PC Games Hardware

"If you still want to get hold of a R9 280, you should hurry. The graphic card is being replaced by the R9 285. The HIS IceQ Turbo X2 is one of the best manufacturers versions and is not expensive. The card holds your Boost constant at 953 MHz (Reference 933), is never louder than most 1.7 Sone and can be very good overclock (1,100+ MHz) as well. More for your money, there is nowhere. "

PC Games Hardware

Techarena

" Due to advanced hardware, HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo Boost meets the requirements of professional gamer. It comes with all types of connectivity option that is requires to hook multiple monitors and get max HD resolution. 3GB of GDDR5 memory is more than enough for any high end game to run flawlessly. You have to take care about the psu requirement. Because that matters a lot here. Without appropriate power you can’t take maximum benefit. HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo Boost has a very efficient cooling system. And above all it is very quiet when you are using it. The impressive cooling design is able to keep the gpu at low temperature even when you are playing game for hours. Being a high end gpu it fulfills the entire requirement for an extreme gaming pc and also justifies the cost. Auto-overclocking feature add more benefit for those who need extended output."

Pros:
-Good performance
-Quiet
-Good Cooling
-Good Overclocking

Techarena

Eteknix

Pros
- Great cooler
- Overclocks really well
- One of the quieter R9 280x graphics cards on the market
- Competitively priced
- Dual DisplayPort

"This is my first outing with a HIS graphics card and I like what they’ve done with R9 280X. I’ve seen a fair few R9 280X graphics cards from AMD partners and the HIS R9 280X is one of the more refined versions. While it isn’t the cheapest, there’s only a tiny amount in it, and for the little bit more they charge I think it is worth every bit extra. This graphics card runs cool and quiet under all gaming scenarios, has bags of overclocking potential and is just a solid all-rounder."

Eteknix - Editor's Choice Award

Chip.de

Pros:
-Good value for money
-Good graphics performance
-Effective cooling system

Chip.de

HKEPC

"在預設超頻後效能進一步提升，進行各遊戲並開啟高解像度和特效下也可流暢評作，而且採用 IceQ X² 散熱，令繪圖卡閒置時幾乎沒有聲音，而高負載下仍可在較低聲嘈之下保持良好核心運作溫度，表現不俗。"

HKEPC

WCCFtech

Pros:
- Great Value
- Great Performance
- Factory Overclock
- Voltage Control
- High Performance PCB Design
- Gigantic cooler that covers only two slots
- Amazing price range
- As fast as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
- Support for the upcoming DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3 APIs
- Temperatures at adequate levels
- Perfect graphics companion for PC to play all the latest titles at 2560 x 1440P resolution at max details
- Unbelievably fast frame rates

WCCFtech - Scored 8.8 Out of 10

Madshrimps.be

"Good decision to include their winning design IceQ X2 cooling system which is efficient while keeping the noise at very acceptable levels ... could provide more overclocking potential ... could raise it even further to 1205MHz and the memory from 1500Mhz to 1590MHz, and this WITHOUT modifying the operating voltages.

Performance close to the GTX 770 even exceeds the performance of the Gigabyte OC 770 WF card.

iTurbo utility supports the latest card releases and allows to fine-tune the fan speed, define new profiles, but also to overclock the card with ease by modifying the power limits and voltages."

Madshrimps.be - Recommended Value Product

HWT.dk

Innovation/Technology- 4/5
Performance is still really good in games and can compete with a GTX770 from NVIDIA.

Performance - 5/5
Latest BETA driver from AMD, Sometimes ahead of the GTX770, quite impressive considering the price

Price - 5/5
Extremely good price considering all the performance you get as it's as good as a GTX770. Enough to make gamers gaming at 1080p happy.

HWT.dk - Gold Award

PCWelt

"Pros:

- Good performance
- Quiet operation"
PCWelt

Benchmark Reviews

"Pros
-Awesome Price/Performance ratio
-Excellent design and construction
-IceQ X2 Cooler performs brilliant
-Priced for GTX760 performs like GTX770
-DirectX 11.2 ready and PCI-e 3.0 Compliant
-Up to 4-way CrossFire
-UltraHD 4K display support
-9-Phase power design for stable overclocking
-Multiple outputs – 2x mini DisplayPort / full size HDMI /DualLink DVI-I
-Supports Triple-display and AMD HD3D Technology
-Dual BIOS"

Benchmark Reviews - Golden Tachometer Award

Guru3D

"Pros
-Fair amount of money you can haul in quite a lot of value for money performance wise
-Stability and performance wise you'll never have anything to complain about and when you opt an IceQ model, noise never is an issue either
-Above average and well respected
-Capable card"
Guru3D - Guru3D Recommended Award