Quote from: LaudaM on February 10, 2014, 11:29:44 PM

Wrong. They draw in around 150W (the 270x), and you can handle 4 at 850W.
No the 280x are not better than the 270x or 270. This is just plain wrong.

I didn't know for sure, I did know it was 150 for the other brands cards (MSI sapphire etc) but the gigabyte can have MORE than that if it needs it because it has 2 6 pins, 6 pins are both 75 W and the MB PCI is 75 W so the gigabyte ones can take that if needed. And when working anything out for power I work out the WORST CASE scenario (like GPU/CPU running flat out taking in their MAX).

Quote from: LaudaM on May 29, 1974, 03:56:24 PM

No the 280x are not better than the 270x or 270. This is just plain wrong.

If you reread what I said from the beginging, I have been promoting the 270, over the 270X and every other R9 series card, I haven't once said that 280s are better (only if you want it in a more compact rig, but then you would get 290X, but for the value it isn't worth it)

Cheesy