Gregory B.
Joined on 02/17/06
- 11
It is a beast.

Pros: Issa beast.
Cons: The promo code to redeem the free games worked but said the offer was only valid "while supplies last" and would not allow me to continue. I tried again a few days later and it worked. If at first you don't succeed, dust your self off and try again.
Overall Review: I would look into getting pci-e extension cables.
DOA

Pros: The fan worked... oh but little did you know it would not post. Just shipped it back to newegg awaiting a replacement; maybe that one will work...
Cons: hmm it didnt post? gj
Overall Review: What do u do for the mail in rebate?
Power Draw issues

Pros: Worked flawlessly for a while
Cons: Occasionally the GPU load will randomly drop to medium or low percentages while playing apex legends. The core clock also suffers during these instances. The game becomes very laggy for about a minute till the card can stabilize again. Ive monitored this with HwInfo and GPU-z. I've tried reformatting, different driver versions, etc. I've read about other people having this same issue.
Good Card

Pros: XFX is a solid brand.
Cons: Looks like XFX makes about six different models for the 380X. My biggest question that I have not been able to find a answer for is, Core Throttling. with the Card running below 50c in game and logging/monitoring my Vcore and Core Clock either one of them stay at maxed. the core will bounce around. 2016-01-05 13:01:11 , 957.4 2016-01-05 13:01:12 , 963.4 2016-01-05 13:01:13 , 970.8 2016-01-05 13:01:14 , 953.5 2016-01-05 13:01:15 , 968.0 2016-01-05 13:01:16 , 935.6 2016-01-05 13:01:17 , 947.2 2016-01-05 13:01:18 , 718.2 2016-01-05 13:01:19 , 968.5 The Voltage is doing the something similar during this time also.
Overall Review: Would move this to 5 eggs if I knew why the core speed and voltage is moving around.
ati does it again

Pros: Awesome card. Faster then the 2900xt I had and uses way less power. This card only uses one 6pin pci-x connector. Single slot cooler.
Cons: none
solid performance

Pros: The all copper heatsinks are nice. The spare heatsink with the added memory sinks is a very nice bonus. On board audio sounds great. Asus pc probe utility works well. Tons of bios options, awesome for overclocking. 4 pci-x slots and x4core support
Cons: none
