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XFX R9 280X Black OC Edition Review

For our overclocking tests today we used MSI Afterburner – based on Rivatuner.
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We managed to push the core clock speed from 1,100mhz to 1,203mhz – translating into a 9.4% overclock. The memory could be overclocked to 1,708mhz before we noticed some very minor artifacting.

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  1. Thats the nicest looking GPU I have ever seen.

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  2. Good board, but I think Sapphire nailed it with the Toxic Edition – looks a better built card too.

    Still this is cheaper, so horses for courses.

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  3. I’m with Ben on this one, its one of the most understated, but visually stunning cards I’ve seen in a long time!
    Performance is great, but price is even better, I’d love one in my system 😉

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  4. Have you checked with xfx about clock times because scan still is listing black edition with this clock speed 1080-6200 MHz, so this is the same card you have reviewed with lower clock speed?

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