The Card

We've seen Gigabyte's cooler design on a few models now. Three large fans cover most of the surface of the PCB to keep it cool. Dimensions of the card are 26.5 x 11.5 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include one DVI port, one HDMI port, and two DisplayPorts. 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. You may also combine the R9 280X with cards from the HD 7900 Series since both use the Tahiti GPU.


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