A Closer Look
The Sapphire Dual-X R9 285 OC come in a shiny black and purple box. A large graphic dominates the front.
On the back are some highlights of the new card’s features. The box is very colorful and easy to read.
As is normal, the cards itself is protected by an anti-static bag. The card is well cushioned by cardboard on all sides.
Under the cardboard insert is another box that contains all the included accessories.
Sapphire has included a mousepad, 1.8m HDMI cable. two molex to PCIe adapters, driver CD, VGA to DVI adapter, contact card, product guide, and a quick installation manual.
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Specifications |
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Model Name |
Sapphire100374OCL |
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Chipset |
Tonga XT |
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Process Size |
28nm |
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Transistors |
Unknown |
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Die Size |
Unknown |
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Bus Interface |
PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
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Core Clock |
965MHz |
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Unified Shaders |
1792 |
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Texture Mapping Units |
112 |
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Render Output Units |
64 |
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Memory |
2GB GDDR5 |
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Memory Interface |
256 bit |
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Memory Type |
GDDR5 |
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Memory Clock |
1400MHz (Effective 5600Mhz) |
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DirectX® Support |
12 |
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OpenGL |
4.4 |
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OpenCL |
1.2 |
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Mantle |
Yes |
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Shader Model |
5 |
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Feature Support |
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CrossFireX™ or SLI Technology |
Yes CrossFireX™ (Up to 2 GPU’s) |
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AMD Powertune Technology |
Yes |
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Eyefinity or Surround Technology |
Yes (3 Monitors) |
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Maximum Number of Displays |
3 |
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Video Codec Support H.264, MPEG, MPEG-2, VC-1, BLU-RAY 3D |
Yes |
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Display Support |
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VGA Output |
No |
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DVI Output |
DL DVI-I/ DL DVI-D |
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DisplayPort |
Yes |
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HDMI |
Yes |
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HDCP Support |
Yes |
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Maximum Resolution |
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VGA |
via adapter |
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DVI |
2560×1600 |
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DisplayPort |
4096×2160 |
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HDMI |
4096×2160 |
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Power Specs + Board Dimensions |
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Dimensions |
264mm x 113mm |
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TDP |
190W |
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Minimum System Power requirement (W) |
500W |
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External Power Connector |
2 x 6 Pin |
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A Closer Look
The Dual-X R9 285 OC features Sapphire’s 2 fan Dual-X cooler. The card is the longest of the R9 285 cards we have reviewed so far.
The semi-matte black cooler shroud with purple details creates an interesting feel to the card. Purple is not a color that is used on that often.
This is the only card we have reviewed so far to feature dual BIOS. A small button allows the user to switch between the two. When switched to the second option, the Sapphire logo in the ceter of the button lights up blue.
A black PCB finishes off the look.
At least one of each of the most common monitor connections is available.
With a 190 watt TDP, only two 6 pin connectors to power the new Radeon R9 285.
On to Testing.
Sapphire Dual-X 285 OC
Great review as always Heath, thanks !