A Closer Look

AMD's cooler is a simple piece of metal, with fins and a fan in the middle, nothing exciting to see here.


Due to the low power design of the card, there is no requirement for an additional PCI-E power connector.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Samsung, and carry the model number K4G10325FE-HC05. They are specified to run at 1000 MHz (4000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


APW7165 is a cost effective voltage regulator that doesn't support I2C voltage control or advanced monitoring features.


AMD's Caicos graphics processor is made on a 40 nm process at TSMC Taiwan. It uses approximately 370 million transistors on a die area of 67 mm².