A Closer Look

AMD's reference cooler uses a large copper baseplate that is connected to heatpipes for the transfer of heat. You can also see the thermal pads that cool memory chips and voltage regulation circuitry.


The card requires two 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors. This configuration is good for up to 225 W of power draw.


AMD uses a CHiL CHL8225G, a very common and popular voltage controller that offers software voltage control and monitoring, and is well supported by most software.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by SK Hynix and carry the model number H5GQ2H24AFR-R0C. They are specified to run at 1500 MHz (6000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


AMD's Pitcairn graphics processor uses the GCN shader architecture. It is produced on a 28 nm process at TSMC. The transistor count is 2.8 billion.