The Card

ASUS uses their new DirectCU thermal solution we've seen on their NVIDIA GTX 780. Dimensions of the card are 28.5 x 15 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one HDMI port, and one DisplayPort. You may use all outputs at the same time, so triple-monitor surround gaming is possible with one card.

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


Two available CrossFire connectors allow you to combine up to four R9 280X cards in a CrossFire configuration. CrossFire is also supported with the HD 7970 Series.


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