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Published: Jul 14, 2009 Author: Niko Lupala Editor: Amber Lupala Provider: Sapphire Share this article:

Closer look at the card

 
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With the videocard you will also get several cd´s that include, DVD suite, drivers, Power DVD and a copy of 3dmark Vantage. The manual will explain to you how you can hookup the card to the computer.

You also get several cables and adapters so you can use this card with whatever setup you might have, you get a Crossfire bridge, HDMI to DVI, VGA to DVI adapter.  If your PSU does not have a PCI-E power cable a adapter is also included for that along with a molex to 8 pin power adapter.

 
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On the top of the card they have put a big sticker that shows which card it is and also included their own logo on the fan. To keep the card cool and stable a big 80 mm fan is mounted on it. The 80mm is actually quite silent compared to other videocards I have reviewed in the past. It keeps the RPM down until the card gets hot enough that it needs to be cooled down.

 
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The heatsinks are hooked up to each other with heatpipes so the heat can be transfered away from the hot parts of the card to the cooler one and then removed by the fan. The whole cooler section is secured by four screws on the back of the card.

 
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The PCI plate is equipped with ventilation holes so the fan can push out the hot air of the card. You get two DVI plugins and one S-video plugin with the car, so what im lacking here is a HDMI plugin. Now you can claim that you get a adapter but its not the same thing, you will loose the signal a bit going from HDMI to DVI.