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
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Good overclocking potential, Overclocked out of the box, Active DisplayPort adapter no longer required for EyeFinity, AMD Radeon in Space game bundle included, Support for software voltage control, Single-monitor idle power consumption improved, Support f
Quite slow as performance has not improved, Not very power efficient, Could be quieter in idle and gaming, Elpida memory not optimal for overclocking, High Blu-ray power consumption
AMD's MSRP for the R9 285 is $249. We expect the Sapphire R9 285 Dual-X OC to retail for around $260. Good overclocking potential Overclocked out of the box Active DisplayPort adapter no longer required for EyeFinity AMD Radeon in Space game bundle includ...
Coming in at around the $500 mark, the CrossFire R9 285 2GB Dual-X OC setup isn't a cheap one. Just like the R9 280 3GB CrossFire setup, performance here is extremely strong, even in comparison to a heavily overclocked R9 290X 4GB. Going through most our...
Has a nice subtle aesthetic, Offers decent performance for the money when compared to NVIDIA options available, Mediocre:, Cooling performance could be better when under load but still within acceptable levels, Offers similar performance to the R9 280x fo
Fans loud even when at 50%, Better AMD options out there for the same/less money, Only 2GB of VRAM available
So the latest £/performance AMD card, the R9 285 has been on the test bench and we are thankful to Sapphire for sending us a sample to have a blast with; it's been a surprising pleasure but not without its drawbacks; it wouldn't be a review without a mixt...
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Published: 2014-10-07, Author: Richard , review by: vortez.net
Fair price
Brings too few new tangible benefits to the game, Starts to suffer at higher settings
When we first heard about the R9-285 we suspected that this card was a taster of things to come. A teaser card if you will. what we didn't expect was a different core altogether. We certainly didn't expect a reduced bus-width which we feel has crippled th...
excellent performance, good overclocking headroom in software, runs cool, reasonably quiet, outperforms overclocked GTX760
facing competition from cheaper R9 280′s and faster R9 280X's, 1GB less memory than the R9 280.
This is the second R9 285 we have looked at this week and it has been interesting to follow up on our initial launch article. Due to all the recent product launches we ran out of time in our earlier article before we could test power consumption. Our resu...
Greater efficiency from Tonga architecture, More performance than GeForce GTX 760, Excellent performance at 1080p, passable at 4K, True Audio and software CrossFire support, Competitive pricing
Sideways performance move from R9 280, R9 280 available for less (for now)
AMD is bringing consistency to the enthusiast and premium Radeon GPUs by introducing a £170 card equipped with the latest GCN v2 technology. That card is the Tonga-powered Radeon R9 285 and it uses a scaled-down version of the Hawaii architecture to h...
Published: 2014-09-02, Author: Ryan , review by: eteknix.com
Improved power efficiency – allows for more compact form factor, Extra performance seems to have come from nowhere!?, Priced competitively, Beats Nvidia's equivalent – should force price cuts
R9 280 performs similarly for less cost, 2GB of RAM is a downgrade from 3GB on R9 280,
Pricing (accurate at the time of writing)AMD's R9 285 costs $249.99 MSRP, which is the same as the MSRP for the R9 280 and GTX 760. Although the R9 280 can be found at retailers from $210 and the GTX 760 from $225. Sapphire's model will cost the same as t...
Abstract: AMD recently released a new GPU in the R9 285 which offers new features and a cheaper price with a bit of a performance bump over the R9 280. We got one Sapphire sample from AMD have called Dual-X OC R9 285. Lets find out how well it works...
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Published: 2015-01-27, Author: Emil , review by: SweClockers.com
Bra överklockning för testexemplaret, Godkänd prestanda i klassen
Högljudd kylare, Tveksam prislapp, Vissa kvarvarande buggar, För klassen hög effektåtgång
För att kunna sammanfatta Sapphire Radeon R9 285 Dual-X OC krävs egentligen två olika sektioner. Givetvis handlar mycket om grafikkortet i sig, men minst lika viktig är omskrivna Tahiti-ersättaren Tonga.AMD Tonga – kretsen alla glömdeSom tidigare konstate...
Abstract: Etter vår test av Sapphire Radeon R9 285 OC Dual-X var det ikke særlig fristende å anbefale dette skjermkortet. Kombinasjonen av en litt for høy pris og litt for lav ytelse på egen hånd trenger likevel ikke bety at kortet ikke har sine bruksområder – og s...
