and get yourself something better. It's not worth the time spent on troubleshooting this mess.