Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X Tri-X OC Video Card Review

Sapphire originally released their R9 280X Vapor-X back when the R9 280X’s were launched. The card was factory overclocked and featured Sapphire’s Dual-X cooler. Well Sapphire is releasing a new version of the card that makes use of Sapphire’s own exclusive Vapor-X cooling with its new Tri-X triple fan design. This should keep the Tahiti GPU nice a cool. On top of that this card is again factory overclocked, features Black Diamond chokes and a full Solid Cap design, and has dual BIOS support. Is this the R9 280X that you are looking for? Read on as we take a look…

Special thanks to Sapphire for providing us with the R9 280X Vapor-X TRI-X OC Video Card to review.

Specifications
specs

Packaging
The Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X Tri-X OC comes in Sapphire’s typical graphics card packaging. Some of the main features are listed on the front and it lets us know that this is the “Overclock Edition”. The back of the packaging goes into detail on many of the cards features.

Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X TRI-X OC Video Card

Getting everything out of the box we have the Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X Tri-X OC video card, HDMI cable, two dual Molex to 8pin PCI-Express power adapters, CrossFire connector, driver installation CD, and quick installation guide.

Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X TRI-X OC Video Card

For a full unboxing and overview of the Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X Tri-X OC be sure to check out the video below.

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