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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018
I bought this Asus ROG Strix OC Gaming RX Vega 64 to replace my aging and failing CrossFired pair of Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290x's to power a new 32" FreeSync 1440p monitor for gaming, and I am not disappointed. I am getting similar framerates (to ideal CrossFire framerates with my old graphics cards and a 27" 1440p non FreeSync monitor), without the hassle and side effects of CrossFire. A lot of newer and/or upcoming games do not support CrossFire or SLI. The smoothness of a single powerful card paired with adaptive sync is hard to beat, and now I can play the games that didn't support CrossFire with very high to maxed out settings with very smooth game play. This card is very large, larger than the Sapphire Tri-X's being replaced, but quiet and runs fairly cool (around 75 degrees C max after hours of gaming in a well ventilated case) for what it is (a power hungry Vega 64). If you are coming from a setup like mine, it will be a side grade as far as framerates on most well optimized CrossFire supported games, but without the CrossFire stutter, and an upgrade of framerates, pretty much doubled, on the games that don't support CrossFire, and you will only need two 8 pin power connectors instead of four. With or without FreeSync, you will enjoy very smooth gameplay on very high or maximum graphics settings at 1440p with this card. Whether you need to replace an aging graphics card setup, or want to build a new gaming rig with an AMD powered video card (or both), I highly recommend this graphics card, at a reasonable price ($599 was reasonable to me after waiting so long to buy an RX Vega 64 because of the pricing during the first half of 2018). I highly recommend pairing it with a FreeSync monitor as well. You won't regret either decision if you have been waiting to game on a RX Vega 64 and/or a FreeSync monitor.
