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Meanwhile on the software side of things the R7 260 comes with Asus’s standard GPUTweak software utility. This gives the Asus card the ability to drive three digital displays at once for Eyefinity, or even a single 4K display if we’re talking about simple desktop work. This results in the card having 1x DL-DVI, 1x HDMI, and happily enough for such a low-end card, 1x DisplayPort, as opposed to a VGA port. To make up for this, Asus has once again reversed the PCIe power socket so that the tab on the plug faces inwards instead of outwards, which makes this design practical as the cooler no longer blocks the tab.Īs for Asus’s display I/O, Asus is using a simpler port layout that occupies just a single slot, presumably so that this PCB is capable of being used on single-slot designs if necessary. The short length of the card ensures it’s rigid enough, but there’s some opportunity for flexing towards the front of the card.įor Asus’s power connectivity, the single 6-pin PCIe power socket is found at the end of the card, orientated parallel to the PCB despite the significant overhang of the cooler. Meanwhile the fact that this is closer to a card strapped to a cooler than a cooler strapped to a card doesn’t do Asus any favors, especially since the GPU is towards the rear of the card. As is usual for Asus, the card feature’s Asus’s Super Alloy Power discrete electrical components for enhanced durability. The PCB itself is just 6.8” long, while the cooler extends a further 1.9” to give the card a total length of 8.7”. Truth be told we were pleasantly surprised by this design these larger dual fan designs are uncommon for sub-100W cards, and even with the relatively simple heatsink it’s essentially oversized for the GPU in question, though as we’ll see in our noise results this is clearly to the benefit of the user.Īs a result of using such a large cooler on such a small board, the Asus R7 260’s cooler significantly overhangs the PCB. This heatsink has a large base that serves to cover the RAM, but not the VRMs towards the front of the card, and mushrooms out at the top to form a larger surface for the dual fans to cool.
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Based on a variation of their dual fan coolers, Asus utilizes a relatively simple aluminum heatsink directly mounted to the Bonaire GPU beneath. Surprisingly for a 95W card, Asus’s card is a dual fan open air design.
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This is a standard retail card, featuring a solid design but no factory overclock or other frills. Our other card of the day is our R7 260 sample from AMD, which comes in the form of a complete retail card: Asus’s Radeon R7 260.