Sapphire R7-260X Review
3DMark
Not the latest one anymore but still a very good indicator of performance, I used 3DMark 11 next. Running a performance and extreme pass the scores below were returned.
In both tests it returned solid enough scores, both being slightly higher than the GTX750 that we reviewed.
Noise was not an issue, even with the recent temperatures here in Yorkshire, the card rarely became louder than a slight whirr against the background noise of the PC, and it is many levels quieter than the 6870 that resides in the machine day to day. Temperatures remained brilliantly cool, even considering the size of my case and all the components sitting inside in close proximity.
Using my favourite burn in utility, the Sapphire 260X peaked at around 78 degrees before levelling off and maintaining this temperature for quite a while.
Overclocking
Overclocking can be handled by Sapphires TRIXX program, a program that was originally released way back with the X800GTO2, and with a modest overclock of 100MHz on the GPU and 200MHz on the RAM I was able to boost the Performance score in 3DMark11 by around 300 points which worked out to be around 3-4 fps each test. Although as always overclocking is undertaken at your own risk and your mileage may vary.
