Reviewers Liked
- Factory overclocked
- DirectCU II cooling system
- GPU Tweak software included
- Made with quality components
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Hard to find in stock
Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCU 2 TOP 3GB GDDR5 PCIe
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Radeon R9 280X Roundup: Although all five custom Radeon R9 280X cards are much the same in gaming and cooling performance, they still have subtle variations that make some better than others -- and one better than the rest in our opinion.
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The standard ASUS card will cost you around £ 20 more than the MSI, but it is faster and can be clocked higher, as well as being quieter than the MSI. The Sapphire card we can not recommend as it is just to noisy when in use and not much faster than the standard ASUS card. The XFX card is a solid performer all round, but does not really stand out in any category.
By Maximum PC
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At any given time, we have one GPU in our inventory that holds the title of “loudest card in the office.” The current title-holder is the PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 Vortex, which sounds like a jet engine. That's just how the Radeon 7970 GHz cards are;...
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If you're looking for an upper tier graphics card, the ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP is an excellent choice, showcasing an impressive combination of sleek styling, low temperatures and noise levels, and great...
By ThinkComputers
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There are many different choices when it comes to choosing a Radeon R9 280X, so would the ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP Video Card be one of our top choices? I would have to say most definitely! Let's start out with the basics that most people are...
By Ocaholic
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Since the AMD Radeon R9 280X is roughly speaking nothing else than a renamed Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, AMD's partners are launching custom designs right from the beginning. ASUS, for example, is offering no less than six cards two Matrix, two DirectCU...
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Looking at the DirectCU II R9 280X, I can safely say it is an excellent graphics card using the AMD chipset. The DirectCU II Top remains pretty much the best series Asus has made outside of their RoG brand. The card itself is powerful, but the cooling...
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With their Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II, ASUS has an interesting graphics card in its portfolio, which features their capable DirectCU II cooler. In the following article we're going to find out what difference a full-cover water block can make when put on...
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If you have been a gamer for a while, ASUS DirectCU II cards have earned a reputation for delivering excellent performance with higher-than-baseline clock speeds for the generation of the card. Staying cool under fire, the direct contact heat pipe...
By PCPer
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Refreshes are bad, right? I guess that depends on who you talk to. In the case of AMD, it is not a bad thing. For people who live for cutting edge technology in the 3D graphics world, it is not pretty. Unfortunately for those people, reality...
By Tom's Hardware
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Perhaps fortunately, AMD's reference Radeon R9 280X is a bit of a phantom outside our own labs. If you're shopping for one of these Tahiti-based boards, you're looking at third-party solutions. We round up seven models and show what makes them different....
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As a result, I fully expect the R9 280X to be a great selling GPU for those gamers with a mid-range budget of $300.But another of the benefits of using an existing GPU architecture is the ability for board partners to very quickly release custom built...
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When the AMD Radeon HD 7970 was introduced in 2011 it cost $549 and made short work of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 video card. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 uses the Tahiti GPU that has 2,048 stream processors built on the TSMC's 28nm process technology with 3GB...
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It really does all come down to pricing. Though out of stock right, the ASUS R9 280X DC2T is being sold for exactly the quoted price from ASUS at $309. This is good news. The GeForce GTX 770 has an MSRP of $399 still, directly quoted...
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