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HIS R9 380 IceQ X2 OC 2GB Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2015-08-10

HIS has currently two R9 380 video cards available for sale, one with 2GB buffer and the other with 4GB of GDDR5. The 4GB version is sporting the same core clock frequency, but the memory runs just a little bit higher and to be more exact 1425MHz. Considering that this card was designed for the mainstream segment, people won’t throw at it games at ultra-high resolutions and even if they would try in order to fill the extra 2GB of buffer, the GPU core won’t be exactly able to keep up reasonable FPS. The card performs well in the Full-HD area but if we would like to run games at 1440p, we should consider fiddling with the detail levels.

A Closer Look Contd.

The card is sporting the IceQ X2 cooling system which we have also seen at the cards from the previous generation; this combination of large 86mm dual-axial fans which allow cooling the heatsink and the top metallic shroud for guiding the air is a winning solution when discussing about cards with lower TDP since it succeeds to keep the card at very acceptable temperatures when installed inside a case with decent airflow:

With the new gen, HIS has also fitted a set of stickers, on the side of the fans, to make it look more aggressive:

A chromed IceQ X2 logo can be also spotted on the shroud:

On the sides of the card we will be able to spot the five 6mm wide heatpipes which help to evacuate the heat coming from the 60x62mm GPU copper plate:

If we look on the back side of the PCB, we will be able to spot the tiny GPU backplate and also that the cooling system exceeds the length of the board; taking this into consideration, the board has a total length of 27cm:

Extra juice must be supplied to the card via two 6-pin PCI-E connectors:

As outputs, we have one DisplayLink port, one HDMI and also two DVI ports:

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