In games it easily crushes all titles that run at 1080p and older/less demanding titles will easily hold steady at 60+ fps even when using AMD's VSR (I've ran multiple games at 2550 x 1440p and this card doesn't break a sweat). AMD Crimson is a very new product and is still working through a few kinks, but it's much improved and is very competitive with Nvidia's GeForce experience, although slightly less user friendly. I used this as part of a new system build and had to use DDU anyway, thanks to Windows automatically trying to update the drivers when connected online. If you are using this card as an upgrade to an existing build, be careful and use Display Driver Uninstaller to revert your drivers back to 'Microsoft Basic Display Adapter' or equivalent and then installing AMD Crimson. The card is best powered by two separate 8-pin PCI-E lines and I would recommend a bare minimum of a 500 watt Gold rated PSU while using this item. The Black/Silver/Grey/White colors match well with almost any build, and the backplate is beautiful and unyielding. The Sapphire branding is sharp but not childish (see: MSI), and the overwhelming impression is of sinister elegance and serious function. After completing my system build, I'm here to tell you to stop reading this review and put this item in your cart now.įirst impressions of this cards when taken out of the packaging are - it's an enormous beast, with a cold technical feel and theme much like a custom built AR-15.

Pros: If you've ever browsed /r/buildapc or /r/PCMasterRace, you're well aware how popular this video card is. Ordered on a Thursday and got to my house the following Monday even though it was coming from the US into Canada. Once these came out though the story has changed they are BEAUTIFUL!

Side blue LED for UFEI, not overly bright or annoying (push in for it to go on)īack plate looks GREAT, this was my top pick for cards but then I saw it had no back plate so I changed my mind. Only went up to 1100 MHZ with out touching the voltage (was my first attempted setting) have not had time to go higher but doing well so far. Single card idle 32c on stock fan profile (the fan closest to the back kicks on every now and then 10-20% fan speed for a tiny bit to keep temps low then shuts off)ġ card will run around 66c stock fan profile clocked card with custom fan tune (hitting around 40-50%) 58c Clocked card 100% fan speed 54cĢ cards in crossfire with custom fan tune (40% to 65%) Top GPU hits 71c with the bottom at 60c clocked cards in crossfire with 100% fan speed card at 64c, bottom card at 56c Under 100% fan speed the noise is not loud or over bearing, you can play games and an average amount sound from speakers or a head set will make it virtually silent. Pros: Overclocked to 1100Mhz out of the box with no voltage (should go higher with more tweaking)įans are SILENT, even at 50-60% fan speed its silent.

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