Testseek.com have collected 71 expert reviews of the Sapphire Radeon R9 285 OC Dual-X 2GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sapphire Radeon R9 285 OC Dual-X 2GB GDDR5 PCIe.
December 2014
(81%)
71 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Great looking, excellent stock performance, phenomenal overclocking capabilities, quiet fans up to 40% PWM, custom PCB, lower power draw than predecessor
Nonreference board makes likelihood of fullcover water block small, still requires two six pin cables instead of one eight pin
For the best compromise of cost, performance, and overclocking capability, look no further than the Sapphire Dual-X R9 285 OC....
Dual-X cooling solution is quiet, Good overall performance at 1080p gaming, Ability to connect up to 4 displays, Both memory and GPU factory overclocked, AMD XDMA CrossFire, TrueAudio DSP and FreeSync supported
Not a huge performance / efficiency boost, 2 GB VRAM compared to 3 GB on the R9 280, Confusing naming
The Radeon R9 285 leaves me with mixed feelings. Let me first talk about what AMD was trying to accomplish with this card. They wanted to take on NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 760 graphics card. Now we did not have a GeForce GTX 760 graphics card on hand, but loo...
Excellent Price to Performance Ratio, Nice Accessory Bundle, Runs Very Quiet, Low TDP
Beta Drivers Need Some More Refinement
Sapphire did not try and re-invent the wheel with their version of the Radeon R9 285. The card is cosmetically almost identical to the R9 280 is replaces. Sapphire did swap the previous silver highlights for purple and change the PCB from blue to black. I...
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Published: 2014-09-03, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
excellent performance, excellent power consumption, excellent overclocking, dead silent, good price
The new member of the R9 series is 285 and it came from Sapphire as their Dual-X version. In terms of performance, the newcomer beats the R9 280 and comes close to 280X. Talking green, GTX 760 has a lower performance, while GTX 770 is a little better than...
