Where does it get better results, on top or beneath the graphic card? And how close should I use it from the graphic card? I have a R9 290X XFX Double D, should I put it right beneath the graphic very close to it? Or should I leave some space between...
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On the bottom seam to work best but really did not see much different in the temp. If the card is enclosed on the top the then bottom because the air pushed on the card would just bounce off.
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My driver was a mid-range board at low cost and TWO ports for DVI. I can only compare differing NVIDIA products but "better" is in the eye of the beholder. They both use 2GB worth of GDDR5 memory at 128-bit. The tipping point would be which features on each card are triggered by your favorite game(s).
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Just FYI, this thing is huge! I put in on an older Radeon 5770 when the fan went bad and I made sure to measure, but even then it is surprising how big it is. I have a full size case and I can't put a case fan in one of the slots because the things sticks up so much. Your card will definitely run hotter (I forget how many degrees mine went up, maybe 5-10 Celsius but still in a workable range) and it will really depend what kind of airflow you have in your case. It might even require a few modifications to the passive cooler. I had to cut off some plastic so it would fit on the card properly. Just FYI, this thing is huge! I put in on an older Radeon 5770 when the fan went bad and I made sure to measure, but even then it is surprising how big it is. I have a full size case and I can't put a case fan in one of the slots because the things sticks up so much. Your card will definitely run hotter (I forget how many degrees mine went up, maybe 5-10 Celsius but still in a workable range) and it will really depend what kind of airflow you have in your case. It might even require a few modifications to the passive cooler. I had to cut off some plastic so it would fit on the card properly.
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I bought this for a buddy about a year ago or so. It still works great he says. It's obviously not a high end gaming graphics card by any means, so if your planning on doing anything more than watching HD videos or playing some pretty weak games on it I'd recommend you get a better card.The thing about anything in a PC is you have to treat it right. You have to keep it cool & dust free if you want anything to last.Point of the story: Buy the card that fits your needs and treat it properly and it'll last. If you overburden it and let it overheat like crazy, it'll be dead within a couple years(or less). I bought this for a buddy about a year ago or so. It still works great he says. It's obviously not a high end gaming graphics card by any means, so if your planning on doing anything more than watching HD videos or playing some pretty weak games on it I'd recommend you get a better card.The thing about anything in a PC is you have to treat it right. You have to keep it cool & dust free if you want anything to last.Point of the story: Buy the card that fits your needs and treat it properly and it'll last. If you overburden it and let it overheat like... » Read More I bought this for a buddy about a year ago or so. It still works great he says. It's obviously not a high end gaming graphics card by any means, so if your planning on doing anything more than watching HD videos or playing some pretty weak games on it I'd recommend you get a better card.The thing about anything in a PC is you have to treat it right. You have to keep it cool & dust free if you want anything to last.Point of the story: Buy the card that fits your needs and treat it properly and it'll last. If you overburden it and let it overheat like crazy, it'll be dead within a couple years(or less). « Show Less
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I don't think it's supposed to make the card droop less(adding more weight would make it droop more). It helps keep the card cooler by passively cooling the VRAM from the other side of the chip. This is similar to what Arctic Cooling is using in the Accelero 4 aftermarket cooler. Card went from 70C to 65C with the addition of the plate, and it looks cool. I can see how it could keep the card from twisting, but EVGA would not have made this card if it drooped and damaged under it's own weight.
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the Ti is about 15% better on some games, however it is nearly unrecognizable to the human eye. I had the same concerns when I bought my card, however I like the higher vram count aswell as the much lower pricepoint. It will allow me to raid the cards much sooner than I would have normally.
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I'd call it low profile, but it does have some width to it. The heat sink makes it wide. In my case, the PCI express slot was isolated. If you have an existing card next to this slot it might be tight.
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Chances are it pushes less air than you're default fan, at least it did for me . I was debating between a new card or new fan, i should have chosen a new card because I've had to buy one anyways
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It depends on what kind of GPUs you'll be using. I tried to push two GTX 780's, and it wasn't enough for benchmarking. It ran for regular games, but you really want more headroom so you're not pushing your power supply so hard.
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The heat sink/fan caused me some trouble. I'd reckon you consider the Sapphire Radeon 7750 LPF as it is a proper Low profile card ad noticeably more powerful.
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I believe you can remove it but I wouldn't recomend it. There is nothing worse the an overheating GPU. You would probably experiance some preformance loss and you might damage the card.
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I currently run on 1080P, 60Hz. This card is a waste on that resolution. Now if you are going to overclock or run 120/144 Hz then this monitor kicks serious butt! My 144Hz monitors are now ordered so I will input after using them. Will be upping to 1440P once the ASUS ROG 120Hz monitor drops.
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I've heard of this issue. A friend of mine got a new GPU (not this exact one) and got no display after installing it. He called someone over to look at it. They pulled the card out, moved it forward one pin, and ran the system. It worked just fine then. Not sure if that's what's happening with you but I just installed one of these the other day and I've had no issues with it, so it's worth looking at.
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The lightning cooler is fantastic, so coupled with the 290x, you should have a very fast card (290x is faster than the 780 and on par with the 780Ti) that runs very cool.I do not have any experience with the Asus Matrix Platinum 780Ti, so I cannot comment on that one.
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The fan is actually better than some people say - the default cooling profile never pushes the fan hard. If you download evga's wonderful "Precision X" utility, you can set up your own fan profile. I was easily able to get my card to run at least 10 degrees cooler than it did with default settings, and that includes overclocking the bad boy as much as I can.Be warned, though - blower-style coolers are good but they are also noisy. The reason the default fan profile is pretty tame is to keep noise down. With my custom profile, you will definitely hear the fan when it spins up. I don't mind myself as I never notice it over the sounds of my game. The fan is actually better than some people say - the default cooling profile never pushes the fan hard. If you download evga's wonderful "Precision X" utility, you can set up your own fan profile. I was easily able to get my card to run at least 10 degrees cooler than it did with default settings, and that includes overclocking the bad boy as much as I can.Be warned, though - blower-style coolers are good but they are also noisy. The reason the default fan profile is pretty tame is to keep noise down. With my custom profile, you will definitely hear the fan when it... » Read More The fan is actually better than some people say - the default cooling profile never pushes the fan hard. If you download evga's wonderful "Precision X" utility, you can set up your own fan profile. I was easily able to get my card to run at least 10 degrees cooler than it did with default settings, and that includes overclocking the bad boy as much as I can.Be warned, though - blower-style coolers are good but they are also noisy. The reason the default fan profile is pretty tame is to keep noise down. With my custom profile, you will definitely hear the fan when it spins up. I don't mind myself as I never notice it over the sounds of my game. « Show Less
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I'd say look more into the new r9 graphics line that recently came out, i believe they arent that much more but otherwise it works great for me, all the power I require
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For the most part the air blows out the back(exterior), but yes, with this design, some of it does blow inside the case -- here is where having a case with good airflow design is key. My top card is a bit warmer than my bottom card, but that's to be expected in an SLI setup, and again good airflow design helps here as well.