A Closer Look

PowerColor's heatsink uses three heatpipes to transport heat away from the GPU core to an array of fins where heat is dissipated in the fan's airflow.


The card has two 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors which are specified up to 225 W power delivery.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Elpida, and carry the model number W1032BABG-50-F. They are specified to run at 1250 MHz (5000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


Wow! PowerColor has dug up Volterra's old VT1165, which is the most feature-rich voltage controller for overclockers ever made! It's the same controller that we have seen on ATI's dual-GPU cards like HD 3870 X2, HD 4870 X2 and HD 5970, it offers voltage control via I2C and also extensive monitoring capabilities.


AMD's Barts graphics processor is made on a 40 nm process at TSMC Taiwan. It uses approximately 1.7 billion transistors on a die area of 255 mm². This is also the first GPU to carry the AMD logo instead of the ATI logo.