Packaging

The Card

ASRock's card comes with a mostly-black color theme that has white and shiny highlights. The card uses a short PCB, which allows some airflow through the card for better cooling performance. On the back you get a metal backplate, which integrates nicely with the rest of the design.


Dimensions of the card are 25.0 x 13.5 cm, and it weighs 720 g.


Installation requires two slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 40 mm.


Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 2.1 and one HDMI 2.1a. On the Intel reference card one port is marked with a black outline, but not on this card. That port supports higher bitrates (UHBR13.5), i.e. 4K up to 360 Hz, while the other two ports support up to 240 Hz, so I guess you have to test them to find the right one (if you have a monitor that requires such high transfer rates).

In terms of codecs, you get full support for H.264, H.265, VP9 and AV1, both encode and decode. Worth highlighting is HEVC 4:2:2 10-bit encoding and decoding, which is a unique capability, and AV1 Screen Content encoding, which improves the quality of text in movies—fantastic for screen recordings or screen sharing.


The card uses a single 8-pin connector, plus PCIe slot power, allowing a maximum power draw of 225 W.


If you prefer, the lighting can be turned off easily with this switch—no software required.

Teardown

The main cooler uses three heatpipes and provides cooling for the GPU, memory and VRM circuitry.


On the back, you'll find a metal backplate with a cutout to improve airflow.