The Card

The Sapphire R7 265 looks very much like the existing Sapphire HD 7850 Dual-X. The cooler shroud also takes its inspiration from the company's R9 270. Dimensions of the card are 22 x 11.5 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one DisplayPort, and one HDMI port. 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.


One CrossFire connector lets you pair two of these cards up into a multi-GPU CrossFire configuration. The R7 265 can also CrossFire with the HD 7850.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).