The Card

PowerColor decided to use an industrial cooler design, which does look at bit plasticky, though. They also included a metal backplate with their card. Dimensions of the card are 29.5 x 11.5 cm.


Installation requires three slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one DisplayPort, and one HDMI port. You may use all outputs at the same time, so triple-monitor surround gaming is possible with one card. Analog VGA output connectivity are not available, not even via an adapter.

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 1.4a compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.


There are no visible CrossFire connectors on the card. With their R9 290 Series, AMD started transferring CrossFire data via the PCI-Express slot interface of the card. You may pair this card with any R9 290 and R9 290X.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).