high failure rate sa early batches ng card. problem is not limited to sapphire but is also prevalent in other brands as well. the defective cards are producing artifacts/glitches/or whatever you like to call them right out of the box at stock settings. the exact reason is unknown but a lot of people are blaming the hynix memory used for the cards. earlier batches of the sapphire 280x toxic used hynix, succeeding batches used elpida. the problem wasnt completely fixed but the fail rate for the succeeding batches was significantly reduced. no amount of troubleshooting of any kind will fix it except for RMA. my first 2 cards were hynix, my card now is elpida.
ofcourse the newer elpida cards are slower in mining than hynix, but since i dont mine, that thing doesnt matter to me .. haha
pchub has an ongoing sale right now on the sapphire 280x toxic priced at 15k. i kept asking them what version is the vbios of these cards for sale and the memory used.. they couldnt answer me. its tempting to crossfire but without the proper info on which version they are selling, i’d rather not risk getting a defective card.
that news flew by me even though i had like 3-4 R9 280X for review. thanks for the info. I see some 280X right now going for as low as 10K on sale. They say its new but can’t say for sure. Yes, very tempted also but I’d wait out for a proper maxwell. Heck even a 750ti with SLI support would be on my target list if ever it comes out.
im not surprised it did not show during your review. i have the impression that engineering / review samples are usually stress tested first before they are sent out.
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Nice Seasonic!
Nice Seasonic!
wooooooo *drool*
epic yan. i was suppose to get that but out of stock sa distro. ended up with a RM1000 lol
oh, di mo na inantay? taas ng demand dito lalo na nung bitcoin craze
di ko na nahintay. excited na ako dun sa r9-280x ko na tatlong beses ko pina RMA lol
3 times? anong brand yan sir?
sapphire r9-280x toxic
What’s wrong sa kanya?
high failure rate sa early batches ng card. problem is not limited to sapphire but is also prevalent in other brands as well. the defective cards are producing artifacts/glitches/or whatever you like to call them right out of the box at stock settings. the exact reason is unknown but a lot of people are blaming the hynix memory used for the cards. earlier batches of the sapphire 280x toxic used hynix, succeeding batches used elpida. the problem wasnt completely fixed but the fail rate for the succeeding batches was significantly reduced. no amount of troubleshooting of any kind will fix it except for RMA. my first 2 cards were hynix, my card now is elpida.
ofcourse the newer elpida cards are slower in mining than hynix, but since i dont mine, that thing doesnt matter to me .. haha
pchub has an ongoing sale right now on the sapphire 280x toxic priced at 15k. i kept asking them what version is the vbios of these cards for sale and the memory used.. they couldnt answer me. its tempting to crossfire but without the proper info on which version they are selling, i’d rather not risk getting a defective card.
that news flew by me even though i had like 3-4 R9 280X for review. thanks for the info. I see some 280X right now going for as low as 10K on sale. They say its new but can’t say for sure. Yes, very tempted also but I’d wait out for a proper maxwell. Heck even a 750ti with SLI support would be on my target list if ever it comes out.
im not surprised it did not show during your review. i have the impression that engineering / review samples are usually stress tested first before they are sent out.
yann!!!