Reviewers Liked
- Fastest single-GPU graphics card we’ve tested to date
- Significantly faster than Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 580, especially at extreme resolutions
- Improved power savings when idle
- Support for 4K video and other forward-looking features
- Brand-new design suited for graphics and compute
- Fastest single-GPU card around
- Strong power-draw credentials
- Best-in-class video performance
- Native full size HDMI & DisplayPort output
- Dual BIOS
- 3 GB of memory
- Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1
- Support for multiple independent audio streams
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Extremely expensive
- 4K video content and TVs likely won’t be common for a year or more
- Performance advantage edges off at highest resolutions
- Requires two PCIe power connectors
- Blocks a second expansion slot
- Noisy in 3D
- CCC Overdrive limits too low
- PowerTune and ZeroCore may complicate advanced overclocking