In this review we take a peek at the MSI Radeon R9-280X TwinFrozr Gaming OC review. The smexy dark custom PCB has been armed with quality components, a dual-BIOS and their dual fan based TwiNFrozr ser... MSI Radeon R9-280X TwinFrozr Gaming OC benchmarked and reviewed
Why is this one capable to run with only a 6 and 8 PEG, while others like the HIS Radeon R9 280X IceQ and the Sapphire R9 280X TOXIC need two 8 PEG connectors? Is this one more efficient, does it has less OC capabilities, am I overlooking something...? Can't really find the answer in the reviews.
2x 8-pin is a bit over rated for the card. It's just a more teasing feature on the box that imposes and suggests better overclocking.
I ordered one of these before reading the techpowerup review which said the card is prone to overheating! Needless to say the Guru3D review eased my fear that I'd purchased a lemon. Hopefully the card will arrive in the next few days...
Okay the card arrived and the temps seem fine after running a few benchmarks but the card is only clocked at 1020Mhz when the reviews say it comes clocked at 1050Mhz. Oh never mind it has different modes apparently.
I have two of this coming today and apparently you need to flash it with new BIOS...http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/146769/msi-r9280x-3072-131009.html
How do I flash the BIOS? The only VGA I ever flashed was a Asus GTX 670 and I just had to click on the file but this is just a ROM.
Did you ever resolve this? as I have two of these MSI 280x cards arriving today and I am unsure if to send them right back. Specially as they still have the XT2 chips. Cheers.
There is no certainty that they do... if the bioses are anything like what I looked like, they claim to be Tahiti XTL's. If you source that rumour back to it's source you will find it came from a forum post. Going by the bioses it could simply be that only some manufacturers are using rebranded Tahiti XT2 chips, maybe they're waiting for a bios update? Now if that part were true it would explain the results I found.