I wanted to give you guys a closer look at the fan because to me it looks very similar to the Vapor-X setup that I have on both of my 5770’s, and those two stay fairly cool themselves but at very high fan speeds. The fan on this card really does do an efficient job of moving heat away from the card as is witnessed later in the article in the temperature testing section. I have to admit I hope that this is something that they plan on changing in the future. So, if you were hoping to do quad or triple Crossfire, it’s not going to happen. You may also notice that there is only one Crossfire connector on the top of the card, and of course this means that you are only going to be able to connect one other card to it in your Crossfire setup. Go ahead and stick your hand over it… I dare you. As you can see, there are several slots that are molded into the top of the cowling that is where a lot of hot air is released from the card. Here is a close up look at the top of the card. Just kidding, I think it’s a classy touch. I guess having the logo on the front of and top of the card wasn’t enough so they had to remind us of who made the card every time we plug our monitor in. You may have also noticed the vent hole here at the back that is cut into the XFX logo. Now we move to the opposite side of the card and here we can see that the card has two DVI connectors as well as a display port adapter slot and an HDMI connector. I can’t quite tell if they are actually to ventilate the card or if they are just for looks as I have put my hand up against them and I don’t feel any air being pushed through them. We can also see some vent holes in the back. The XFX Radeon HD 6800 only requires one six pin power connector to power the card, but they do recommend that you use at least a 500 watt power supply to safely run the card. Here we have a closer look at the rear of the card and the six pin power connector.
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The card is 9″ long and will have very little problem fitting into most cases that are ATX compliant.Īs we flip around to the rear of the card we can get a better look at that black PCB and we can also see that it features the same bracket on the back as all of its 6800 series brethren. As you can see this has your standard PCI-E connector on the bottom. One of things that really stood out to me was the mean looking black PCB. It looks like it has that Vapor-X style cooler with the aluminum fins surrounding the fan blades… yes, the red fan blades. Hey I’m not one to brag, but this is a slick looking video card! It has the black cowling with the shiny silver stripes with the XFX logo staring you right in the face, but the thing that really stands out is the bright red fan right in the middle.
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