HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo Boost Clock 3GB Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2013-10-22

HIS has made available to the market the latest R9 280X from AMD in two revisions quite quickly, which are fitted with the efficient IceQ X2 two-slot cooling system. The HIS Radeon R9 280X IceQ X2 Turbo Boost card is available online for an affordable price and comes with a factory overclock of 50Mhz over the stock version; the VRM section has been also beefed up in order to be able to reach higher GPU frequencies.

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Packaging, A Closer Look

The latest Radeon R9 280X card from HIS is shipped in a quite large cardboard box (but this is not necessary a bad thing, since we get a lot of protection material on the inside), which describes the supported technologies with several icons on the front side:

 

 

 

 

 

On one of the box sides we are explained the system requirements:

 

 

 

On the other side we can check out the list of box contents; HIS has decided not to include an installation disk this time, but it is still present inside the list:

 

 

 

A more in-depth explanation of the features can be found on the back side, along with logos of the multiple awards received in the past from review websites:

 

 

 

After removing the external packaging, we will reveal another box, with the HIS logo in the middle:

 

 

 

By lifting the top, we will find one envelope along with a leaflet which lets us know how to insert the card into the slot without damaging it:

 

 

 

The card along with the rest of the bundle is placed in a thick mold of protective material, for avoiding any kind of damages during transport:

 

 

 

Coming back to the envelope, we will find the Quick Installation Guide and a small HIS case sticker:

 

 

Besides the card, the manufacturer has also included one Crossfire bridge, along with a DVI to VGA adapter:

 

 

 

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