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XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition Review

3DMark 11 is designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. After running the tests 3DMark gives your system a score with larger numbers indicating better performance. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.
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The XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition scores 9,750 in the graphics test, ahead of the MSI R9 280 Gaming Edition.

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  1. What kind of VRM temps did you get with this card? I’m a little worried as after just 5 mins of Furmark with stock settings my card has VRM temps of 99 degrees.

  2. Hi dav, I meant to add that in. have done now on the temperature page.