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Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X OC Review

In Thief 2014 Players control Garrett, a master thief, as he intends to steal from the rich. Similar to previous games in the series, players must use stealth in order to overcome challenges, while violence is left as a minimally effective last resort.
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We test at Ultra HD 4k with the HIGH preset, both with Direct X rendering (Nvidia and AMD) and Mantle rendering (AMD only).
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Single card solutions struggle to maintain perfectly smooth frame rates at these settings, at Ultra HD 4K. Mantle rendering with single card delivers slightly smoother performance.

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  1. This is awesome- i love the GPU reviews here. Wish I had £500 spare, or £600 for the 8GB version.

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  2. Sapphire focus a lot on the VRM’s – which many AMD partners DON”T. Glad to see you pointing it out in this review

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  3. The Sapphire 290 is the better value card, its only 6 phase, not 10, but it overclocks well and saves you £130. enough to get a good new power supply

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  4. I prefer their blue finish, to the orange. its very sexy. I still have a Sapphire AIW card, thats how well they are built 😉

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  5. Not much of an AMD fan but that card looks sexy.

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