Question 1

How do I redeem my free game (battlefield 4) with the purchase I made last week?

Accepted Answer

There is a card inside the box with a code on it.  You go to the site listed on AMD's website and enter that code.  They then send you a product key that you use on Origin (EA's game service) to activate your product.  From there you simply download and play!

Question 2

Is this Graphics Card any different from the SAPPHIRE 100363L Radeon R9 280X? I am asking cause I wanted to get this graphics but the only difference I can see is that outside armor, that makes it slightly more bulkier. I am kinda stuck in a rock and a hard place but the two cards are exactly the same (from what I can tell) and the only difference to me is the one *this one* is slightly bulkier and the one I wanted to buy but this is my first time building a computer so I had no clue. If you could help that would be great

Accepted Answer

I have this one. And my only issue is that it sags a bit. As far as armor goes however, it's called a heatsink its supposed to keep it cooler (as you know by now ) . honestly, i would go with a different card. I'm not very happy with mantle at all, if you're going to get this card you probably have a really good PC I'd spend the extra money and go with the equivalent on the green team

Question 3

I was wondering if anyone has used this card for scrypt mining? I currently am only able to get 680kH/s by underclocking to 964 MHz. Seems like most people are getting 700+ with ~1050 MHz for 280x sapphires.

Accepted Answer

What your getting is about right. Watch out for people bragging about to high of numbers. Don't force to much over-clocking or you will have a fire. I get about 575 so your doing better than me. You are probably going to let it run all night so keep it at a safe speed.

Question 4

will this run three monitors?

Accepted Answer

It will run 3 monitors but if u plan on crossfire gaming on it only expect to run mid to high graphics

Question 5

A friend gave me one of these for free and in my machine i only have nvidia graphics cards, can i have a this with my gtx 760? Or will i need to change a few things up?

Accepted Answer

You cant run amd cards with nvidia. the 280x is stronger than that so my advice would be to sell the 760 and buy a second 280x or use the money for other upgrades

Question 6

What is the exactly Power supply requirement there? the fxf r9 280x said only 500watt but this one up to 750w?

Anyway will the power supply 585w work with video card and i7-4770k?

Accepted Answer

i have a 350w and maxed out transcoding the card has plenty of power

Question 7

Will this work with the BIOSTAR TA970 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard?

Accepted Answer

You have the PCIe x16 socket which is fine. The one issue that I see is the heat sink over the Chipset that may be a problem, depending on how high it is.

Question 8

Can I attach a NZXT Kraken G10 water block to this?

Accepted Answer

No idea :-( sorry!

Question 9

I am thinking on buying this for my XPS 630i -ALL STOCK COMPONENTS- any thoughts?????

Accepted Answer

from what i can see for power your good if u have the 750w psu  u might want to drop more ram in and mby a faster processor all the parts for that socket mb and ram socket sld be cheaper now but make sure you have good cooling and airflow threw the case and find out if your pcie 16x slot is 1.0  2.0  3.0 ect becus the card use's a 3.0 and if u have a 1.0 it will run slower not the speed of the card but the threwput from the card to everyt hing els  pritty much u wont be takeing full advantage of the card bcus ur mb will be "bottel necking" it letting u use less of it then what is there so  u wont get the full performance of the card but make sure you have the dell xps 630I not the dell xps 630 with the 630I u slb b fine no need to upgrade ne thing at all withthe 630 u sld upgrade the ram and cpu b4 u do ne thing els or my rec wld be to buy a new system lol or just burn you 630 for warmth cus thats the most use u will ever get out of it lawls but if urs is the 630I your pcie slots  sld be 2.0 at least ur pcie16 slot so u sld be good to go 3.0 will run in a 2.0

Question 10

I've read somewhere that the R9 280x will crossfire with the 7970. Can Anyone confirm this?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the R9 280x and the 7970 are exactly the same card.

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