SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100373L

Pros: 384 bit
3 gig ram
same size as a 6970 or a 7990.
Stays 43c idle with manual fan control on 45%

Cons: In almost all games i get the driver has stopped responding and has recovered and freezes the game when it happens for about 30 seconds. Hopefully a driver update will help.
For some reason from the x1600 series up it seems AMD releases the cards without good drivers it took 6 months before my 6950 ran decent on updated drivers.
Almost makes me want to change to a different chipset that values their customers more.

Overall Review: Bought this on sale with 3 free games that i DIDN'T want but no way to remove from cart. So in the end i was charged 89 or so for the card and then charged for the free games which no matter what according to policy you can not return so if you return the card expect to be shorted on what you paid for it because of the games.
Shame on the egg for doing it this way i ought to at least be able to remove unwanted so called free games from my cart that i was charged for.
Bought a intel processor after this came with a free game so i bought it off am@om which is what i will do from now on. If the item comes with a freebie i will buy elsewhere until the egg straightens this practice out.

Pros: Not too expensive
Worked initially

Cons: I got this card and at first it seemed to work fine for most everything. I had issues with a few games and flickering black squares. After a couple months of ownership I started noticing these issues in more and more of my games and even in windows itself. It got to the point of being unusable and I had to purchase another card to get some working graphics. Would not purchase again.

Overall Review: None