A Closer Look

On the top part of the video card we can find the same cool artwork as on the external package; the cooling solution is not stock, but a 5 heatpipe one, with the fan in the center:



The cooling solution looks very similar to the one we can find on the XFX RADEON HD 5870 Black Edition:



The red line going from the left to the right of the card top plastic part is a design element taken from the OEM cards:



On the back, we can find two red plastic frames; through one we can find the PWM fan connector and in the right one there are 2 6-pin power headers:



On one of the board laterals, we can see some more ventilation holes and the ATI Radeon logo in center:



On the bottom part, we can see the matte black PCB, the screws that are used to fix the top part, the VRM heatsink and the frame, which is used to distribute the forces evenly in the GPU area:



Also on the bottom, there is a sticker with the boards’ serial number, the code name, the board version and some more useful information that would help the manufacturer if the card comes back because of a RMA:



We do have 2 CrossFire headers on the board, and this tells us that we can install a maximum of 4 cards in a single computer:



The top part of the card is covered by a transparent protective film, which XFX advises us to remove it before the first use (to avoid it sticking permanently on the surface, because of the raised temperatures during load):



The central red fan does have the XFX logo in the center, on a black background:



On the metal plate, we can see a DisplayPort and a HDMI connector, along with a pair of DVI connectors: