#SAPPHIRE TRIXX SETTINGS NOT SAVING MANUAL#
#SAPPHIRE TRIXX SETTINGS NOT SAVING SERIES#

Like nearly every mainstream or higher GPU (AMD R7 or Nvidia GTX), this is a dual-slot card. The Sapphire Nitro card is only moderately large.

#SAPPHIRE TRIXX SETTINGS NOT SAVING MANUAL#

What will our manual overclock (12/9 percent over factory) do for you? Around 5вЂ“10 percent more performance, which is nice since it's 'free,' though it's not usually enough to take a game from stuttering to playable. We managed to run through our benchmarks at 1100/6300 without any problems, but 1125/6500 resulted in a hard system lock, even when sitting at the desktop. Keep your expectations in check, however, as AMD's GCN has not proven nearly as overclocking friendly as Nvidia's Maxwell architecture. You'll need a utility that properly supports Sapphire's GPUs, and in this case you're best off just nabbing Trixx-MSI's Afterburner can't adjust clocks beyond +100MHz.

Second, there's always end-user overclocking. Cross-platform gaming support has resulted in many games starting to push the limits on GPUs with less than 4GB VRAM, so if you're looking to move from an older generation mainstream GPU to a new $200 card, the 380 punches well above its weight class. It's true that in many ways performance isn't a huge step up from an old HD 7950 or R9 280, but it does offset things somewhat by including 4GB VRAM. The 20-30MHz bump in core clocks on some models is hardly worth mentioning, so we're looking at the Sapphire card as well as the R9 380 in general.ДЇirst, despite the mainstream pricing, the R9 380 is a very capable GPU. Those cards start at just $185 (with rebates bringing the card price as low as $165) meanwhile, the Sapphire card we're looking at is priced at $205 with a mail-in rebate dropping that to $190. For example, you can find the card with either 2GB or 4GB of GDDR5 memory, but considering the nearly identical price, we recommend sticking with the 4GB models. We're going to rectify that omission, mostly because as a sub-$200 graphics card, the R9 380 still has a lot to offer.

#SAPPHIRE TRIXX SETTINGS NOT SAVING SERIES#

Last year, the R9 380 and 390 series followed up on the existing R9 280/285 and 290 series then later AMD launched the R9 380X, but we never formally reviewed the R9 380. But along with refinements to the memory interface, Tonga overall is an improvement in efficiency, and it's less expensive to manufacture. Ultimately, performance is rarely more than a few percent faster/slower than the venerable R9 280 (aka HD 7950). When it first showed up as the R9 285, the naming hinted at the similarity, though some would inevitably hope the five point bump in model number would bring a bit more to the floor.

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