SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon R9 270X DirectX 11.2 100364VXBF4L 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support OC BOOST Video Card w/BF4 Coupon

Pros: Bought for my son for xmas, tested in my system and does as well as my 7950. Image quality seems better than it too. Make's me want 290x prices to level and more non reference options avail.

Cons: It's going in my sons system, not mine.

Pros: Stays cool and quiet, plays bf4 at 50-60 fps on ultra, Motherboard automatically switched from integrated graphics to this card and windows update got the drivers.

Cons: pushes alot of its heat back into where i have an intake fan so i had to change it to an exhaust fan and put another intake fan near it

Pros: really good card for games at 1080p on high with good frames *not loud *doesn't run hot it also comes with bf4

Cons: none right now (ill update if i find some)

Pros: I'm absolutely impressed with this card, every game I Throw at it runs smooth as butter on hot asphalt. Runs bf4 on ultra no problem Runs titanfall (beta) ultra Planetside 2 ultra The design overall is sleek and nice it runs very cool and is extremely quiet

Cons: I was lucky enough to get it for $219 I would not recommend that you buy the card for 300+ dollars you can get a better performing card for that money

Overall Review: Over all I love this card and I will definitely be getting another to crossfire in the future

Pros: 1: Works great with even an outdated CPU, I have an AMD A6-3620, and can run BF4 on ultra with 20-30, high with 25-35, and medium with 30-40. With a nicer CPU (Like an FX-8320 for example) you should be able to get Ultra settings with 40-50 FPS. 2: Got it at low price, $250. 3: Runs cool. Around 31* C Idle/web browsing. And 41-45* C during high end gaming. 4: The fans are extremelly quiet until you get to about 60% fan speed, but at that point your card is around 65* C anyway. 5: BF4!!! 6: Installed easily into my motherboard, works fast even in a PCI-E 16x 2.0 slot, and it worked right away(See cons section)

Cons: 1: The drivers that come with the disk aren't great, but that's expected with any card. 2: It would have been nice if it came with 3 GB GDDR5 ram for a little bit of a future proof, but it should last 2-3 years.

Overall Review: If your computer does not have good air flow inside, do not get this card without buying some fans and clean up your wiring for the inside of the case, as this is a open card that dispenses heat from nearly all sides, while closed cards will only dispense heat to the outside of the case. Most cases have nice air flow (I have an NZXT Phantom 630.) so you shouldn't really have to worry. Download the sapphire TRIXX program, and set the fan speed to go 1% per degree, so at 40* make it 40%. And then when you get it to 60 just make it so that the fans are 100% at 80* because 80 isn't good for the card. My build: NZXT Phantom 630 (Case) Corsair RM750 (Power Supply) Sapphire Vapor-X R9 270x (Graphics Card) 1Tb WD 5400 RPM 3gb/s (HDD) 500Gb WD 5400 RPM 3gb/s (Backup HDD) 8 Gb DDR3 1600 Mhz (Ram) Amd A-6320 @ 2.3 Ghz (CPU) Lite-On DVD+DL R/W (Disk Drive) Samsung 840 Evo 250Gb ( (Soon to come)OS Drive/Games) Final thought: If you are getting this card as your first graphics card I highly recommend it as it is easy to use. And even for a mid->high end gamer this graphics card will work amazingly. I cant wait to get an AMD FX-8320 because this thing will be even better.

Pros: Works amazingly. Can play games 60fps max graphics consistently. Super quiet. Easy to install. I love this card.

Cons: No BF4 coupon in box. Even has the BF4 sticker on the box, but no coupon found. Sapphire hasn't responded to my email or my phone calls yet (but it's the weekend so maybe that'll change). Please make your quality assurance tighter. I hate having to wait for this, because BF4 was part of the reason I bought this.

Pros: Works great. Gonna be perfect for my dual monitor setup once I get it. Looks really nice inside my side case window.

Cons: No BF4 came in the box. It even has the tag on the box saying that it will have BF4 in it, but it never was here. I'm very upset about this because part of the reason I got this card was the fact I could get a free game. I'd like Sapphire to give me what I paid for, because it's just not right for 1 or 2 people to get burned for something the corporation messed up on.

Pros: Plays BF4 on Ultra with my FX-8350

Cons: N/A