Still a potent 1080p card, especially with the latest drivers. I got one at £85 a few months back which I thought was a bargain, at £70 it's a steal. It's worth noting that although the CEX image shows a reference design, I think only versions with aftermarket coolers were sold.
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bbfb123
2 Apr 17#1
Seems to be the going rate they sell on eBay for
emodan
2 Apr 17#2
Cex gives you a 2 year warranty
Putterill
2 Apr 17#3
True, but from CEX you get a guarantee and easy refunds if you don't like what you get.
kester76
2 Apr 17#4
Hell no, it's coming up to summer and this beast will be screaming like a banshee.
Putterill
2 Apr 17#5
A reference edition would, but these were all sold with aftermarket coolers. Mine is a Sapphire Dual-X, a fairly low end version but it runs at decent temps even with an overclock, and it's pretty quiet.
Gkains
2 Apr 17#6
That depends on the cooler surely? Most of these can take quite a large undervolt, or you can underclock and undervolt them get a huge reduction in energy-usage (and fan noise). Just have a look at what the miners did: bringing the mining-stable power consumption down from ~180W or more down to about 120W. However, two major caveats: - 'mining-stable' is not the same as gaming stable so don't expect as big a power/heat saving - a lot of these cards have been mining 24/7 for months/years at a time. Still far safer to buy from CEX than some ebay'er because of the warranty.
kester76
2 Apr 17#7
I stand corrected, didn't know the r9 280x range was bundled with 3rd party cooling :smile: Wonder why CEX used a ref picture, possibly to bundle all r9 290 brands together ?
Putterill
2 Apr 17#8
Knowing CEX probably just plain lack of knowledge ;-)
I had a reference 7970 once, under load that was like turning a vacuum cleaner on.
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Most of these can take quite a large undervolt, or you can underclock and undervolt them get a huge reduction in energy-usage (and fan noise). Just have a look at what the miners did: bringing the mining-stable power consumption down from ~180W or more down to about 120W.
However, two major caveats:
- 'mining-stable' is not the same as gaming stable so don't expect as big a power/heat saving
- a lot of these cards have been mining 24/7 for months/years at a time.
Still far safer to buy from CEX than some ebay'er because of the warranty.
I had a reference 7970 once, under load that was like turning a vacuum cleaner on.